U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., made the television rounds on Tuesday morning as he takes aim at the online launch of President Barack Obamas federal health-care program. Rubio plans to introduce a bill deferring penalties on those who do enroll into federal health care due to the continuing problems with the website.

On Monday, former U.S. Rep. Allen West pointed to the Obama administrations problems launching the federal health-care website as proof liberals cant govern.

Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Allison Tant weighed in on Monday after former DCF Secretary George Sheldon announced he was running for that partys nomination to challenge state Attorney General Pam Bondi.

I am pleased that George Sheldon has entered the race for attorney general, Tant said. For the past three years, Attorney General Pam Bondi has put her political career over the needs of Florida families.

Tant also parroted Sheldons line about a lack of integrity in Bondis office.

Former Deputy Attorney General George Sheldon announced earlier on Monday he was running against Attorney General Pam Bondi -- and hes already drawing fire from Florida Republicans.

Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Chairman Lenny Curry welcomed Sheldon to the race with a few jabs.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took aim at the website launched by President Barack Obamas administration as the federal health-care law starts to take effect.

"It is clear the Obamacare roll-out has been a disaster that has further eroded the American people's confidence in the federal government's ability to keep basic promises, Rubio said on Monday.

As part of the agreement to end the federal shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, a joint committee, led by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was tasked with trying to reach a budget agreement. On Monday, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., called for the committees meetings to be open to the public.

A new national poll from Rasmussen finds a slim majority of likely voters -- 51 percent -- of those surveyed said the federal shutdown had some impact on them. Almost as many Americans -- 46 percent -- said the shutdown had no impact on them.

Only 11 percent of those surveyed said the shutdown had a major impact on them while 40 percent said it had a minor impact.

With two escaped inmates who were released by mistake from the Franklin Correctional Institute captured in Panama City on Saturday night, Florida Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Orange Park, is promising to hold a hearing on the matter. Bradley chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice.

U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., who passed away on Friday, was first elected to Congress in 1970 but faced only two minor-party candidates in the more than 20 times he ran for his Tampa Bay seat. Richard Winger over at Ballot Access News, one of the nations leading experts on third parties and independent candidates, noted this over the weekend.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West turned to "Star Trek" for his latest attack on President Barack Obama. Over at his new website, West compared Democrats to the Borg, a villainous alien race that first appeared on Star Trek: The New Generation which tried to assimilate other species.