I live in the district and voted for Jolly, but I don’t view him as a tea party candidate at all. He’s much like Bill Young was - he’ll vote the right way most of the time, but he’s going to be pushing to bring back the pork instead of trimming the budget. He’ll vote to trim around the edges, but I don’t believe he’s going to be aggressive in that regard as a true tea party candidate would be. Certainly much better than Sink would be.
Jolly was backed by Young’s family and while he was outspent two-to-one by Sink’s campaign, a flood of nearly $5 million in outside money evened the playing field in a race in which nearly $12 million was spent, including $9 million of outside special interest money.
I did say he was a tea party “type” candidate...
I do know the GOPe wasn’t happy he was running instead of the people they wanted, who declined....
That tells me volumes....
“...The backbiting against Jolly has already begun, courtesy of a recent Politico piece. But it’s not surprising, considering many GOP operatives didn’t want Jolly in the first place. They wanted state Rep. Kathleen Peters, who lost the primary.”
http://blogs.rollcall.com/rothenblog/why-were-not-moving-florida-13-out-of-toss-up/
Well, at least the establishment drone didn’t get the seat. Good show.