A Rasmussen Reports poll of likely Florida Republican primary voters released on Monday morning finds that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a commanding lead in the Sunshine State, which holds its primary on Tuesday.

Battling Ron Paul for distant third place in the polls, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is getting out of the Sunshine State before the primary on Tuesday.

On Monday, Santorum will give a jobs speech in Cottleville, Mo., before holding a town hall meeting at a Pizza Ranch -- a chain he is very familiar with after his grassroots win in Iowa -- in Luverne, Minn. When Florida Republicans vote on Tuesday, Santorum will be holding a campaign rally in Lone Tree, Colo., and will watch the results come in at an event in Las Vegas.

With the Florida Republican presidential primary looming on Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has taken a large lead, according to a poll released early Monday from Quinnipiac University.

The poll of likely voters finds that Romney takes 43 percent followed by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 29 percent. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul are tied for third with 11 percent each. Seven percent say they are undecided. Less than a quarter -- 24 percent -- say they could change their minds before they vote.

Time is running out on an E-Verify immigration bill at the Florida Legislature.

With just a week to clear three assigned subcommittees -- a virtual impossibility -- House Bill 1315 appears all but dead.

The measure, sponsored by Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Port St. Lucie, would require employers to run the names of all new hires through the free federal E-Verify system to determine legal status.