The war over Tim Tebow continues on the First Coast. Despite the returns of Blaine Gabbert as QB and Marcades Lewis at tight end from injuries (though Lewis was reinjured) on Sunday, the Jacksonville Jaguars continue to struggle. The Jaguars, clearly the worst team in the National Football League (NFL), were blown out at home by the Indianapolis Colts, losing 37-3 on Sunday.

Jeb Bush showed his support on Monday for pastor Bill Gunter in the race for House District 36, adding yet another layer of publicity to an already highly-publicized campaign. Bush had kind words about Gunter and his commitment to education, an issue very important to Bush.

Jacksonvilles congresswoman and congressman -- Democrat Corrine Brown and Republican Ander Crenshaw -- split on party lines over continuing resolutions to fund the government and efforts to delay President Barack Obamas health care law by a year. Unless the Democratic Senate and the Republican House reach an agreement by the end of Monday, the federal government will be experiencing a shutdown.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West was in Louisiana over the weekend for a fundraiser for Louisiana state Sen. Elbert Guillory who recently jumped over to the GOP after first being elected as a Democrat. West took to Facebook on Monday to offer his thoughts on the looming federal shutdown and he pointed to a sermon he heard on Sunday covering the Acts of the Apostles which Washington could draw inspiration from.

Americans are still not on board with the individual health care mandate, according to a new poll released Monday by Rasmussen Reports. Americans are paying attention to news stories about the implementation of Obamacare -- the poll found 85 percent of likely U.S. voters said they were following news stories either somewhat closely or very closely, with 44 percent saying they were following news stories "very closely." Only 14 percent said they were not following news stories about the new health care law closely or at all.

Most eyes on Washington are on the looming federal shutdown. But U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., offered some thoughts on the Obama administrations response to the attack on State Department staffers in Benghazi that took place a year ago and left four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, dead.

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., came out swinging at an Obama administration-backed proposal of a $320 million federal bailout of Detroit which filed for bankruptcy back in July. The American taxpayer should not be forced to clean up a mess of Detroits making, said Buchanan on Friday. When is Washington going to wake up and realize that we cant bail our way out of economic distress? The federal government is hurtling toward $17 trillion in debt, Buchanan continued. We simply do not have the money to bail out failing state and local governments.

Using his Reclaim America PAC, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., looks to flex his political muscles on a national level in 2014 even as he continues mulling over a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

The University of Florida received unanimous approval from the state Board of Governors on Friday for an online four-year bachelor's degree program.

Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, best known for his three presidential bids, offered warm words of praise for Ladar Levison who shut down Lavabit instead of working with the National Security Agency (NSA). He's lost his main source of income. He's now effectively unemployed, Paul wrote supporters on Thursday. And now that his decision to shut down the secure email service Lavabit has created a media firestorm, Ladar Levison has become an even bigger target for our national security spy state.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., appeared on Greta Van Sustrens show on Fox News on Thursday night, insisting Democrats were to blame if the potential federal shutdown takes place and calling for defunding President Barack Obamas health care law.

Former Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico, who was the Libertarian Partys presidential candidate in 2012, compared politics to a reality show -- except that the actors are completely out of touch with reality in an email sent out to supporters on Thursday.

Former state Rep. John Patrick Julien, who lost a close battle for a state House seat last year, passed away on Friday after a battle with cancer.

The Internal Revenue Service's decision to target tea party and other conservative groups created a lot of controversy earlier this year, but while most American voters believe the IRS broke the law, very few think government employees will be charged with any crime. A new Rasmussen Reports poll found 53 percent of likely U.S. voters believe the IRS broke the law when it targeted tea party and other conservative groups, while only 24 percent disagree.

House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, may have jumped the gun when he announced formerRep. John Patrick Julien, who lost a close battle for a state House seat last year, passed away on Thursday. According to Julien's caretakers, Julien is still alive. Nadege Green of the Miami Herald took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to announce that Julien's friends and familyat his bedside said he is not doing well, but he is alive.