Grayson may not have run if FL-8 was not made into a Orlando-area Democratic vote sink, but Webster might not have kept the seat against a less moonbat opponent. He barely won in 2012 in a GOP-leaning redrawn FL-10 where Romney carried it 53%-47%. Obama likely would have carried a district much like the old FL-8 and might have swept Webster out. Sadly, GOP numbers in Orange and Osceola counties aren’t what they used to be.
With FL gaining 3 seats, it made sense to have one be a cage for Orlando-area rats.
With a free hand, I’d have tried to draw a Hispanic GOP seat out of the old 8th. It was curious to note Grayson was concerned about facing a Hispanic Republican (why he spent his $$ to help a White Republican become his opponent in 2012).