Former appointed Sen. George LeMieux announced this morning that he’s seeking the GOP nomination for Senate in 2012. LeMieux launched a campaign website and made a video announcement on the conservative Shark Tank blog, a favorite venue for Marco Rubio during his successful 2010 candidacy.
LeMieux joins state Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, in the GOP primary race. Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner of Boca Raton is also exploring a run. All are eyeing the seat of two-term Democrat Bill Nelson.
I find George LeMieux so boring that I just have nothing else to say at this moment.
I mean, really. Just who is actually excited about this candidacy?
to give this loser a front page diary to himself. May it be the last…
And I bet Florida voters find him so boring that he doesn’t have a prayer against Bill Nelson. Jeez, Nelson must really be liking his chances with each passing day! 😉
make his official SSP nickname is LeMeh.
But with that said, I think his ties to Crist might be forgiven; he didn’t do anything to help his old boss in the Senate primary or the general, and he was a solid member of the “no” bloc in the Senate.
NO CHANCE……….
Yea, with Mack not running, it does give LeMeow a bit of a path that wasn’t there before, but he’s just so dull, I can’t see him winning the nomination. I think it’s Hasner’s to lose at this point as Haridopolos has damaged himself a bunch already.
If LeMeow were to somehow gain the nomination, it’s possible for him to beat Nelson I suppose, depending on how all shows up to vote for the main event, but I would expect that Nelson would take enough votes from him up north that he wouldn’t manage it.
feel the need to waste money on races they know they’ll never win. They could give the money to others who have a much better opportunity.
he thinks he has a chance. Did he not forget his former boss Charlie Crist was not only run out of the Florida GOP, but become a pariah among conservative activists?
I remember a story about Sofia Vergara’s multimillionaire boyfriend considering a run, has anyone heard from him lately? Vergara is very popular in the Hispanic community and would be a big asset to him in Dade.
I actually enjoyed Carte Goodwin as Senator. He’d make a great Representative. Too bad he just said he won’t be running for anything ever.
Ted Kaufman’s the only one I’d like to see back. A Lemieux candidacy excites me as much as Paul Kirk or Carte Goodwin trying to get their jobs back, and without the entertainment value of a Roland Burris.