Ken Connor, former head of the Family Research Council and a candidate in the Republican gubernatorial primary back in 1994 who is now with the Center for a Just Society, took aim at the Obama administrations policy on stem-cell research and praised a federal injunction issued earlier in the week blocking it in an essay released on Friday.

Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race, continued his rise into national prominence by offering the weekly Republican radio address -- and he took aim at Washington.

Today the American dream is threatened by out-of-control politicians in Washington, who think that more government deficit spending is what it takes to grow our economy, said Rubio. That has never worked anywhere its been tried and it wont work now.

Today in Orlando, about a thousand volunteers for Relay For Life will welcome and recognize Rep. Marti Coley as the American Cancer Society, Florida Division's 2010 Legislator of the Year in the Florida House of Representatives.

Coley, the Marianna representative, will be honored for her cancer research efforts by the American Cancer Society, who "recognized her successful efforts to promote state-funded, peer-reviewed and competitive cancer research," according to their release.

According to the Republican Party of Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist has just reached his sixth position on health care in five months. And recently, he took two different positions in the span of just two hours.

FOX News talk-show host Glenn Beck will host his "8-28: Restoring Honor Rally" this Saturday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

The official hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and there is no charge for admission. Beck's official site advises attendees to use the Metrorail to get to the site, though parking is free for cars on Saturdays at all Metrorail stations in the outlying suburbs.

It seems the little spat between Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber over the BP oil disaster has evaporated since Gelber's primary win. Aronberg made political hay out of the timing of Gelber's public announcement to leave his law firm that had taken on BP as a client.

Now, he's striking a much more friendly tone.

"Our state has big challenges and we need Dans experience and integrity to preserve the rule of law and keep Floridians safe," Aronberg said. "I look forward to campaigning with CFO Sink, Dan and the rest of the Democratic ticket over the next few months.

In the first poll since the primary election night earlier this week, Rick Scott has taken a 5 percent lead over Democrat Alex Sink. Scott garnered 41 percent of likely voters in the state, while Sink earned 36 percent. Independent candidate Bud Chilesreceived only 8 percent.

The numbers suggest Scott may not have been beaten up in a nasty Republican primary as much as pundits had predicted.

With more than two months to go before the general election, Rasmussen ranks this race as a tossup.

From Rasmussen Reports:

The Federal Reserve estimates the annual growth rate is now 1.6 percent. That second-quarter figure is down from the initial estimate of 2.4 percent made last month.

Despite efforts by Washington to stimulate the economy and create jobs, the figures suggest the economy is continuing to slow to a snail's pace.

The decline marks a continued path of digression from a rate of 3.7 percent in the first quarter of this year, and a rate of 5 percent in the last quarter of 2009.

From the New York Times:

After 13 years on the job, Rick Ferrin resigned as executive director of the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) and Chris Kauffman, a management executive with Jaxport, has been named interim director while a national search has begun for a new director.

While U.S. Rep. Connie Mack is one of the more prominent Republicans in Florida who opposes the Arizona immigration law, he will not be wining praise from advocates of illegal immigrants any time soon. On Thursday, Mack came out strongly against a proposal from the Department of Homeland Security that will dismiss thousands of illegal immigration cases for aliens who have not committed serious criminal offenses.