FL: Bense Declines Senate Run

[WMS]

Wow, watching the FL Reps is kinda like watching an oncoming train wreck...

[WMS]

The conductors keep trying to avoid the wreck, but the momentum is carrying them off the tracks.

Wow, watching the FL Reps is kinda like watching an oncoming train wreck...

I find it amazing that the FL Reps can't find a better candidate to run in this race. *shakes head*

And no Phil, I never thought Jeb 2002 was going to lose at all - that delusion was spared me. But Harris isn't as good a candidate as Jeb, not at all. I suppose my question is, who wins the moderates in Florida, because those Mason-Dixon polls seem to indicate that Nelson is doing so at the moment, and Florida isn't conservative enough to enable a win with conservatives only.

[WMS]

I suppose my question is, who wins the moderates in Florida, because those Mason-Dixon polls seem to indicate that Nelson is doing so at the moment, and Florida isn't conservative enough to enable a win with conservatives only.

Exactly.  Rove knows this.  Bush knows this.  The NRSC knows this.  And that is exactly why they were recruiting bense.

As others have said, this doesn't spell 'blowout', but it does make the seat safer for the Dems. This is kinda like the Chafee situation in reverse - the Dems could've had a solid victory with Langevin, but the left wing bitched about it, and now they're going to likely get Chafee again.