[William Tell]

BillCompton said: "She obviously cares more about selfish desires than to see a conservative Republican as Florida Senator."

Just exactly WHO IS this conservative Republican candidate that was likely to beat Nelson? Where is he today? Where was he two years ago? Why was he so unsuccessful against Harris?

If you insist on having candidates that can win regardless of politics, you will end up like us in Kalifornia with a RINO governor fighting global warming.

[4Freedom]

LOL!

[BillCompton]

Just exactly WHO IS this conservative Republican candidate that was likely to beat Nelson?

We have any number of people who could have had a good shot. But none of them could have beaten Harris. So here is the logic:

Harris, with near 100% name recognition would prevail against all the lesser known candidates because Harris has a solid base of supporters in the Republican party. But, she has high negatives among independants and even among Republicans. Plus, she has no crossover appeal to Democrats.

So, she easily could win the Republican nomination against just about anybody except Jeb Bush, but she could not win the General Election against Nelson. Those were the facts then. They are the facts now. State and National Republicans were a 100% right.

Now, suppose she had done what the party asked her to do and had stepped aside. Then, instead of the neophyte candidates that she ran against, serious candidates would have slugged it out. Then, the party could have gotten behind the candidate and INTRODUCED him or her to state. Nelson has a very low name recognition and is a very weak candidate. It would have been a horse race. But, there is no way to rehabilitate Harris' image when people decided in 2000 what they thought of her. There is just nothing to work with.