Bloomberg on Floridian match: Jupiter Island’s Tiger impressed with Obama’s Palm City game

A White House aide carries the golf bag of Eric Whitaker, a friend of President Obama, aboard Air Force after a weekend golfing in Palm City.

Tiger Woods and President Obama paired for the first time during the President’s Day holiday two days ago at the Floridian, a private golf course and club in Palm City. The outing also included Anthony Chase, Milton Carroll, Eric Whitaker, and Marvin Nicholson. … Click here to read more

White House press corps: ‘Extreme frustration’ over Obama’s Palm City weekend

The Floridian's entrance gate

From Politico: “Members from print, radio, online and TV have today expressed extreme frustration … about having absolutely no access to the President of the United States this entire weekend.” … Click here to read more

Obama to visit the Treasure Coast

Aerial view of the Floridian in Palm City (Source: TCPalm)

TCPalm reports that President Barack Obama has lined up a tee time at the Floridian in Palm City this weekend, according to three local sources. … Click here to read more

Florida not among states that cross-check registrations for double-voting

Barack Obama, Mitt Romney (Source: Scripps Howard)

Scripps Howard reports that double-voting is a concern in Florida, where many part-time residents have a second home in a different state, giving them the chance to register to vote in two states, according to elections supervisors. Absentee ballots, which are growing in popularity, make it easier to vote twice because the person doesn’t need to travel to both places. … Click here to read more

Los Angeles Times: Fractious Florida weighs heavily on presidential campaigns

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From the Los Angeles Times: In Florida, many economically sensitive swing voters, the sort who decide close elections, haven’t discerned progress in their lives over the last four years. … Click here to read more

TIME’s ‘Babies of the Campaign Trail’ includes a Martin County stop

Newt Gingrich at a Martin County campaign stop (TIME magazine)

For presidential candidates, posing with supporters’ babies is a rite of passage as important as eating deep-fried state fair food or enduring endless debates. TIME celebrates this hallowed tradition with 34 photos [including one from Martin County] of infants in varying states of joy, indifference and abject terror on the campaign trail in 2012. … Click here to read more