There is a strange story from CBS 4 WFOR in Miami on Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, who is a candidate for the U.S. House seat that Mario Diaz-Balart is vacating. The story covers a car accident back in 2002 when Rivera hit a truck delivering campaign pieces for his opponent. The campaign team of former Obama administration official Joe Garcia, who is running in the Democratic primary, wasted no time in putting the CBS 4 report up on the Internet.

Marking the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment putting women's suffrage in the Constitution, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCains VP pick in 2008 and a possible presidential candidate in 2012, backed a number of women running in Republican primaries, including former Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi for the GOP attorney general nomination in Florida.

Not surprisingly, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, currently battling Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate election, is trying to make the most of President Barack Obama appearing in Florida on Wednesday night. Obama will be in Miami Beach for a fund-raiser for the Democratic Party and Meek will be waiting at the airport for the president.

Senate President Jeff Atwater, the Republican candidate for state CFO, is getting praise from an unlikely source. Atwater sent out an e-mail to supporters invoking Brad Ashewell, an advocate for the Florida Public Interest Research Group, an organization not exactly known for being friendly to conservatives or Republicans, that praised Atwater for pushing transparency on the budget.

The campaign team for Rick Scott launched a new ad on Wednesday against Attorney General Bill McCollum, his bitter rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. In the ad, with the smooth sounds of For the Love of Money by 70s soul legends the OJays in the background (the race is way too nasty for Love Train), a list of McCollums financial backers and the amounts given roll up the screen -- and what the groups back, including lax immigrant laws. You cant buy Bill McCollum, says the narrator. But you sure can rent him.

Darren Goode from The Hill has a piece about a study by the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant that claims almost 80 percent of the oil spill is still out in the Gulf, though the federal government is claiming much less. A group called the Gulf Coast Fund is also claiming BP is still using the dispersant Corexit, which has been linked to causing cancer in humans and is restricted in Europe. The company denies the charge.

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) joined U.S. Sen. George LeMiuex and former House Speaker Marco Rubio in welcoming President Barack Obama to Florida for a fund-raiser in Miami Beach on Wednesday night -- but quickly turned its fire on Democratic candidates running for office in the Sunshine State. Ronnie Whitaker, executive director of the RPOF, fired away at U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek who is running in a hotly contested Democratic primary with Jeff Greene for the U.S. Senate election.

Rick Scott lashed out at Republican gubernatorial primary rival Attorney General Bill McCollum on Wednesday for accepting millions in special interest money.

Jeff Greene launched a new television ad against U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, his chief rival for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate election. While the ad attacks Meeks record in Congress, there is a distinct difference from other ads the Greene campaign has run. Instead of Greene ripping into Meek or a narrator ominously speaking about the congressman, the ad features a diverse group of apparently normal Floridians tearing into Meek and singing Greenes praises.

Bad news from Jacksonville for fans of Sarah Palin. The Florida Times Union is reporting that a fund-raiser for Heroic Media, a pro-life organization that encourages women with unexpected pregnancies to consider other options besides abortion, with Palin as the featured speaker, has been moved from a 2,900-seat theater in the Times Union Center for Performing Arts to a 600-seat room. Tickets simply arent selling for the event.

A new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday finds the tide has turned in the favor of politicians running against wealthy businessmen in both the Republican gubernatorial primary and the contest for the Democratic U.S. Senate primary.

Its official. State CFO Alex Sink, the likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee, announced on Tuesday afternoon that she has chosen former Sen. Rod Smith of Alachua County as her running mate for lieutenant governor. Smith, who served as a state attorney as well as in the Senate, is best known to Floridians for his unsuccessful bid at the Democratic gubernatorial nomination back in 2006.

Talking to the media on Tuesday, former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate election, reiterated his opposition to a mosque being built two blocks away from Ground Zero in downtown Manhattan on moral, but not legal, grounds. The question is not whether they have the right to do it, said Rubio who has been very critical of President Barack Obamas comments supporting building the new mosque. The question is, is it the right thing to do.

House Republicans announced on Tuesday that one of their own -- Rep. Matt Hudson of Naples -- had been named to the executive committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Hudson is one of only 60 state legislators across the country to be so honored. The organization serves as a conduit for state legislators to exchange information and represents all 50 state Legislatures to the federal government.

The Florida First Initiative, a 527 organization supporting Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, launched a new television ad on Tuesday taking aim at primary rival Rick Scott.