On Thursday morning, the team behind former U.S. Sen. George LeMiuex, who is running in a crowded Republican primary looking to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, took aim at President Barack Obama on the economy.

As he continues his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Congressman Ron Paul of Texas will focus on the early primary states over the Labor Day weekend.

On Thursday night, Paul will be holding a town hall meeting at New England College in Henniker, N.H., where he will talk about economics. Paul will continue to focus on business matters on Friday when he tours businesses in Salem and Manchester.

Indian River State College (IRSC) beat out other institutions to win a $3.1 million National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education grant to establish a Regional Center for Nuclear Education and Training.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney cheered the news on Thursday.

Thursday marks the start of Floridas prescription drug database which will require any release of controlled substances to be reported to the state within a week.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan has introduced the Pill Mill Crackdown Act in Congress and cheered the new program in the Sunshine State.

A new national poll released by Rasmussen Reports on Thursday found that Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who launched his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in August, is ahead of President Barack Obama.

Unveiling his jobs plan in New Hampshire on Wednesday, former Gov. Jon Huntsman, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, vowed to fight for free trade. Huntsman said he backed free trade and its effects, from his years in business and in public service as ambassador to China under President Barack Obama, and working on Asian issues under President George H.W. Bush.

Polling in low single digits at the national level and in most states as he continues to seek the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah took aim Wednesday at his former boss President Barack Obama on the economy. Huntsman, who served in the Obama administration as ambassador to China, unveiled his jobs plan on Wednesday in New Hampshire. He called for reforming taxes and regulations, expanding free trade and seeking more energy exploration to lead to energy independence.

A poll released on Thursday found that President Barack Obama slipped with voters in August and is now upside down as he prepares to run for re-election in 2012.

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania did surprisingly well in the Iowa Republican straw poll held in Ames earlier in the month -- so much so that he is now adding to his team in the Hawkeye State and setting up a new campaign headquarters in Urbandale.

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is taking off the gloves and ripping into his fellow candidates for the Republican nomination. With a variation of The Whos Wont Get Fooled Again in the background, Johnsons team is running a new web video attacking the current crop of Republican presidential candidates as similar toa host of presidents -- Nixon, both Bushes, Clinton and Obama.