While he has no chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination and he will be leaving Congress after the November elections, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, shows no signs of heading to the political sidelines.

Paul sent out a campaign update to supporters late on Wednesday in which he crowed about bringing 200 bound delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa which shatters the predictions of the pundits and talking heads and shows the seriousness of our movement.

Qualifying is wrapping up here in Tallahassee. Candidates have until noon Friday to file their paperwork to make the ballot.

All eyes are on Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, who represents parts of Hillsborough and Pasco counties, but has yet to qualify. Norman has drawn fire on ethical issues, prompting a federal investigation. In 2010, Norman survived a brutal primary battle with fellow Republican Kevin Ambler, then faced a token write-in-candidate in the general.

On Wednesday, attorney Wyman Duggan dropped out of the Republican primary to replace term-limited Sen. Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville, and backed Rep. Mike Weinstein, R-Jacksonville, for the seat.

On Wednesday, former Gov. Jeb Bush announced that he was backing U.S. Rep. Connie Mack to take on Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November.

Continuing his efforts to woo Hispanic voters away from President Barack Obama, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, unveiled his Hispanic Steering Committee on Wednesday which includes a number of prominent Florida Republicans -- including U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux hit Tallahassee on Wednesday to file his paperwork to qualify to run in the Republican primary to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

On Tuesday, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced that he was backing U.S. Rep. Connie Mack for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November.

Former President Bill Clinton is taking aim at U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., for comments he made that there were at least 80 Democratic members of Congress who are communists.

In a speech on Monday night, Clinton bashed the GOP leadership in Congress and on the campaign trail for not slapping West on the wrists for his comment.

The Hill has the details.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is looking to cut into President Barack Obamas lead in the polls among Hispanic voters. The Romney camp unveiled a Web video responding to an ad from the Obama campaign looking to reach out to Hispanic voters. The Romney team is also hitting Obamas record on the economy, arguing that Hispanics have been badly hurt by the administrations policies.

President Barack Obama is drawing fire from Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS), an organization with ties to many prominent Republicans including Karl Rove. Crossroads GPS is running a new ad slamming Obama on the national debt in a $5.5 million ad campaign being launched in key battleground states, including Florida, on Tuesday. Crossroads GPS is spending $1.7 million to run the ad in the Sunshine State over the next two weeks.