The weakest part of our political system, by a considerable margin, is the presidential nominating process. It tends to exclude from consideration those with the greatest experience in what is uniquely the president's responsibility, foreign policy and military strategy.

It's a question increasingly asked, a sort of Internet Age social networking parlour game question: Who has the most friends or followers?

Could it be one of the candidates for U.S. Senate: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio or Kendrick Meek?  Or, perhaps a gubernatorial candidate: Alex Sink, Bill McCollum or Paula Dockery?  One might even venture to guess it's former Gov. Jeb Bush.

A little bird told us the answer...