Lawmaker made U-turn out of GOP Senate primary

[Judi Lynn]

Lawmaker made U-turn out of GOP Senate primary
BY BILL RUFTY

LAKELAND -- It was so close, yet so far away.

While en route to open his campaign for the U.S. Senate, state Rep. Dennis Ross reluctantly turned back to Lakeland without getting on the ballot.

Ross will not challenge U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris for the party's nomination for U.S. Senate, but four other Republicans will.
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"I was on I-10 heading to Tallahassee when I got a call that William McBride and Peter Monroe had both filed today to run against Katherine," Ross said. "I just turned around and headed back home. My wife is not happy with me; she wanted me to go for it."
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"None has run for office before," Ross said. "This race may very well be written off on a national basis."
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Rep. Ross, Katherine Harris

[Journeyman]

1. Go Katie!. . .

Don't let 'em dissuade you, Kate! Spend money! Blow yer Daddy's legacy -- you know he'd want ya to do it in an idiotic, quixotic quest for an office you're neither qualified for nor capable of filling. But don't let silly facts and ridiculous realities get in your way, Kate! Make everyone spend money!

You just gotta do it, Kate -- for us little people, if no one else. The idiot you helped put in office spent all our money and we've nothing left for entertainment, so you're it, Kate. Ya got the clown costume and a Mae West lifepreserver between yer armpits, so do the soft shoe shuffle and show us how spoiled rich kids lose in a huff when they discover they're no longer one of the 'gang.'

Go-ooooo Katie!

[katinmn]

2. yes, and when you lose, tell all your secrets!

Hell hath no fury....

[Gman]

3. Well, its not like he has big boobs

so he didn't have a chance in the GOP primary anyway!