The National Libertarian Party's reaction to the SCOTUS Obamacare decision transcends disappointment. In fact, it's fairly incredulous. It goes after Mitt Romney like a vulture after road kill. Carla Howell, the party's executive director, explains it like this: "A President Mitt Romney would not undo Obamacare. Hed make it permanent." She claims the high court ruling matters not a hoot: "It will make little difference to America in the short run, and no difference in the long run."

Did somebody say recession? Looking at Florida Trend's annual rankings of Florida's powerhouse public and private companies, who would have predicted in these economic times that the top 350 companies surveyed would actually record an increase in revenue of nearly $40 billion year over year? According to Florida's premier business magazine, the top public companies enjoyed a rise in revenue of 8.2 percent, collectively, while the leading private companies surpassed their public counterparts with a 9.3 percent increase.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has been leading the coalition of states challenging the federal health-care law signed by President Barack Obama, offered initial thoughts on Thursday morning after the Supreme Court of the United States upheld most of the law including the individual mandate. This is a tax on the American people and thats how it was upheld, Bondi said.

Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, who emerged on the national political stage by opposing President Barack Obama on the health care issue, weighed in on Thursday after the Supreme Court of the United States upheld most of the federal health-care law.

After the Supreme Court of the United States upheld most of the federal health-care law on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., ripped into U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. Mack is the heavy favorite to win the Republican nomination in the August primary as the GOP determines who will challenge Nelson in November.

With the Supreme Court deciding on Thursday to uphold most of the federal health-care law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, the issue moves to the center stage of the close battle in Florida as Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson looks to win a third term. Nelson, who voted for the health-care law back in 2010, doubled down on his support of it on Thursday after the court ruled to uphold it.

With Republicans in Tallahassee scrambling after the Supreme Court of the United States upheld most of the federal health-care law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010, Florida Democrats are starting to push Gov. Rick Scott to accept the results of the case. Case in point -- House Democratic Leader Ron Saunders, D-Key West, who is in a tough primary contest for a state Senate seat in South Florida.

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who bested Mitt Romney in more than 10 state contests in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination, ripped into President Barack Obama on Thursday after the Supreme Court of the United States upheld most of the federal health-care law. Santorum unleashed some very strongly worded attacks against Obama, calling him a "very dangerous person" who "believes he is above the law."

Mark Wilson, President and CEO of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court of the United States ruling upholding the health care law. Obamacare is a bad prescription for job creation and economic growth, and todays ruling will have a long-lasting effect on the spirit of Americas entrepreneurs -- true job creators.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fl, weighed in on Thursday after the Supreme Court of the United States upheld most of the federal health-care law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010.

The National Federation of Independent Business, which joined Florida and 25 other states in challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act released the following statement following Thursdays 5-4 ruling on the act. Dan Danner, President and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business

With the Supreme Court upholding most of the federal health-care law on Thursday, Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), insisted that the only option left to repeal the law was by throwing President Barack Obama out in November. "Today's Supreme Court decision sets the stakes for the November election, Priebus said in a statement released less than an hour after the decision was released. Now, the only way to save the country from ObamaCare's budget-busting government takeover of health care is to elect a new president.

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam released the following statement today in response to the ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. "Unconstitutional or not, the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the wrong policy for reforming health care and the wrong direction for America. Individual liberties and the doctor-patient relationship took a step back today."

Florida Medical Association President Miguel A. Machado, immediately expressed concern the act will weaken Medicare. The Florida Medical Association (FMA) believes that health care system in our country should be focused on the needs of individual patients, Machado stated in a release. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, including the individual mandates, which the majority of justices declared Congress could impose as a tax. Chief Justice John Roberts, nominated by former President George W. Bush, sided with the majority.

Justices on the Supreme Court of the United States have an odd history of not doing what they are expected to do. After George H. W. Bush appointed David Souter, the justice from New Hampshire turned into a fairly liberal member of the Court. It happens--FDRs choice of Felix Frankfurter did not turn into a liberal justice and Earl Warren certainly was not as conservative as Eisenhower thought he would be.