While former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has generally had warmer words for Newt Gingrich, appearing on Fox News on Tuesday night, she said Mitt Romney scored a big win in the Florida Republican presidential primary -- but added that the GOP infighting was not productive.

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam chaired Mitt Romney's campaign in Florida -- and he offered a statement on Tuesday after his candidate's big victory in the GOP presidential primary.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney established himself as the clear front-runner to take on President Barack Obama in November with a decisive win in Tuesdays Florida Republican presidential primary.

Former Gov. Charlie Crist -- who left the Republican party in 2010 after being overtaken in the U.S. Senate primary by Marco Rubio to continue his bid with no party affiliation -- told Chuck Todd of MSNBC that he would be open to backing President Barack Obama in November and would consider running for office down the road as a Democrat.

First Read has the former governors answer when asked if he was thinking about backing Obama:

With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandating that religious organizations provide insurance coverage for birth control under the federal health-care law that President Barack Obama signed, Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a measure allowing church-affiliated organizations the ability to opt out on grounds of religious liberty and right of conscience. Rubio introduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 on Tuesday. Staffers told Sunshine State News they are working on securing Senate co-sponsors and backers in the U.S. House.

From his perch on the U.S. House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw took aim at planned cuts to the military budget.

The team behind former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich made their final case to voters in the Sunshine State on Tuesday, the day of the Florida Republican presidential primary.

Ahead in the polls, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made his final pitch to Florida Republican primary voters on Tuesday, the day of the primary.

According to a poll of likely Florida Republican primary voters released on Monday from Suffolk University and 7NEWS (WSVN-Miami), former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is headed for a big win in Tuesdays primary.

Romney takes 47 percent in the poll followed by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 27 percent. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania stands in third with 12 percent followed by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas with 9 percent. Five percent are undecided.

On Monday, restaurant executive Craig Miller announced that he is dropping out of the crowded Republican primary looking to take on Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November to run for Congress.

The district that Miller is targeting -- as it stands now in the fluid redistriciting process -- stretches on the Atlantic coast, south of Jacksonville to include parts of Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia counties.