Florida is Set to Have a Three-Way…Race. St. Petersburg Times reports that Charlie Crist is set to make official his run as an Independent in the Florida Senate race. As the paper points out, between Crist, Rubio and Meek, the next governor of Florida could win with just 34 percent of the vote.

WSJ reports on the GOP’s “Suburban Strategy.” As part of its 2010 strategy, the GOP will be focusing on winning the suburbs, which according to the WSJ comprise nearly half of the country’s population. According to one poll cited in the article, “Hofstra University’s Center for Suburban Studies found that 31% of suburban voters felt that government actions had hurt their family’s finances—up from 15% the year before.” Such a shift, despite gains made by Democrats in 2008, could be troublesome.

House votes to forego pay hike. It seems Congress can’t justify a pay raise while ordinary Americans are still feeling it in the pocketbooks.

Texas Governor Rick Perry goes jogging, shoots a coyote. He says it’s to protect himself from snakes. I’m guessing it’s an attempt to steal crazy from Sarah Palin.

Sens. Schumer, Bennett (Colo.), Begich, and Franken, go after Mark Zuckerberg. The foursome sent a letter to Zuckerberg, raising questions about information sharing between third parties. The senators wrote, “We are writing to express our concern regarding recent changes to the Facebook privacy policy and the use of personal data on third party websites … The expansion of Facebook — both in the number of users and applications — raises new concerns for users who want to maintain control over their information.”

Democrats are planning another August health care push. This time it’s to sell the bill to constituents and with the PR war. As Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) put it: “We’re going to go out to the American people and let them know exactly what’s in the bill … I think you’re going to see a big difference this August than last August.”