Some supporters of GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich -- namely former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum -- are complaining about the Florida Republican primary being winner-take-all for Mitt Romney, who won the contest on Tuesday. Lenny Curry, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, pushed back in a statement on Thursday.

From his perches onboth the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney took some exception to U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta saying on Thursday that the U.S. would head to a noncombat role in Afghanistan next year.

Sharron Angle, the tea party favorite who was the Republican nominee against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced on Thursday that she is backing former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania for the Republican presidential nomination. Nevada holds its caucus on Saturday.

After losing Florida to Mitt Romney on Tuesday, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich came out swinging on Thursday, comparing his GOP rivals stance on health care to that of President Barack Obama.

The most important issue facing Republican voters in 2012 should be repealing the disastrous policy known as Obamacare. This policy isn't scheduled to be fully implemented until 2014, and once an onerous entitlement is established, it becomes near impossible to repeal, wrote Michael Krull, Gingrichs campaign manager, in an email to supporters sent out Thursday.

Sunshine State News is hitting the radio airwaves on Wednesday at 3 p.m. I will be on the Ed Dean radio show, which is hosted by one of the most feisty, informative and entertaining conservatives in Florida. It can be heard online here and on two stations in Central Florida -- 89.3 on the west coast and 90.3 on the Atlantic coast on the Space Coast.

With buzz growing that she may endorse Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, Michele Bachmann insisted on Wednesday that there was no pending endorsement of Governor Romney and she took aim at a Boston Globe article on the topic.

Appearing on Fox News on Tuesday night, Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Mitt Romneys big win in the GOP primary in the Sunshine State would help him if he emerges to take on President Barack Obama in November. Rubio has not endorsed any of the Republican presidential hopefuls.

Despite finishing in third place in the Florida primary on Tuesday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum insists his campaign is in pretty good shape and shows no signs of leaving the race.

Ed Moore, the president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, was tabbed to serve as the vice chairman of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities State Executives and will take over as chairman in 2013. The national organization, which was founded in 1976, represents more than 1,100 private colleges and universities.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has not backed any of the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, but he hopes the four current GOP hopefuls continue in the race.