From Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire:
“Alan Schlesinger — the Republican who got 10 percent in last year’s Connecticut Senate race against independent Joe Lieberman and Democratic flash-in-the-pan Ned Lamont — is sniffing a possible congressional bid for the seat of new U.S. Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL),” according to the Palm Beach Post. “Schlesinger says he’s been spending a few months a year in Palm Beach County for about 20 years and has family here. He recently spoke to the Boca Raton Republican Club.”“The GOP wants to retake the marginally Republican seat Klein won from 26-year Republican incumbent Clay Shaw last year. But big-name local Rs have so far stayed on the sidelines.”
This one gives me the giggles. I think we would all warmly welcome the return of Alan Gold, no?
I’d love to see Ron Klein (a personal friend of my family’s) go up against a softball opponent like Schlesinger. On the other hand, if Klein beat another tough opponent, the seat would pretty much be his for the indeterminate future. But, hey, I say, hang onto the seat by whatever means necessary!
Sorry for the double post– slow internet connection today.
Are good.
So I highly doubt he’d be the final nominee.
Then we can divert Klein’s resources to a different race, hopefully one in Louisiana.
Well, it is the “Gold Coast” of Florida.
I think we’ll see Ron Klein easily returned in ’08.
this is a district that hasn’t voted Republican presidentially since 1984. It has some very rich republcian areas, but it also has moderate, centrict areas like Boca Raton, and some very very liberal areas like Ft. Lauderdalke and the outskirts of Miami. This district is even mroe strongly Democratic leaning in Statewide elections. It gave Gore 63% of the vote in 2000, beofre Republicans gerrymandered as many rich precincts as possible and drew out Miami Dade and some of the more minority-heavy sectors of Ft. Lauderdale. Get a map of this district, it’s one of the most shameful examples of extreme gerrymandering in the country. It’s why I want Florida’s maps to be drawn by an independatn commission. They tried to make a marginally republcian seat out of an area that’s overall 70% Democratic in Presidential elections. They almost suceeded to, but the rapid Democratic trend in Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton countered their efforts. Gore still got 53% in this district too!
No Republican Presidential candidate has won here since 1988. Clinton and Gore won here by double digits and even John Kerry won it by four points in 2004. Klein is here to stay.