Social conservatives continue to cheer the fact that Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, pulled his bill in the Florida House that would open the Sunshine State to more destination casinos -- but warn it could re-emerge in 2013. Bill Warren, the director of policy and communications for the Florida Family Policy Council, offered supporters his take on what led Fresen to move to table his bill at a meeting of the House Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee on Friday, noting that casino opponents snagged the key committee vote in the final hours before the committee meeting.

With Rick Santorum being his only competition on the ballot in Missouri and with a poll showing him leading in Minnesota -- both states hold presidential primaries on Tuesday -- Mitt Romneys team unleashed an attack against him over the weekend.

The team behind Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich ripped into GOP primary rival Mitt Romney, comparing him to establishment favorites who stood against the tea party in 2010.

Over the weekend, entertainer Pat Boone --a longtime conservative activist --announced that he is backing Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination. Boone, who had been a supporter of Ronald Reagan as early as 1966 when he ran for governor of California, compared Santorum to the former president.

Considering its penchant for appealing to a millionaire and billionaire readership, Forbes magazine has some nerve picking the nation's most miserable cities. But that's what its editors do. Every year. And this year it chose as its No. 1 most miserable city in America ... Miami. They used a formula, an index, that combines unemployment and inflation. In deciding what cities make the list, the editors base their take "on the things people complain about on a regular basis," looking at 10 factors for the 200 largest metro areas in the U.S.

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is the latest to join the now-global Tebowing craze. ??

BP Products North America Inc. is going to pump $500 million into an effort to rebuild its brand -- through a new customer rewards program and its exclusive energy sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic team -- that has suffered the past two years due to the Deepwater Horizon tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico.

Speaking at his Nevada caucus victory party at the Red Rocks Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Saturday night, Mitt Romney sounded every bit a winner. While thanking the Silver State for giving him his second consecutive win and the largest share of the state's 28 delegates, the GOP presidential front-runner traveled the high road all the way. He mentioned not a single one of his opponents by name and stayed focused on President Barack Obama's record. He repeated his oft-made promise to repeal the federal health-care law, grow jobs and increase military spending.

During an interview Saturday night with Dave Feherty, host of the Golf Channel's "Feherty Live," Denver Broncos quarterback and former Florida Gator star Tim Tebow said he could one day explore politics "if it's something I care about." "I don't know -- it could be something in my future," Tebow said. "If it's something I care about, possibly."

Watch as 2012 becomes the most moneyed presidential campaign on record. Last quarter, President Barack Obama raised $68 million, unprecedented for a sitting president a full year before his re-election bid. Now David and Charles Koch, billionaire businessmen known for their donations to conservative causes, have together pledged $60 million to defeat Obama. Plus, their friends kicked in another $40 million.

In a newly released ad, the Republican National Committee compares candidate Obama's promises in Nevada to President Obama's record in the state.

The head of the Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy blasted corporate influence on environmentalists in the wake of reports that the Sierra Club accepted $25 million from a gas drilling and fracking company. "This is an example of the lateral influence that corporations can exert," said FARE executive director Mike Antheil.

Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, on Friday filed to run for the office of supervisor of elections of Manatee County. The sometimes controversial Bennett, term-limited in the Florida Legislature in 2012, will run in a primary against at least five Republicans. Only one Democrat has registered so far to run for the office. Annual salary for the job is $112,851.

Carol Bowen, vice president of government affairs for the Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter, released the following statement on behalf of the Jobs 4 Florida coalition Friday. Although this year we will not see the job creation and revenue generation resulting from destination resorts in Florida, we are encouraged and thankful that the bill sponsors brought forth this opportunity and many Floridians spoke out in support.

At a media event in Coral Gables on Friday, Republican Senate hopeful Congressman Connie Mack won the endorsement of Jeb Bush Jr.