Ann Herberger don't come cheap

Of the $40,000 spent by Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio in the past three months, $30,000 went to Ann Herberger, a veteran fundraiser for the Bush family.

Rubio's fundraising report, due to the Federal Elections Commission last week, shows two $5,000 donations from political actions committees, one from the GEO Group security company and the other from ophthalmologists He also received large donations from Cesar Alvarez, CEO of the Greenberg Traurig law firm, and Stanley Tate, chairman of the Florida Pre-Paid College Tuition program.

Rubio, who calls his campaign account "exploratory,'' says he will announce whether he's in the race for real by the end of the week.