Well, lessee: with a state that has re-elected the like of Corrine Brown, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham in the past, who are they kidding? This wench will get a free pass, and a tenure job longer than academia: The U.S. Senate.
If the GOP would recruit and finance really aggressive candidates, the party could win more than just offering "nice guy" personalities against hard-core liberals. War hero Bob Dole in 1996 even said he would rather lose than really be aggressive against the popular Bill Clinton.