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Once again Florida is at the center of presidential politics. There�s a GOP primary debate in Tampa tonight, one in Jacksonville Thursday, and still no clear frontrunner. Florida�s cabinet members are lining up behind Mitt Romney. Governor Rick Scott isn�t endorsing, but as Whitney Ray tells us, his image is being used in an attack ad.

This attack ad running in Florida all week features Mitt Romney.

�While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions,� says a narrator.

Toward the end of the 30 second TV spot, Romney turns into Governor Rick Scott.

�Corporate Greed. Medicare Fraud. Sound Familiar?�

The ad is sponsored by AFSME. The union is trying to draw a line from Romney to Governor Rick Scott. Scott isn�t endorsing. He offered this advice to all the candidates on Fox News Monday.

�Get around the state. Talk to people and tell them, why are you going to change the direction of this economy,� said Scott.

Florida�s three cabinet members endorsed Romney weeks ago.

�I firmly believe he is the candidate who can beat Barack Obama,� said Attorney General Pam Bondi.

�Romney has an extraordinary business background that I think best positions him to lead us out of this economic crisis,� said Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture.

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam isn�t worried about Romney�s defeat in South Carolina or a new poll that shows him down nine points to Newt Gingrich.

�I worked with Speaker Gingrich when I was in Washington and I feel his troubled past, his record, his erratic temperament is ill-suited for the presidency,� said Putnam.

Putnam says having no clear frontrunner is proof moving the state�s primary forward was the right decision.
Early voting is underway. 250-thousand people have voted either early or absentee. Their voters are expected to favor Romney since Gingrich only began to surge during the past few days.