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pWhen Travis ran away to Hawaii on “Cougar Town” (Tue., 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC), he ran into Ted Buckland (Sam Lloyd) from “Scrubs.” It was the same actor and the same character across the two Bill Lawrence shows, but Lloyd wasn’t the only returning “Scrubs” alumnus in attendance at this week’s “Cougar Town,” though he was the only character./ppTed and his a cappella group showed up in Florida for a competition, bunking at Jules’ place for a while.

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/3/voting_booth.jpg” alt=”Empty voting booths in St. Louis county” height=”384″ width=”550″ / div class=”dkimg-cap”Empty voting booths in St. Louis County. (Sarah Conard/Reuters)/div /div I wrote yesterday on the a href=”http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/07/1072094/-GOP-turnout-woes-intensify”GOP’s turnout problem/a, with numbers mostly down from 2008.

div class=”dkimg-c”img src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/3/Mitt_Romney-2-20.jpg” alt=”Mitt Romney” height=”396″ width=”550″ / div class=”dkimg-cap”Weakest. Frontrunner. Ever. nbsp;(Joshua Lott/Reuters)/div /div A Republican candidate needs strong1,144 delegates/strong to secure the nomination.

pThe Oscars are over, and nowadays, it’s all about television anyway. Just look at “Homeland,” “Downton Abbey” and “Boardwalk Empire.” /ppAnd if you’re in the world of TV, some major notches on your belt might include getting your mug on HBO or working with superstar J.J. Abrams. Actress Sarah Jones has done both.

pWASHINGTON — Three weeks ago, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) a href=”http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/santorum-cancels-florida-events-to-spend-time-with-hospitalized-daughter/” target=”_hplink”canceled campaign events/a in Florida on the eve of the state’s primary to be with his ailing daughter in a Philadelphia hospital. His three-year-old, Bella, has a genetic condition that can be fatal and had contracted pneumonia.

pWASHINGTON — Three weeks ago, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) a href=”http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/santorum-cancels-florida-events-to-spend-time-with-hospitalized-daughter/” target=”_hplink”canceled campaign events/a in Florida on the eve of the state’s primary to be with his ailing daughter in a Philadelphia hospital. His three-year-old, Bella, has a genetic condition that can be fatal and had contracted pneumonia.

pToday are some caucuses and beauty contests in Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota.br //p div class=”dkimg-r”img src=”http://images1.dailykos.com/i/user/426/images.jpg” alt=”" height=”139″ width=”225″ //div We will, of course, be covering it here, and let’s talk about some things to watch: pstrong1.

pimg src=”http://images.dailykos.com/i/user/28416/APR_2_7_12.jpg” //p pVisual source: a href=”http://newseum.org”Newseum/a/p pa href=”http://thehill.com/homenews/news/209033-its-super-pac-v-super-pac”Amie Parnes:/abr //p blockquoteIn a clear signal that the 2012 presidential election is gearing up to be a monumental slug fest, the Obama campaign told big-money donors late Monday evening to begin writing their checks to Priorities USA, a top Democratic “super PAC” and make the president’s reelection effort competitive with its deep-pocket

pimg src=”http://images.dailykos.com/i/user/28416/APR_2_7_12.jpg” //p pVisual source: a href=”http://newseum.org”Newseum/a/p pa href=”http://thehill.com/homenews/news/209033-its-super-pac-v-super-pac”Amie Parnes:/abr //p blockquoteIn a clear signal that the 2012 presidential election is gearing up to be a monumental slug fest, the Obama campaign told big-money donors late Monday evening to begin writing their checks to Priorities USA, a top Democratic “super PAC” and make the president’s reelection effort competitive with its deep-pocket

pTAMPA, Fla. — Is Newt Gingrich the Tea Party candidate? /ppThe former House Speaker (R-Ga.) won 45 percent of the vote from Florida voters who “strongly support” the Tea Party, compared to Mitt Romney’s 33 percent and former Sen. Rick Santorum’s (R-Pa.) 17 percent, a href=”http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/florida-primary-jan-31/exit-polls” target=”_hplink”according to Florida primary exit polls/a. /ppFormer Alaska Gov.