President Barack Obamas signature health-care law is drawing fire from an old foe on the left in consumer advocate Ralph Nader. While Nader stayed out of the 2012 presidential contest, he ran against Obama in 2008 as an independent. Nader compared Obamas rollout to the launch of Medicare back in the 1960s -- and found Obamacare lacking.

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) ripped into former Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday, insisting he was following advice offered by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, of defending President Barack Obamas federal health-care law. After spending most of his political career as a Republican, Crist left the GOP to run for the U.S. Senate with no party affiliation in 2010 and joined the Democrats in 2012. Crist is now running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Looks like there will be changes over the skies of the First Coast as P-3 Orions are being phased out by the Navy for the P-8A Poseidon planes. Both planes specialize in finding submarines. On Friday, two P-8As were deployed to Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax). U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., a member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, offered his thoughts on the new planes on Monday.

Gov. Rick Scott sent out a letter on Monday, urging school superintendents across the Sunshine State to finalize agreements to increase teacher pay which was one of his chief legislative priorities this year. The letter reads as follows:

Libertarian think-tank Reason Institute unveiled a study focusing on high-speed rail in Central Florida. Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore argue in the study that the state of Florida will be facing major defecits if high-speed rail connects Tampa and Orlando and Gov. Rick Scott was wise to avoid it.

Conservative educator and businessman Richard Bishirjian is set to launch a new higher ed initiative based out of Gainesville. Bishirjian, an editorial adviser for Modern Age, founded Yorktown University in Colorado (full disclosure, I worked for that school briefly back in 2006) and Yorktown University of the Americas here in Florida.

The Obama administration promised to fix the federal health-care program website, which has been plagued by technical issues, by November 30. With the site still having problems, the Republican National Committee (RNC) went on the attack on Monday, launching a new Web video attacking President Barack Obama and his signature law.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles kicked off Older Driver Safety Awareness Week with safety tips on Monday.

Half of voters say they're opposed to a government mandate that would requirethat employers provide health insurance with free contraceptives for their female employees, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday. Voters remain closely divided, however, when asked if a business should be allowed to opt out of such a mandate for religious reasons --the subject of a legal challenge of Obamacare now being heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Over at the New Republic, Nate Cohn argues that Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin is the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Cohn presents an interesting case for Walker as acceptable to a broad host of Republican primary voters. In the piece, Cohn offers a quick look at how the odds of Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. winning the GOP nod have dropped considerably.

Conservative group American Action Network is running cyber ads attacking U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., for backing President Barack Obamas federal health-care law on Cyber Monday. Americans know a bad deal when they see one, said Emily Davis, a spokeswoman for American Action Network. Obamacare champion Patrick Murphy is running for cover after selling Floridians a bag full of broken promises, but Floridians arent foolish enough to buy his dishonest spin. Murphy is a top target for Republicans in 2014.

Want to see medical marijuana duked out in the Florida Supreme Court this week? All you have to do is collect the most petitions to get medical marijuana on the ballot for next year. United For Care, a campaign run by People United for Medical Marijuana, held a contest to see who could gather the most petitions to get the constitutional amendment for medical marijuana on the ballot in November 2014.

Supporters of drafting Dr. Ben Carson to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 are claiming momentum. John Phillip Sousa IV, great-grandson and namesake of the celebrated composer of patriotic marches, is leading the national "Draft Ben Carson for President" committee and sent an email out to conservatives this weekend to make the case for his candidate, noting that more than 200,000 Americans ... have signed the petition urging Dr. Ben Carson to run for president of the United States.

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) took aim at former Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday, attacking its former standard bearer for supporting President Barack Obamas federal health-care law. Crist had been a Republican for much of his political career but in 2010, after supporting Obamas federal stimulus, he left the GOP to continue his bid for the U.S. Senate with no party affiliation. After backing Obama for a second term, Crist joined the Democrats at the end of last year.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith, R-N.H., said back in October he would not run for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. But over the weekend, Smith, who made two bids for the Senate in Florida, said he would run to challenge U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., in 2014.