While he faces a crowded field in the Democratic primary, Rudy Moises bid for Congress is starting to build support in the Beltway. Citizens for Global Solutions Political Action Committee, which advocates for greater American participation in global affairs and the United Nations, has released its first list of endorsed candidates for the 2010 congressional elections.

Gov. Charlie Crist is hinting that he may veto a measure passed by the Legislature in the last days of the session requiring ultrasounds be performed for pregnant women considering abortions in the first trimester. Conservatives are contacting the governor, encouraging him to sign the measure. Florida Right to Life and Florida Family Action, a group affiliated with the Florida Family Policy Council, are asking their backers to contact the governor. Florida Republicans are also helping that the newly independent governor signs the measure.

With Gov. Charlie Crist bailing out of the Republican party to continue his campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent, it comes as no surprise that former Gov. Jeb Bush has endorsed Marco Rubios bid for the Senate. Bush and Rubio are close allies going back to their time in Tallahassee together.

Polls, polls, everywhere polls for the most dramatic political race Florida has seen since George Smathers knocked Claude Pepper out of the U.S. Senate. McLaughlin and Associates released a poll that shows independent Gov. Charlie Crist with 33 percent followed by Republican Marco Rubio at 29 percent and Democrtaic Congressman Kendrick Meek with 15 percent. A poll that Rasmussen Reports took yesterday mirrors the McLaughlin one. Crist was at 38 percent with Rubio at 34 percent and Meek at 17 percent.

The National Right to Life Political Action Committee endorsed former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the leading Republican candidate, for the U.S. Senate election. "As Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Marco Rubio was a strong advocate for life," said Karen Cross, political director of National Right to Life. "Our endorsement represents Speaker Rubio's unwavering commitment to renewing a culture of life in Florida and throughout the nation."

Scott Fortune, an attorney based out of Jacksonville Beach, has challenged Congresswoman Corrine Brown in the Democratic primary. Fortune is a political unknown. How unknown? Despite calling Jacksonville home for over two and a half decades and following its politics very closely, I have never heard of him. Apparently I am not alone. Duval County Democratic Party Chairman Travis Bridges knew the name but did not know much else about Fortune.

From his perch on the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Republican Congressman Connie Mack may focus more on Latin American issues but he is slowly emerging as a leading voice on other aspects of foreign policy. Case in point, with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the U.N. on Monday, Mack blasted the Iranian leader for his intemperate remarks.

By now, you've probably heard about the Charlie Crist painting that landed on eBay. But why spend your cash on a boring portrait when you could have had photos of the governor allegedly snorting coke?

While former Rep. Loranne Ausley has not come out to back former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddoxs pledge to oppose all forms of offshore drilling, the leading Democratic candidate to take Alex Sinks place as CFO is pushing for the state to action against BP for the oil spill in the Gulf.

While U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, defends his 16th Congressional District seat this November, older brother Pat Rooney Jr. is running for a state House seat. "When he told me, I said, 'Are you crazy?''' Rep. Rooney related Monday during a visit to John Carroll Catholic High School in Fort Pierce. The 83rd House District seat is currently occupied by Carl Domino, R-Jupiter, who is term-limited and running for state Senate.

I didn't expect Sen Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, to like the fact that I reported on what I saw in plain view on the Senate floor last Thursday.

The oil slick threatening Gulf Coast states is growing ever larger and the state Attorney General's office and Department of Environmental Protection have been working to contain and respond to the disaster, said Attorney General Bill McCollum and Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Sole Monday morning.

While 43 of the 44 Democrats in the Florida House opposed the final budget on Friday, Rep. Darryl Rouson of St. Petersburg broke ranks and supported the measure. On the last day of a tumultuous 60 day session filled with highs and lows; filled with days of bad bills resurrecting and nights of good bills dying with very little rhyme or reason, I cast the lone Democratic vote in the Florida House in favor of the budget," said Rouson. "I did so with a heavy heart and a call to conscience."

Senator Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, has released a video statement on his take on the 2010 legislative session. Hes not giving it high marks. The session was in a word: horrible, said Gelber. Gelber blasted Republicans for supporting SB 6 and for pushing ideological issues instead of focusing on Floridas problems, including the record high unemployment rate.

The first passenger train to run from Miami to Jacksonville in 47 years made a successful run Saturday, cheered on by crowds at eight of the stops along the way.