With state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, saying earlier on Tuesday that she backed extending tax cuts implemented by President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2003, her Republican rival Rick Scotts campaign team fired away at her for playing politics.

Alex Sink is trying to downplay her ties to President Barack Obama in this new ad attacking Rick Scott. "Unfortunately, Rick Scott seems to think running for governor is all about President Obama," she says in her ad.

Ads launched by Rick Scott and the Republican Party of Florida have drawn connections from Sink to the Obama policies she has supported.

Republican congressional candidate Steve Southerland is getting some help from the Republican Party of Florida in his bid to challenge vulnerable Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd.

On Tuesday, Ronnie Whitaker, the executive director of the RPOF, took aim at Boyd -- who won a Democratic primary overSenate Minority Leader Al Lawson of Tallahassee by the skin of his teeth -- over Social Security.

While the great state of Florida celebrated its 165th birthday back in March, the nations oldest city marked its 445th anniversary on Tuesday. In an attempt to remove a French colonial settlement in present-day Jacksonville that threatened the treasure fleet routes, on Sept. 7, 1565, Spanish military leader Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed his forces and started erecting defenses to the south -- in present-day St. Augustine. The American colonial experience did not start with the Pilgrims or with Jamestown in 1607 -- it started here in Florida.

With Republican U.S. Senate nominee former House Speaker Marco Rubio off the campaign trail after the passing of his father, Rep. Jennifer Carroll, R-Jacksonville, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, will be hosting a rally for the Rubio campaign on Wednesday. Carroll, who was tapped by GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott last week, will be in Lakeland to meet with Republicans from Polk County.

Bernie DeCastro, the Constitution Party candidate in the U.S. Senate race, is questioning former House Speaker Marco Rubios conservative credentials. Rubio is currently running as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate.

Marco Rubio is not a conservative, wrote DeCastro in response to suggestions that he pull out of the race and not split the conservative vote. Nor is he a person willing to take on the liberal Obama agenda, as he so often says. But this is not my opinion. This accusation is based on facts and Mr. Rubios own record.

State CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, spoke in Delray Beach on Tuesday about the ties between energy and Floridas struggling economy -- and trumpeted some new endorsements.

Taking a page from Bud Chiles, who had run for governor without party affiliation until pulling out of the race last week to endorse Sink, the CFO pushed alternative energies as a future cornerstone for the Sunshine States economy.

U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate in the U.S. Senate race, launched a new television commercial on Tuesday morning, trying to offer a stark contrast between his record and that of Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation. For Meek to get back in the race, he needs to keep Democrats in his column--and away from Crist.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott took aim at President Barack Obama on Monday for calling for $50 billion in new federal spending on infrastructure to put more Americans back to work -- and linked his Democratic rival, state CFO Alex Sink, to the increasingly unpopular administration.

Another holiday, another chance for politicians to highlight their position on the issues.

With Labor Day upon us, politicians from both parties are talking about their plans to get Floridians back to work.