With only a few weeks to go until the Aug. 24 primary, Democratic attorney general candidate Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, unveiled a web video on Tuesday morning. Gelber is in a close race with Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, for the Democratic nomination. There are other signs that the Gelber campaign is prepared to make a sprint until the primary -- they will be holding a fund-raiser Tuesday night in Tallahassee.

Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, is loving this talking point from Chris Matthews. On MSNBCs Morning Joe on Tuesday, Matthews predicted that independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist, who left the Republicans in August, will caucus with the Democrats if elected in November.

The Rubio team is already forwarding the clip with the following message:

Is a Republican tidal wave coming in November? Maybe -- and if there is, it will be more likely to impact the states than Washington.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene spent Monday campaigning in Liberty City -- the old stomping ground of former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, the mother of his chief rival in the U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek. As has been his style throughout the campaign, Greene tore into Meek as an infective career politician.

Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bill McCollum wrote Friday to attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to oversee the nation's independent $20 billion escrow account BP will fund to cover oil-spill response and economic loss and damage claims, to tell him he made incorrect comments to Congress Wednesday about how claims will be decided.

Vince Champion, president of the Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association, endorsed former Ruth's Chris CEO and Republican congressional candidate Craig Miller to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas.

Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, announced on Friday afternoon that the Senates Select Committee on the Economy will meet on July 12 in Pensacola to examine the impact of the oil spill on the economy. Gaetz also announced that he was asking Gov. Charlie Crist for a schedule of when funds received from BP will be used to combat the oil spill.

World Cup fever has hit the U.S. Senate and both Floridas senators have caught it. A bipartisan group of senators has sent off a letter to FIFA pushing for America to host the soccer tournament in either 2018 or 2022. Both Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican George LeMieux signed the letter, along with more than 20 other members of the Senate. The last time the U.S. hosted the World Cup was 1994.

No comment from either Nelson or LeMieux on the Netherlands upsetting Brazil on Friday morning.

The dean of Floridas congressional delegation, Republican U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, proposed the SAFEGUARDS Act (Secure All Facilities to Effectively Guard the United States Against and Respond to Dangerous Spills) in Congress to avoid future disasters resulting from oil spills.

While it appears increasingly likely that Solicitor General Elena Kagan, who was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama, appears headed for confirmation, Beltway insiders are now speculating how many Republicans will back the nomination. One of the Republicans on the fence is U.S. Sen. George LeMieux from Florida.