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With almost eight months to go, it’s way too soon for Florida Republicans to high-five each other. But at least for now Congressman Connie Mack IV, who leads in the race for the Republican Senate nomination, also leads liberal Democrat incumbent Senator Bill Nelson 43 to 36 percent in a Rasmussen poll of likely voters released this week. The same poll last month found the race a tie.
Two other Republican senatorial candidates, South Florida attorney and former U.S. Senator George LeMieux and Plant City businessman Mike McCalister, trail Nelson by a small margin in the same poll.
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Bill| 3.14.12 @ 7:15PM
Connie Mack will crash "Obama-cheerleader" Bill Nelson in the senate race.
ml| 3.15.12 @ 5:47AM
Connie Mack is not conservative. He was the one that protest at the Newt Gingrich campaign couple months ago. Mack is a Romney supporter. His wife who was former singer the late Sonny Bono her campaign in CA is in trouble and look like they all going to lose the race both Fla. and CA. They are not conservative.
PattyMor| 3.15.12 @ 7:43AM
Ml, exactly correct which is why they moved Hasner out of the Senate race over to a congressional race.
No Not Mack the IV| 3.15.12 @ 10:11AM
We need another candidate, this R Senate field can't be set.
Mack IV is not substantive on policy and he's a RINO. He voted for countless ear marks in Congress and also voted for Embryonic Stem Cell Research 4 times, including to over ride Presdident Bush's veto.
The U.S. Senate deserves a senator from Florida who understands fiscal conservatism and has a record to match. Also a person of integrity, committed to the Right to life endowed by our Creator and grasps that it is preeminent over the other Rights laid out in the Declaration of Independence.
This Right is not to be usurped by a politician in WA, D.C. who (either himself or his staff) does not do basic research on a critical moral issue, and then obligates American taxpayers unwillingly, to the slaughter of human embryos with their monies. While Connie Mack IV defended the Church and taxpayers from funding contraception aborticfacients from a mandate from HHS, his other votes which committed taxpayer's money to deliberately destroy human life are far worse.
Below in the link is a long list of character issues of Connie Mack IV written up in the St Pete Times recently; these far surpasse baggage any other candidate has competing for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida. His attitude does not appear the least remorseful. Most likely these are many of the reasons Mack the 4th has not officially filed to run for the Senate.
Add that to Mack IV's undistinguished record in Congress. One should not hold a senate seat simply because their father held it, they should have to earn it.
Enclosed links below from the SPT Buzz blog
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/.....logs/buzz+(The+Buzz+|+tampabay.com)
Someone else needs to step to the plate.
dj spellchecka| 3.15.12 @ 12:32PM
every other pollster to date that's done this race has nelson leading
http://www.realclearpolitics.c.....html#polls
robotech| 3.15.12 @ 1:13PM
Uh, you do know that any poll showing Mack behind Nelson was a month ago.
That is a lifetime in Political races.
It very well may reverse itself, but to point out a month old poll at this stage is idiocy.
jgo| 3.15.12 @ 3:22PM
George Lemieux is not great -- he did not even propose obviously needed legislation to turn back the radical leftist depredations -- but he's better than Connie Schmuck iv and far far better than the clueless Bill Nelson.