Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a new look for his Facebook page this week. He draped his site in Obama 2012 campaign logos and links to all kinds of Obama 2012 sites.

A national poll unveiled by Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to many prominent Democrats, shows that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has overtaken former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts as the leader in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination.

Reaction poured in on Monday from across the state in the hours after state Senate President Mike Haridopolos announced he has withdrawn from the Republican U.S. Senate primary.

The crowded field of primary candidates quickly responded to the news by praising their former rival.

A new poll from American Research Group released Monday shows that former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is leading the Republican presidential race in South Carolina, traditionally the first state in the South to hold a presidential primary.

Noting that almost a million veterans are out of work and the number seems to be rising, Florida Republican Congressman Jeff Miller this month introduced the Veteran Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act of 2011.

Miller insisted that his bill, which will allow more veterans between the ages of 35 and 60 to attend community colleges and technical schools, would be an important step toward his ultimate goal of reducing the unemployment rate among veterans to below 5 percent.

From his position on the House Financial Services Committee last week, Florida Republican Congressman Bill Posey took aim at a proposal from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) which would change a policy, forcing nonresident aliens to report interest garnered in American banks.