The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) doubled down on its bet that President Barack Obama's new federal health-care laws will be a burning issue in the close battle between Republican candidate Pam Bondi and Democratic nominee Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach to be Floridas next attorney general.

The campaign team of Republican Marco Rubio, the front-runner in the U.S. Senate seat election, threw jabs at Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running in the race without party affiliation, for a comment he made on MSNBC on Tuesday night -- arguing that it shows the governor, who left the GOP earlier in the year, has no principles.

MSNBCs Lawrence ODonnell asked Crist if there were any positions he would have changed now that he is no longer a Republican, and the governor answered, No, not really.

Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for the U.S. Senate without party affiliation, continues to be hammered from both Democrats and Republicans. Crist needs to win Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents if he hopes to catch the front-runner, Republican candidate Marco Rubio. Polls show Crist trailing Rubio by double digits and that Democratic candidate U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is catching up to the governor.

On Tuesday, conservative leader Gary Bauer, best known for his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 and leading the Family Research Council, weighed in on congressional races in Florida.

The Florida Cabinet unanimously backed Mimi Drew to replace Michael Sole as secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday.

Secretary Drew has more than 30 years of technical, supervisory, and administrative experience with Florida environmental issues, said Gov. Charlie Crist. She is a proven leader, and I am confident she will continue to serve the people of Florida responsibly and with integrity.

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) weighed in Tuesday on its efforts to get the vote out on Election Day. The RPOF announced that it has reached out to almost 165,000 voters as volunteers man the phone banks.

Ash Williams, executive director and chief investment officer of the Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) announced on Tuesday that Melinda Miguel, currently chief inspector general in the governors office, will be serving as inspector general of the SBA starting Nov. 8.

In a lengthy interview with Jann S. Wenner from Rolling Stone to be published Friday, President Barack Obama defended the job performance of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and rejected the suggestion of comparing Salazar to Tony Hayward, who was fired by BP due to his handling of the oil spill in the Gulf.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is flying high these days. The vice-chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Wasserman Schultz has received plenty of national media attention the past few weeks, especially her defense of the existing travel ban of Cuba.

Karen Harrington, the Republican candidate challenging Wasserman Schultz, has her work cut out for her to beat the incumbent but she is showing plenty of pluck -- and an instinct for the attack.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who moved to Florida earlier this year and ran for the Republican presidential nomination back in 2008, weighed in on the support that he received last week from a longtime supporter -- action movie legend Chuck Norris.

Ive known Chuck for years and appreciate greatly his ongoing support of my efforts and his work on behalf of conservative candidates and conservative causes, wrote Huckabee to supporters on Tuesday.