While citizen activists slog through jury excusal records and voter-registration rolls, a former U.S. Justice Department official says the federal government is illegally harassing Florida and U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis is demanding answers.

Hans von Spakovsky, a former counsel for civil rights at DOJ, charged that a letter from his former employer ordering Florida to stop removing noncitizen voters "directly abets vote thieves in a key state as [Attorney General Eric] Holder's boss seeks re-election."

Marco Rubio insists that he has no desire to be Mitt Romneys running mate but he is taking on one of the main roles of the vice presidential candidate -- that of attack dog.

This week, the Romney camp launched their efforts to reach out to Hispanic voters. Rubio was in near perfect accord with the Romney teams insistence that Hispanics have suffered economically under Barack Obamas administration.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, who remains one of the most popular Republicans in the Sunshine State, announced Wednesday that he is throwing his allegiance to U.S. Rep. Connie Mack in the Republican primary fight to take on Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

The attorney representing three Florida Supreme Court justices branded as "baseless" any suggestions that his clients have acted improperly.

Speaking for Justices Barbara Pariente, Fred Lewis and Peggy Quince -- all of whom face retention election this November -- attorney Dan Stengle said the judges "have done nothing even beyond what a candidate for merit retention without opposition may lawfully and appropriately do."

It should come as no surprise that Florida, as one of the largest states in the nation, sits atop the list for corruption.

Between 2000 and 2010, federal officials made 781 corruption convictions involving Florida, just ahead of California, Texas and New York.

Integrity Florida, a start-up nonprofit focused on ethics reforms, believes 2013 could be the year when some long-sought reforms are finally given serious consideration by state lawmakers.

Continuing his efforts to woo Hispanic voters away from President Barack Obama, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, unveiled his Hispanic Steering Committee on Wednesday which includes a number of prominent Florida Republicans -- including U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux has announced he will file qualifying paperwork Wednesday morning to round out the announced GOP field intent on taking on long-serving U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, retired Army officer Mike McCalister of Plant City and former U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon of Melbourne all submitted their paperwork on Monday.

See list of qualified U.S. Senate candidates here.

Nelson also qualified on Monday.

After a newspaper report last year revealed 70 deaths from abuse and neglect at Florida's assisted living facilities since 2002, efforts to reform the system have so far come to naught but on Tuesday another got under way.

The Miami Herald series "Neglected to Death" generated a work group appointed by Gov. Rick Scott, a grand jury probe and several reform bills that died in the last legislative session. Those bills that adopted the work group's recommendations for oversight of the facilities passed the Senate but didn't get a hearing in the House of Representatives.

It's clear David Limbaugh isn't writing books with the goal of being honored in the salons of the liberal media. He doesn't mince words with the media. His devastating new book on Barack Obama is titled "The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic."