A new poll finds former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, fresh from his win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, now leads the field of Republican presidential hopefuls in Florida.

With Newt Gingrichs big win in South Carolina, the team behind Republican presidential primary rival Mitt Romney is taking aim at the former congressional leader. As the race heads to Florida, the Romney camp slammed Gingrich for his work in the Beltway after leaving Congress.

A CNN/Time poll unveiled on Wednesday afternoon finds former Gov. Mitt Romney leading the pack of Republican presidential candidates in South Carolina, which holds its primary Saturday.

A new CNN/Time poll unveiled on Wednesday afternoon finds former Gov. Mitt Romney well on his way to winning the Florida Republican presidential primary Jan. 31.

Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, announced on Wednesday that he is backing former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts for the Republican presidential nomination.

The James Madison Institute, a prominent think tank in Tallahassee that backs free-market solutions and a limited government, has joined on to the constitutional challenge launched by Florida and 25 other states against the health-care law backed by President Barack Obama. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case later this year. JMI filed an amicus brief arguing that the Medicaid expenses affiliated with the Affordable Care Act will damage the states.

Republican Congressman Connie Mack, who is running in the GOP primary to challenge Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, weighed in on the incumbent avoiding President Barack Obamas appearance at the Magic Kingdom on Thursday.

"Is Senator Nelson running from the president he has been in lockstep with 98 percent of the time, or embracing the notion that announcing another, revised economic plan in Fantasyland could possibly be rooted in reality?" Mack asked in a statement sent to Sunshine State News.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux took aim at President Barack Obama and Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Wednesday when he weighed in on Obamas talk at Walt Disney World on Thursday -- which Nelson will be skipping. LeMieux is running for the Republican nomination to challenge Nelson in November.

The James Madison Institute, one of the leading defenders of free-market solutions in Tallahassee, released a backgrounder on Wednesday concerning insurance in the Sunshine State. Workable Solutions for Floridas Challenging Insurance Problemswas penned by two adjunct scholars from JMI who are both affiliated with the Heartland Institute -- Eli Lehrer and R.J. Lehmann.

On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that Kenneth Detzner will take over from Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning. Browning announced earlier in the month that he will step down in February, after the Republican presidential primary on Jan. 31.