Fading in the polls behind Republican candidate Marco Rubio, Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running in the U.S. Senate election without party affiliation, unleashed a new commercial attacking his Republican rival on Social Security. The ad maintains that Rubio will cut Social Security in order to balance the budget.

With less than a month to go until the general election, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race, is turning his fire away from Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation, onto Republican candidate former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the front-runner in the race.

Since winning the nomination, Meek has hammered Crist, looking to keep Democrats from voting for the governor.

Now with Rubio ahead by double digits in the polls, Meek focused his attacks onto the Republican.

The campaign team of Democratic gubernatorial candidate state CFO Alex Sink responded to three Republican Latino members of Congress endorsing her Republican opponent on Monday.

"This is yet another illustration of divisive partisan politics," said Kyra Jennings, a spokeswoman for Sink. "Republicans are desperate to salvage their power and save their own jobs. This has nothing to do with what's in the best interest of Floridians and who will do best by them."

Conservative radio talk-show host and Florida resident Rush Limbaugh was on the attack again Sunday, but liberals needn't duck and cover.

This time he was defending Brian, a dog on the Fox animated sitcom 'Family Guy,' with a series of martial arts moves.

Limbaugh also showed off his softer side in a duet with Brian later in the episode.

U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Bartow, received another endorsement Monday in the race for agriculture and consumer services commissioner, this time from a hunting organization as his campaign hopes for a clean shot at the Cabinet seat.

For some elected officials, the October surprise is a pair of handcuffs.

Two weeks after eight public officials, including the mayor, were arrested in Bell, Calif., on corruption charges, Alabama state senators were among those arrested Monday as part of a crackdown on vote-buying related to gambling legislation.

Marco Rubio, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, is running way ahead of independent Gov. Charlie Crist and Democrat U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek in the latest polls, but he is not getting complacent.

Voters have until the end of the day Monday to register to vote for the Nov. 2 election.

To be eligible to vote in Florida, one must be a U.S. citizen, a Florida resident, at least 18 years old, not be "adjudicated mentally incapacitated" (a lower threshold than one would think), and not be a convicted felon -- or have one's rights restored after a felony conviction.

Voters can register here, or with their local county's supervisor of elections office.

In an interview with a South Florida TV station today, Gov. Charlie Crist said he and his wife Carole had discussed the possibility of having kids. Crist pointed out the fact that he's 54, but said his wife is still young.

"I think it would be cool," he said.

But it's a decision he says they won't make until after the election.

In an interview with a South Florida TV station Friday afternoon, a reporter asked Gov. Charlie Crist how he keeps fit.

He told the reporter he exercises regularly, and eats only one meal a day.

"You don't even snack?" asked the reporter.

"I did today." Crist responded. "Sometimes I break the normal routine,"