He beat the Democrat challenger for a six year Senate term. He has a 86.7% rating from the American Conservative Union during his four year tenure.
What is it that you want? Electoral failure?
No, in 2004 I wanted Florida House Speaker Johnnie Byrd to win the primary, and then go on to defeat third tier Democrat nominee Betty Castor in the general election. We were just talking about this on another post. Many freepers seem to have a hard time grasping this point: vote for the BEST conservative in the primary, and defeat the RAT in the general election.
I don't blame the freepers who held their nose for Martinez in the general election, because he is better than Castor. I blame those who smeared fine conservative leaders in the primary and falsely portrayed Martinez as a great conservative warrior.
Yes, I am confident Byrd would have defeated Castor, and probably by a bigger margin than Martinez did (Byrd had an actual track record and crediblity). And Florida would have been a hell of lot better with him in the Senate than the clueless dope holding the seat now.