Connie Mack joins Florida Senate race - What happens to LeMieux and Hasner?
10/27/2011
Florida Congressman Connie Mack caused a Twitter explosion last night after the Miami Herald's Marc Caputo reported that Mack will enter Florida's U.S. Senate race.
This is not good news for Adam Hasner and George LeMieux.
Give credit to the Hasner folks, they got off their tweets a lot faster than the LeMieux folks.
About 9:3o p.m., the slightly dosing TwitterWorld erupted with this tweet:
Marc Caputo - Reconsideration alert: Connie Mack to enter US Senate race hrld.us/vOyRIg
A few minutes later:
SaintPetersblog Peter Schorsch - Whoa! Connie Mack to enter US Senate race (via @marcacaputo)
debitking Nelsa - Ummm? Really? RT@umarsattar HUGE NEWS: Connie Mack to enter FlSen race.
Abel Harding - Wow. RT @MarcACaputo: Reconsideration alert: Connie Mack to enter US Senate race
As the tweets gather steam, the first reactions come from the Hasner team:
Alberto Martinez - Game on. RT @MarcACaputo Reconsideration alert: Connie Mack to enter US Senate race
Christian Camara - No Reconsideration alert: I'll continue supporting @AdamHasner, since hes been a loyal conservative and only candidate that supported Rubio.
POLITICO picks it up:
Ben Smith – Connie Mack jumping in to Fl Sen
Caputo adds to the drama:
MarcACaputo - Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, who was endorsed by Connie Mack, is scheduled to have a Connie Mack fundraiser
The word spreads and then the speculation begins:
Abel Harding - Will be interesting to watch who lines up behind @ConnieMackIV out of the starting gate. Will LeMieux lose endorsements, donors?
Jennifer Duffy - With Rep. Connie Mack poised to jump into #FlSen, this race just got A LOT more interesting
CrowleyReport - Who does Connie Mack hurt more - LeMieux or Hasner?
An hour into Caputo's original report, tweets from national news organizations are picking up. Speculation continues and Hasner's folks offer this:
TheRickWilson - With Rep. Connie Mack poised to jump into #Fl Sen this race just got A LOT more interesting. Over/under on when @george lemieux leaves the race to spend more time with his law firm?
DJGroup David Johnson - Notice eerie silence from the Fans o'George tonight. Usually they are tweetin themselves into tizzy
By midnight, the tweets became a trickle.
But the political drama started last night by Cornelius McGillicuddy IV, once again proves that Florida politics is always full of surprises.
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