Adam Hasner's Florida Senate campaign gets a boost
03/25/2011
Republican Florida Congressman Connie Mack announced he is not going to run for the U.S. Senate.
Yawn.
His reason - family. Oh and he's already very influential in Congress.
"I've got two small children and it's hard enough to get to spend a lot of good quality time now. I have a wife. They are all very important to me and at the end of the day family has to be number one,'' Mack told the St. Petersburg Times.
Of course.
This is good new for former state Rep. Adam Hasner. With Senate President Mike Haridopolos already blundering and former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux still on the sidelines, Hasner could quickly become a leading contender.
Hasner is pushing hard right apparently counting on winning strong support from Tea Party activists. Hasner is also likely to benefit from supporting Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate long before most people thought Rubio had a chance of winning.
It's early and much will happen in the month to come - but today Hasner seems to have gained the most from Mack's decision.
LeMieux needs to make his intentions known soon. And Haridopolos needs to give back that $152,000 he got for that bogus book and deeply apologize. It would be a small price to pay if doing so salvaged his candidacy.
It is going to be a very interesting Republican primary.
This guy is one of the more enaarrbssimg people to EVER come out of the FL legislature! He's deceitful, evasive and vindictive. Keep Nelson in office or vote for ANYONE else!!
Posted by: Roman | 02/29/2012 at 12:33 AM
We'll see if Haridopolos passes a conservative agenda. He's already killing the best anti-illegal alien bill (jobs) in the Senate by appointiong Sen. Flores, Chair, then assigning the bill to her committee. When it comes out, it'll be blah, blah, and do NOTHING.
Posted by: Johno | 03/28/2011 at 01:25 PM
Oh gosh Sunshine you caught me....Hasner's team writes everything for me. I will simply note that Mike's "conservative agenda" doesn't seem to include book prices.
Posted by: Brian E. Crowley | 03/26/2011 at 05:14 PM
Hey Crowley - did Hasner's team write this for you? Connie is a moderate candidate. He and George would have split that vote. In addition, both were long-time Crist supporters. Hasner and Haridopolos will compete for the conservative vote. One talks a good game, the other one is busy passing a conservative agenda in the Senate.
Posted by: Sunshinerep | 03/25/2011 at 12:28 PM