Supporters looking to draft Judge Andrew Napolitano to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 are claiming momentum. Over the weekend, Larry Hunter from the"'Draft Andrew Napolitano For President" committee insisted the effort he helps lead was making progress. We are focused on convincing the judge the support is there to make a run, Hunter emailed supporters. And the numbers are making the case. We added 100,000 fans on Facebook in just the last three months taking us from 30,000 to more than 130,000. Thats quite an influx of support.

Former state Sen. Dan Gelber is raising his profile as he backs former Gov. Charlie Crists bid for the Democratic nomination to challenge Gov. Rick Scott in 2014. Sending out fundraising emails over the weekend, the Crist campaign included one under Gelbers name.

Democrat Nan Rich says no, the Charlie Crist people haven't approached her to give up her run for governor in exchange for an appointment to head the Department of Children and Families -- and if they do, that's not what she wants.

Gov. Rick Scott has suspended a Port St. Lucie councilman following charges he violated the state's open meeting laws. Ron Bowen, serving his ninth year on the City Council -- 1992-2000, then elected again in 2012 -- is accused of discussing business outside a scheduled public meeting with another elected official in connection with the dismissal of former City Manager Greg Oravec.

Charlie Crist may have just passed his first million in fundraising since he declared he'd be running for governor, but Gov. Rick Scott ran circles around the Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat in the month of November.

Gov. Rick Scott and Rabbi Schneur Oirechman of Chabad Lubavitch of the Panhandle-Tallahassee celebrated the beginning of Hanukkah by participating in a ceremonial lighting of the menorah on Wednesday.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and Attorney General Pam Bondi wished Floridians a happy holiday. Bondi said:

John Tate from the Campaign for Liberty, currently chaired by former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, will take over Americas Liberty PAC, a new super-PAC. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., weighed in on Tates new assignment. Tate headed up Ron Pauls presidential campaign in 2012 and was the national political director for his 2008 presidential bid.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to Breitbart to attack the federal health-care law backed by President Barack Obama, accusing the president of overlooking the flaws in the law and leaving the burden of fixing it with the taxpayers. Rubio wrote:

Despite the winter storm expected to hit much of the East Coast, almost a quarter of Americans say they plan to hit the roads this Thanksgiving. Rasmussen Reports released a poll on Tuesday which shows 22 percent of American adults plan to travel over the Thanksgiving weekend while 76 percent plan to stay home and 3 percent are not sure. This is up from a Rasmussen poll last year which found 18 percent of American adults planned to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Politicians looking to win in 2014 would do well to label their opponents as career politicians. According to a Rasmussen Reports poll released on Tuesday, only 7 percent of likely voters think being called a career politician is a plus, while a majority of those surveyed -- 53 percent -- think its a negative. More than a third -- 36 percent -- classify the term somewhere in between.

Two rulings by a Sacramento Superior Court judge Monday left the future of California's high-speed rail project hanging in the balance. Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who has promised to revisit high-speed rail if elected, might want to take notice.

Black Friday is doubling as a license-free freshwater fishing day this year. Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Tuesday that Friday, Nov. 29, will be a license-free freshwater fishing day, and Saturday, Nov. 30, will be a saltwater license-free fishing day.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West ripped the Obama administration on Tuesday for its deal to lower economic sanctions on Iran in return for that Middle East nation freezing its nuclear program. West, a favorite of the tea party movement, has opened the door to a political comeback in 2016.

U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., is checked into a rehab facility in Naples, but his troubles with the media aren't too far away. Radel told a group of reporters that he was being harassed as he underwent treatment in the facility.