The campaign manager for Florida GOP Senate nominee Connie Mack has blown off his Republican competitors, the Tampa Bay Times, Bay News 9 and the electorate by declaring to the Times that it was nice that they had made arrangements to cover a Republican Senate debate on July 26, but it wouldn't be necessary.
"It’s clear the race for the U.S. Senate in Florida is now between Connie Mack, the Republican, and Bill Nelson, the Democrat," wrote Jeff Cohen to Times Managing Editor Jeanne Grinstead.
According to Cohen, "A primary debate among Republicans would only serve to benefit Bill Nelson," and a debate between Mack and Nelson "makes all the sense in the world."
It certainly does, since a new survey shows that if the election was held next week, Nelson would handily defeat Mack at the polls.
This article appears in Jun 7-13, 2012.