Two conservatives who are both weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 took aim at the budget proposed by President Barack Obama on Monday. The White House finally produced its proposal for the 2012 budget, noted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday. The White Houses plans are more about raising taxes and growing more government than reducing budget shortfalls.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ranks as one of the GOPs top targets come 2012 and the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is looking to link him to the $3.7 trillion federal budget that President Barack Obama proposed on Monday.

Florida Republican U.S. Tom Rooney took aim at the federal budget proposed by Barack Obama for FY 2012.

On Monday afternoon, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland ripped into the budget proposed by President Barack Obama.

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a public hearing Tuesday in Tallahassee to hear State Farm's case for raising homeowners' insurance rates nearly 28 percent and commercial multi-peril residential rates nearly 96 percent.

Gov. Rick Scott named Judge Burton Conner of Fort Pierce to the bench of the 4th District Court of Appeal Monday, replacing Judge Gary Farmer. Scott praised Judge Conner's demeanor and judicial restraint, saying he won't engage in judicial activism.

Tea Party Patriots, one of the more well-known national tea groups, is getting a deep probe by Mother Jones. Not surprisingly, the left-leaning magazine doesn't like what it's found. Tea partiers should be steamed, too.

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio scorched President Barack Obamas $3.73 trillion budget proposal for 2012 in a statement released on Monday morning.

President Barack Obama unveiled his 2012 budget proposal on Monday -- $3.73 trillion in spending for FY 2012, a reduction of just under 2.5 percent of spending in 2011. The budget also continued running up the national debt. The 2011 deficit now stands at an estimated $1.65 trillion, while the 2012 deficit appears to be shaping up around $1.1 trillion. This will mean for four years in a row the federal government will run up deficits of greater than $1 trillion. Republicans in Florida are already taking aim at the presidents proposed budget.

Noting that license plate registration fees have increased dramatically, even doubling in the last two years, Rep. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, is bringing a bill to the Legislature to lower the costs by having license plates with corporate logos. "This program would give corporations the ability to utilize a new, low-cost, mass mobile form of marketing that specifically benefits the state of Florida, the business community, and the states' constituents," said Brandes.

A poll from Fox News released on Monday, conducted by Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company Research, found President Barack Obama in solid shape for winning another term in 2012 -- and routing former Gov. Jeb Bush if he were the Republican presidential nominee. The poll had Obama with 54 percent and Bush with 34 percent. A poll from Fox News taken back in September found it much closer with Obama at 45 percent and Bush at 37 percent.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland took aim at federal regulations on business at the end of last week, arguing that they hurt businesses in the Sunshine State -- including regulations coming from the EPA.

State Sen. Mike Bennett, author of a putative immigration-control bill, continues to send mixed signals about his intentions. While his SB 136 might charitably be dubbed "Arizona Light" for attempting to bolster enforcement, Bennett's op-ed in Saturday's Tampa Tribune blurred the line between legal and illegal immigration, and even applauded the DREAM Act, which would grant in-state tuition to illegal residents.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns weighed in on international events on Saturday, praising recent developments in Tunisia and in Egypt.

U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, announced on Friday that he was filing a bill to cut $100 billion from the federal budget. The measure, which is penciled in to be debated this week, won the backing of Florida Republican U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla.