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FLORIDA was the last portion of what are now the lower 48 states to emerge from the ocean, and it emerged halfheartedly: Its highest point is just 345 feet above sea level. But, the fourth-most- populous state will loom over American politics next summer, when the state's Republicans select a U.S. Senate nominee. Their primary will test whether the party has become so risk-averse that it flinches from interesting choices.
The nominee almost certainly will be either Gov. Charlie Crist or Marco Rubio, former speaker of the Florida House. Term limits, which he supports, retired Rubio.See the full content of this document
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Governor Won't Cruise to Senate?
Leading national Republicans rushed to endorse Crist. In tennis, such decisions are called unforced errors.
Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez was elected in 2004. In 2007, the Republican National ...See the full content of this document
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