On Thursday, BOOM! Studios, a publisher of comic books, announced the winner of its presidential straw poll. Boom! held a contest to see which presidential candidates it would publish biographical comics of. If more than 1,500 supporters ordered a comic of their candidate, the book would be published.

President Barack Obama topped the poll -- no surprise since he was the only Democrat in the field of 10 candidates. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who announced on Wednesday that she would not seek the presidency in 2012, placed second.

The conservative Florida Family Association (FFA) claimed a big win this week when NBC announced it was canceling the Playboy Club television show.

David Caton, the executive director of the FFA, sent out an email to supporters this week that focused on the role his organization played in leading to the shows demsie.

Two Florida Republicans who represent districts on the Gulf -- U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller and U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland -- joined congressmen from both parties from the region on Wednesday in introducing the RESTORE Act. The bill would require that oil spill funds from the Clean Water Act go to Gulf communities hurt by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced via a statement on Wednesday -- read on the Mark Levin radio show--that she will not run for the Republican presidential nomination. Palin said she could be more effective in helping common-sense conservatism on the sidelines, aiding other candidates. While there had been speculation that she would run -- and Palin left the door open to the possibility -- she had done little to set up a campaign operation in early states like Iowa, New Hampshire and Florida.

Businessman Herman Cain reeled in a fifth member of the Florida House to endorse his bid for the Republican presidential nomination -- Rep. Jimmie Smith, R-Lecanto.

He has the common-sense, practical vision we need to get our nation back on track, Smith noted about Cain on his Twitter account.

Smith represents all of Citrus County and parts of Hernando and Levy counties.

On Wednesday, Floridas two U.S. senators -- Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio -- joined First Coast Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw in sending a letter to Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, the newly appointed chief of naval operations, urging him to speed up the timeline for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be based at Mayport.

The team behind U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas announced on Wednesday that their bid for the Republican presidential nomination brought in more than $8 million in the third quarter of 2011 from more than 100,000 donors.

The amount and nature of donations to Ron Paul proves his fundraising prowess and also demonstrates in real numbers the grass-roots support Dr. Paul receives from average Americans, said Jesse Benton, Pauls campaign chairman, on Wednesday.

Republican presidential hopeful former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania announced late on Tuesday that he had won the backing of a leading Republican in New Hampshire -- former state Rep. Bill Cahill. Cahill will serve as a co-chairman of Santorums campaign in the Granite State, which will hold the nations first presidential primary.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis weighed in on Tuesday on reports that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the problems with the federal "Fast and Furious" program which allowed guns to fall into the hands of drug traffickers.