Making the rounds at the Summit of the Americas, Sen. Marco Rubio on Saturday met with Paraguay President Fernando Lugo and Chilean President Sebasti Pira (pictured here).

Now the news is out that, not only did Ann Romney stay at home to care for her five boys, she didn't get a lick of help from maids or nannies. Read all about it on the website Politicker. The Romneys' youngest boy Ben, 31, wrote this on his Facebook page: Growing up, we never had a nanny or a mommys helper. Never went to daycare."

Time for the Obama Rule. (Well get to that in a second).

Gov. Rick Scott will allow the energy bill crafted by Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam to become law without signing the legislation, HB 7117. Scott declared in a letter to Secretary of State Ken Detzner that he had mixed feeling about the bill, supporting the pro-business reforms but questioning targeted tax credits that have been opposed by groups such as Americans for Prosperity-Florida.

Even Democrats should give him credit for this: When it comes to fostering economic development, the governor knows how to follow the money. In an announcement Friday, Scott named a 30-year veteran of the banking sector, Hunting Deutsch, as executive director of Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity, effective April 16.

Ben Powell has been named chairman of the Republican Party of Miami-Dade, succeeding state Rep. Erik Fresen. Powell, a political appointee in the Reagan administration, has been a businessman for the past 20 years. In addition to accountability, a major theme of mine will be openness," Powell said in a statement Friday. "I believe strongly in party unity and the concept of a Big Tent. Though we may support different candidates and have different ideas on certain issues, we also share common principles.

Did the pot teach the kettle black? Seems DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz hired Democratic strategist, CNN contributor and Ann Romney-insulter Hilary Rosen to coach her on media.

A bill that would keep high school athletes with concussions off the field until cleared by a doctor, and another that would allow high school athletes to transfer without missing a game, both reached Gov. Rick Scott on Friday.

University of Florida Senior Vice President of Agriculture and Natural Resources Jack Payne is spreading a video produced by students from Texas A&M University to emphasize the importance of agriculture. Beginning with university students, 'Farmers Fight' encourages consumers to ask where their food comes from, and give students, faculty, public officials, and farmers and ranchers an opportunity to become 'agvocates' for the agriculture community, Payne says.

Florida Democrats announced Friday that they out-registered Republicans in March. Democrats said they registered 4,405 more voters than Republicans, beating the GOP by 8 percentage points. The Florida Democratic Party also boasted that Hispanics registered Democrat 46 percent of the time, versus 17 percent for Republicans. Curiously unmentioned by the FDP was any reference to its widely alleged claims of "voter suppression" by Florida's election and registration laws.

The annual Florida TaxWatch list of budget "turkeys" seeks line-item vetoes from the governor for 143 projects, worth $150.6 million, ranging from the Brevard Community College Public Safety Institute to a land purchase next to the governors mansion and a Bay of Pigs Museum in Miami.

As Sen. J.D. Alexander, R-Lake Wales, expressed confidence Thursday that his efforts to advance University of South Florida-Polytechnic in Lakeland as an independent university will be supported by Gov. Rick Scott, public sentiment has been far heavier in the opposite direction. As of Friday morning, the governors office has received 14,021 emails regarding the bill, SB 1994, that Scott has until April 21 to sign or veto.

The owner of a Miami construction services company has been arrested for allegedly creating more than 250 fraudulent certificates of insurance to help uninsured contractors avoid $2.1 million in workers' compensation premiums, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced Friday. Yucet Batista, 29, was arrested as the result of a joint investigation by the Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud and the Broward sheriffs office.

State Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater on Friday endorsed Gary Aubuchon's bid for the 19th Congressional District seat being vacated by Rep. Connie Mack, R-Naples. Gary Aubuchon will change the financial mentality in Washington, said Atwater. He is the right man to cut spending, balance the budget and hold government accountable again.

The Florida Association of Counties is preparing to file a lawsuit in Leon County to challenge the law, HB 5301, that will require counties to pay the state $325 million in disputed Medicaid bills.