Fresh from his strong second-place finish in the Iowa straw poll on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas launched a new television ad in Iowa and New Hampshire on Monday. While hitting his usual themes in the ad, Paul has a new one. In the ad, the narrator insists that Paul is the one candidate in the Republican pack who can beat President Barack Obama in 2012.

Last month, the Florida Family Association (FFA) sent out messages of protest to companies running ads during Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family. The FFA argued that the show, which is aimed for teenagers, promotes lesbianism.

Apparently, the FFAs campaign is starting to show signs of success. On Monday, David Caton, the executive director of the FFA, released an e-mail that was sent to him by Margaret Kelly, the CEO of realty giant RE/MAX.

Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, now running in the Republican primary to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen Bill Nelson in 2012, unveiled the endorsements of two state senators who were part of the House leadership with him -- Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, and Anitere Flores, R-Miami.

Even though he is no longer in the U.S. Senate race, state Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, dispensed advice to the field of candidates looking to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

FL GOP can win US Senate race if we become the party of better ideas and follow the RRs 11th commandment, Haridopolos posted on Twitter on Monday.

Gov. Rick Scott insisted on Monday that the state government was winning the war against pill mills, noting that there were almost 940 arrests since he set up a strike force in March. So far, the state has arrested 17 doctors, taken more than 252,000 pills and confiscated almost $1.7 million in assets.

Dave Bitner, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, sent his counterpart, Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith, a letter Monday taking him to task for his apparent "hypocrisy" surrounding his stance on the redistricting process.

Specifically, the letter notes Smith's current criticism of the existing legislative and congressional districts, but voted for them in committee as a member of the Legislature in 2002.

Attorney General Pam Bondi took to Fox this morning to push for the lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act to be forwarded to the Supreme Court "as fast as possible."

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals announced a decision Friday declaring the individual mandate portion of the law, commonly known as Obamacare, unconstitutional, but left the remainder of the law in place.

Here's what she said about the decision:

On President Obamas health care law and what the ruling tells us:

A new Miami-based website, boasting of the opportunity for loan seekers to post information about themselves and their projects, announced its launch Monday.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and he is already getting the support of one of Floridas leading GOP families -- both incoming Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, and his son Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Shalimar, endorsed him.

Governor Perry knows the recipe for job creation and enhanced opportunity, said Matt Gaetz. For a decade he has led Texas to responsibly streamline government and attract new businesses. Nearly half of the jobs created in America in the last 18 months were created in Texas. Thats a record to run on.

There were a few candidates who came out of the Iowa straw poll on Saturday worse off than they entered. Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota -- who dropped out of the race on Sunday morning -- is an obvious example. So is former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, who won the event in 2007 and skipped it this time around. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who announced earlier on Saturday, beat Romney on write-in votes for sixth place in the event.