A poll unveiled by Rasmussen Reports on Friday finds that U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has solid leads over the three leading Republicans looking to defeat him in November, though the Democrat incumbent does not break 50 percent against any of the GOP hopefuls.

A poll of likely voters by Rasmussen Reports unveiled on Friday shows that Florida should expect, once again, to be the chief battleground as President Barack Obama hopes to hold off Mitt Romney, the overwhelming favorite to be the Republican presidential nominee, in November.

The poll shows Romney leading in the Sunshine State by the skin of his teeth, taking 46 percent while the Democrat incumbent is right behind him with 45 percent,and 6 percent of those surveyed support other candidates while 3 percent are not sure.

If Mitt Romney, who looks almost certain to emerge as the Republican presidential nominee, chooses Marco Rubio as his running mate, the junior senator from Florida would be the first politician in the Sunshine States history to be on a major partys ticket -- but a prominent former congressman from Florida said on Thursday that Rubio is not ready for the position.

Fox News reported on Wednesday morning that Newt Gingrich will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday. With five primaries this week in the Northeast, Gingrich hoped to slow down Mitt Romney, the heavy favorite for the GOP nod, on Tuesday and he focused on Delaware -- where he still placed a distant second.

Ron Paul is focusing on his home state of Texas as he looks to trip up Mitt Romney, the overwhelming favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, but a new poll shows that he will have problems doing that in the Lone Star State.

A new poll from Public Policy Polling, a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, shows Romney is leading in Texas with 45 percent followed by Newt Gingrich with 35 percent and Paul in distant third with 14 percent.

Congressman Connie Mack, who is running in the Republican primary to see who will emerge to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen Bill Nelson in November, released a radio ad on Tuesday that will run across the Sunshine State.

In the ad, Mack takes aim at President Barack Obama and Nelson on gas prices, slamming the two Democrats for opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline which would bring oil into America from Canada.

With only 17 delegates to the Republican convention in Tampa come August, Delaware is the smallest prize on the table on Tuesday when five states in the Northeast -- the others are Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island -- hold presidential primaries. But the Blue Hen State may host the most important of those five contests.

While he has been on the Texas political stage for more than three decades, Ron Paul has not fared well in the Lone Star State when he has made his two past previous presidential bids. Now making his third try for the White House -- and second attempt at the Republican presidential nomination -- Paul has turned his eyes to Texas which will bring 155 delegates to the GOP convention in Tampa come August. Texas holds its primary on May 29.

With Rick Santorum dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination last week, Mitt Romney is looming as the de facto nominee for the GOP despite Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul remaining in the contest. Gingrich went on the attack on Wednesday, slamming Romneys proposal to limit mortgage deductions.

Governor Romneys proposal to limit certain tax deductions based on income, including the deduction for mortgage interest on second homes, is a surrender to the class warfare rhetoric of the Left, insisted Gingrich in a statement.

GOP Senate hopeful U.S. Rep. Connie Macks team brought out their candidates father -- former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack III who held the seat for two terms before retiring before the 2000 election cycle -- on Wednesday to slam a piece published in the Miami Herald and the Tampa Bay Times over the weekend that insisted his sons campaign was underwhelming.