Senator Bill Nelson announces plans to seek re-election

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he'll seek a third term.

Nelson, a Democrat, told about 120 editors and reporters attending The Associated Press' annual legislative meeting that he's confident that he and President Barack Obama will fare well in 2012 when Florida will have 29 electoral votes in the presidential election.

Nelson said Obama, who carried Florida in 2008, is on an upward swing with voters after being bogged down early in his presidency by a national recession and a controversial health care bill he pushed through Congress.

Nelson also said Obama was ill-served by his staff during last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the administration getting a slow start in addressing that crisis.

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[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. PUKE!

[2Design]

2. yes puke

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Someone has got to run against him

Someone has to!

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. A DUer actually announced that he was going to do so last time:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=145&topic_id=6434

It didn't end well.

[LawnKorn]

6. Who is up for Allen Grayson?

How about we have a Senator with guts!

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. His campaign is still in debt and has unpaid bills from his last race

[Fuddnik]

5. He's toast unless Katherine Harris runs against him again.

I think Shamu could beat him this time around.

A friend, a State Committee-person, was at the meeting last week where they elected Rod Smith as the new FDP Chair. Nelson let it be known that their sole purpose was to get him re-elected.

My friend resigned from the Party the next day.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. He was such a strong candidate last time that the Republicans couldn't recruit a better candidate

[SoCalDem]

8. He might as well.. There does not seem to be a deep bench of dems

champing at the bit to get into politics down there..

That said, I think Nelson loses to another Marco Rubio-esque republican...this time a woman.

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. So far there are no GOP women running or even rumored to be running

[SoCalDem]

10. They will find one..

or at least run some nutcase from the Florida legislature or a congressperson.. Nelson will probably lose.