The battle lines in the warring factions of the Hernando County GOP are subtle but present. Times columnist Dan DeWitt brought them to light in Sunday's column:

"As best as I can tell, the split in the local Republican Party goes something like this:

There's a moderate wing made up of county Commissioner Jeff Stabins, commission candidates John Druzbick and Billy Healis, blogger Anna Liisa Covell and Realtor Gary Schraut.

The conservative camp — or, as Covell calls them, the "slash-and-burn, far right" faction — includes commission candidates Jon "Jaz" Zydenbos, Hubert "Wayne" Dukes, Jim Adkins, tax-cut advocate Linda Hayward and several leaders of the county Republican Executive Committee, or REC.

I don't pretend the list is all-inclusive. Also, some of these folks downplayed the party's differences, saying they can easily be patched up after Tuesday's primary." Read more here.