cory gardner, joni ernst, monica webbe and tom cotton will fly to tampa. the fund-raising may also benefit the winner of the august 26 republican primary in alaska. this week was not so bright when it comes to jeb bush's iowa prospects. he was tied with christie for the highest negative rating of any republican tested in a new quinnipiac poll. his positive rating was even lower than christie's and he fared the worst against hillary clinton, trailing her by double digits. it's pretty clear, though, that jeb has a tough time. speaking of florida republicans, let's move to marco rubio. it's pretty clear these days that he's putting together the issues section of his presidential website. i'd argue no potential 2016er has been more methodical about delivering policy speeches than rubio. started in january, february and march. rubio gave six big foreign policy speeches. in may he laid out his social security plan. this week his focus was economic policy and his pitch wednesday.