After the winner-take-all Florida primary, it comes as no surprise that Romney has a commanding lead in the delegate count, according to AP methodology. The next prize the presidential hopefuls are eagerly racing to capture comes in three days with the Nevada caucuses. On the Feb. 4 craps table waiting to be shifted to candidates' piles sit 28 delegates.

Thus far, the 2012 GOP presidential primary has revealed:

1. Romney is sitting pretty (literally) with 87 delegates.

2. Gingrich trails in second with 26 delegates.

Now that the presidential primary is over and two GOP candidates have quit the U.S. Senate contest, George LeMieux is narrowing his focus on rival Connie Mack IV.

With Hasner and Craig Millers departures this week, the U.S. Senate race is now in clearer focus. Connie Mack currently leads in the polls, but there is no doubt his lead stems entirely from having a well-known name, inherited from his respected father and great-grandfather," LeMieux said Wednesday.

Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, said he has lost confidence that Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, would help the chamber work toward balancing the budget without raising taxes.

Haridopolos on Wednesday removed Fasano as chairman of the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriation and from his seat on the Senate Committee on Budget.

Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has released a statement after being removed by Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, on Wednesday from the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriation and the Senate Committee on Budget.

Fasano, who has opposed the Haridopolos-backed prison privatization efforts now stalled in the Senate, was chairman of the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriation.

Fasano's statement: