Former Congressman Allen West set off a wave of speculation on Tuesday when he appeared on Sean Hannitys radio show -- and said he was open to running for president in 2016. The Corner over at National Review has the details.

With Tuesday marking the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacres, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen took aim at communist China.

With buzz growing that former CFO Alex Sink, who lost out to Rick Scott back in 2010 in the closest gubernatorial election in Floridas history, wants a rematch in 2014, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is taking aim at her and linking her to a possible Democratic rival. On Wednesday, the RPOF launched an attack trashing the economy when Gov. Charlie Crist and Sink served in Tallahassee.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is now hinting that he will vote against the immigration reform bill that he was backing. Appearing on the Hugh Hewitt radio show on Tuesday, Rubio called for changes to the bill that he was championing, namely more commitment to boarder security. Byron York over at Washington Examiner has the details. York highlights Rubios dilemma:

Yet another former inmate of the infamousArthur G. Dozier School for Boys (Florida's now-closed reform-school-from-hell) has come forward to tell Sunshine State News he, too, witnessed the existence of an additional cemetery on the campus grounds, back when he attended the school in 1969.

Can we now please talk about drinking water and where the money's going to come from to make sure it's there for our children and grandchildren? A new EPA survey shows the nation needs $384 billion to assure its water infrastructure is up to par to provide potable water by 2030.

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is considered one of the leading Republican presidential hopefuls in 2016, called for a constitutional amendment to push back against President Barack Obamas federal health-care law.

Nearly half of voters think President Obama's doing a poor job at handling gun control, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Tuesday. Only 37 percent of voters give Obama positive reviews for the way he's handling gun control as opposed to the 46 percent of voters who give him a poor rating. The president's poor approval numbers have been climbing over the past few months. They were 34 percent in February and have climbed 13 points since then.

On Tuesday morning, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law SB 1852. The new law authorizes funding from the National Mortgage Settlement to go to state agencies working on housing and foreclosure issues.

Former Congressman Allen West continues to remain in the national spotlight -- and he is gearing up for a book tour. West took to Facebook on Tuesday morning and informed his followers that he had finished writing a book. We now move into the editing phase, which we have been doing chapter by chapter as I completed writing, West wrote. The book will present my thoughts as a man, a warrior, my political philosophy, being a black conservative, and my vision for the republic as an American statesman.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination back in 2008, came out swinging on Tuesday in defense of Common Core Standards in education. He sent a letter to lawmakers in Oklahoma, urging them to support Common Core. Its disturbing to me there have been criticisms of these standards directed by other conservatives including the RNC, Huckabee wrote. The truth of the matter is, these criticisms are short-sighted.

With revelations that sexual assault is on the rise in the military, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan announced on Tuesday that he was co-sponsoring a bill with Ohio Republican Michael Turner and Massachusetts Democrat Niki Tsongas which prevents officers from overturning convictions for major offenses including sexual assault. The BE SAFE Act ensures any officer found guilty of rape, sexual abuse or forcible sodomy be dishonorably discharged.

E-Verify was one of the major bones of contention between Rick Scott and Bill McCollum during the divisive 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary -- but one of the leading conservatives in the Sunshine State offered cautionary words on that program on Monday.Responding to a constituent, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., continued to advocate for immigration reform.

From his perch as chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw has some control of how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) manages its funds -- and, on Monday, he called some of that organizations managers before his committee.

Add another name to the list of potential Republican presidential hopefuls -- U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio. Portman will be heading up to New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary, later this month. David Catanese over at The Run has the details.