ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Florida doesn't like George Bush anymore according to new polling, Lesley Clark reports in the Miami Herald; Mitt Romney may or may not give a speech about his Mormon faith, Thomas Burr in the Salt Lake Tribune and Suzanne Struglinski in the Deseret News report; Meanwhile, McCain's mother makes some unintelligible slam on Romney's religion, Thomas Burr also reports in the Salt Lake Tribune. Fred Thompson has a plan for Social Security, Bill Theobold reports in the Tennessean; and finally, Aaron Sadler in the Arkansas News Bureau has a profile on Janet Huckabee.
VETERANS DAY STORIES: Aaron Sadler in the Northwest Arkansas Daily News tells the story of Vietnam War soldier whose name was misspelled on the wall, and whose family has been trying for years to get it fixed; and Leo Shane in Stars and Stripes reports on a recent veterans' convention.
AMT: Herb Jackson in the Bergen Record and Jim Myers in the Tulsa World report on alternative minimum tax legislation that passed the House on Friday.
ETHANOL POLITICS: Ellyn Ferguson in the Argus Leader reports on the impact of proposed gasoline legislation on the ethanol industry.
BILLS, MARK-UPS AND HEARINGS: Josh Drobnyk in the Allentown Morning Call reports on legislation requiring private prisons to release the same information as those run by governments.
MONEY STUFF: Utah will get fire grant funding, Suzanne Struglinski reports in the Deseret News; Louisiana just had a $12 billion day, Gerard Shields reports in the Baton Rouge Advocate; and Cincinati will get funding from the Labor/HHS bill, Malia Rulon reports in the Cincinati Enquirer.
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