Political pundits of a certain stripe have been lamenting the disappearance of Republican moderates for years. It's time now to lament the disappearance of moderate Democrats.

Gov. Rick Scott’s inaugural parade featured marching bands, floats, and appropriately enough for the upstart Republican, elephants.

On March 4, 1829, the newly inaugurated President Andrew Jackson held an open house event at the White House -- leading to a mob of around 20,000 celebrating his election and running “Old Hickory” out of his new home. While open house events at the White House ended during Grover Cleveland’s first term, newly inaugurated Florida governors continue to hold open houses in the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee.