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The Blog for Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Nelson Has Target on His Back

    Missed this the other day (via Daily Kos):
    Jeb has been slotted by the CW to run for president in '08. Republicans would rather he make a bid for the Senate
    And as the lone Florida Democrat holding statewide office, Nelson is wearing a huge target on his back.
    Republicans, emboldened by Election Day victories across the South, are already seeing Nelson's seat as one they could put in GOP control in 2006.

    "All across the country, Republicans realize that Florida Republicans have a good ground game and a lot of strong leadership," said Dan Allen of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "The Democrats are going to continue grasping for straws." [...]

    Larry Sabato, of the University of Virginia's Department of Political Science, contends that Republicans, coming off "two great election years in 2002 and 2004 in Florida," are wasting no time in gearing up to take out Nelson.

    With that enthusiasm building for 2006, many Republicans would like to see Gov. Jeb Bush, who must step down as governor in two years because of constitutionally mandated term limits, run for the Senate. Such a move could keep him in the national political limelight and in reach of a run for the White House to extend the Bush family dynasty in the Oval Office.

    Bush insists he's not interested, telling the South Florida Sun-Sentinel emphatically on Friday, "I am not running for the United States Senate in 2006." He also has repeatedly said he won't run for president in 2008, preferring instead to return to the private sector in Miami.
    Let's hope the financial lure of the private sector trump the Bush need for power. Jeb would be a dangerous Senate opponent.
    "FL-Sen: GOP wants Jeb to challenge Nelson". Can you imagine the spectacular private sector opportunities our "Jeb!" will have?

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