[MindBender26]

But Rove's fronting Mel Martinez for the Senate is race-based politics pure and simple

It is far beyond that.

Here in Florida, you need to run 5 races.

1, Hispanic South Florida,
2, The East Coast Jewish Condo Commandos
3, Industrial Tampa and Jax
4, I-75 to I-4 to I-95, Naples to Orlando and north (outside Tampa and Jax.)
5, The Redneck Riviera (west of Jax to LA, or what we call Lower Alabama; I-10 all the way to Pensacola.

Mel wins 4 of the 5, losing only the Condo Commandos.

He wins.

[B Knotts]

He wins with 10% of the vote?

[hchutch]

I don't see how Harris does nuch worse. She's definitely able to win three of the five (she loses the Condo Commandos the way Martinez would, and also the South Florida). Three out of five is also possible to win, unless she is blown out big-time in the South Florida AND the Condo Commandos.

[itsahoot]

But Rove's fronting Mel Martinez for the Senate is race-based politics pure and simple

It is far beyond that. Here in Florida, you need to run 5 races

Tancredo carried his race with 70% of the vote, and yet Rove wants to run someone against him. Go figure seeing how he has an (R) by his name and all.