Restaurant executive Craig Miller, now running in a crowded Republican primary field to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, unveiled two additions to his campaign team as he looks to turn around low poll numbers.

On Thursday, Miller announced that veteran Republican operative and political strategist Kevin Doyle would join his team based out of Jacksonville and that political consultant Brock Mikosky would work on the campaign out of Tampa.

Former Gov. Buddy Roemer of Louisiana announced late on Wednesday that he will seek the nomination of Americans Elect, a group working to obtain ballot access in the presidential race, while continuing his bid for the Republican nomination. Roemer, who has been an active supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement, weighed in on the matter in a statement.

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, now making his third bid for the White House and his second attempt at the Republican presidential nomination, is taking the gloves off and ripping into primary rival former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux is taking new aim at Republican primary rival U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. In a statement, LeMieux, who is looking to topple Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, slammed Mack on spending.

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is co-sponsoring a bill to permanently ban congressional earmarks. The Earmark Elimination Act has been introduced by U.S. Sen. Clair McCaskill, D-Mo., and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.

One of my first acts after being elected to the Senate a year ago was to support the moratorium on earmarks adopted by Senate Republicans, Rubio said in a statement. Earmarks waste hard-earned tax dollars, have eroded the publics faith in Washington and helped foster a culture of mindless and reckless spending.

Republican presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum won a key endorsement in New Hampshire as social conservative activist and former gubernatorial candidate Karen Testerman deserted U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to back Santorum's bid for the GOP nomination.

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is crushing his Republican presidential primary rivals in Florida according to an InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research poll taken for the Florida Times-Union and released on Wednesday. Noted pollster and pundit Matt Towery, the CEO of InsiderAdvantage, had been a Gingrich staffer back in the 1990s but is currently unaffiliated with the former congressional leader or any of the other candidates.

Restaurant executive Craig Miller, who is in a crowded Republican primary field looking to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, took aim at a proposal from the National Labor Relations Board that will reduce union elections to a 10-day period. The NLRB is expected to pass that change on Wednesday.

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio took aim at President Barack Obamas policy in regard to Latin America. Rubio said he would oppose three pending nominations -- those of Roberta Jacobson as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs; Mari Carmen Aponte to be ambassador toEl Salvador;and Adam Namm to be ambassador to Ecuador.

With U.S. Rep. Connie Mack entering the crowded Republican primary field looking to challenge Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, his opponents from both parties are opening fire.