Presidential Campaign Visits: Exciting or a Nuisance?

With Florida a battleground state – and Tampa Bay considered key to the presidential election – campaigning has been nonstop in 2012.

The showdowns started with the Florida Primary in January, when Republican presidential hopefuls started descending on Tampa Bay.

They intensified when the Republican National Convention came to town last month, with GOP nominee Gov. Mitt Romney and his crew bringing major buzz and more than a little disruption to downtown Tampa.

Things heated up again recently, as President Barack Obama stopped in Seminole, route: {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show", :id=>"obama-met-by-11-000-supporters"} -->, and Paul Ryan, Romney's VP pick,