Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, unveiled a poll on Tuesday that showed, after six months in office, Gov. Rick Scott remains deeply unpopular with voters in the Sunshine State and is, for the moment, in bad shape to be re-elected in 2014.

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio spoke on the Senate floor on Tuesday and, while he was critical of the way President Barack Obama has handled affairs in Libya, strongly backed continued military operations against that nation and called for the removal of strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux praised the Republican leadership in Tallahassee on Monday for enacting school choice laws that Gov. Rick Scott signed off on. LeMieux is currently running in a crowded Republican primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, best known for his defense of the Ten Commandments in his courthouse and being removed from office for taking on the federal government over the matter, issued a statement on Monday attacking the decision by New York to allow same-sex marriage in the Empire State.

The American Conservative Union (ACU) revealed on Monday that they will be taking their congressional rating system, which is iconic for many conservatives, to the state level. The ACU will be grading state representatives and senators on votes much as they have congressmen and senators for four decades The program will start up in five states, including the Sunshine State. The other four states, all of which are shaping up as 2012 battlegrounds, are Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.

Former Florida House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands of Weston sent out a statement on Monday attacking Delta Airlines for entering a business agreement with Saudi Arabian Airlines. Sands hammered Saudi Arabian Airlines for refusing to fly passengers who have visited Israel in recent months.

While a fellow Minnesotan in U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is garnering the headlines and momentum in the Republican presidential contest, former Gov. Tim Pawleny looked to get some wind in his sails this week as he released a new radio ad playing in Iowa.

Minnesota, says the announcer in the ad. Not exactly a conservative place. Then came Tim Pawlenty, widely recognized as the most conservative governor in Minnesota history.

Gov. Rick Scott embarked on a bill-signing tour of the state Monday, visiting schools in Ocoee, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale in order to highlight the signing of a spate of bills expanding charter and virtual schools.

Scott touted the bills as a way to buttress his efforts to bring jobs to Florida by creating a highly-skilled and highly-educated work force.

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota formally launched her bid to become the Republican presidential nominee in 2012.

First elected to Congress in 2006, Bachmann, a favorite of the tea party, is claiming the wind is at her back and a number of recent polls have found that she seems to be gaining momentum in recent weeks.

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, whose father held the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Bill Nelson, endorsed state Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, to take on Nelson in 2012.