In a major blow to the DSCC, state CFO Alex Sink (D) announced Friday morning that she would not run for Florida's open Senate seat in 2010. In her announcement she announced that she had ruled out a run for governor and she will seek reelection for her current position.
Sink clearly would have been the strongest candidate on the Democratic side, and Florida Republicans were openly afraid of her potential candidacy, especially after Jeb Bush announced that he wouldn't run. She was thought to be the only Democrat who could have cleared a divisive primary field. Now it looks like the race is wide open on both sides.
On the Democratic side, Rep. Kendrick Meek and state Sen. Dan Gelber have already announced their candidacies, setting up a primary challenge--but potential candidates like Reps. Ron Klein and Allen Boyd (who says he's very close to making a decision about running) are still considering bids.
On the Republican side, former state House Speaker Marco Rubio and Attorney General Bill McCollum are the most often mentioned as potential candidates--and now they might be more likely to run now that Sink has ruled out a run.
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I think we're all silently (and some of us not so silently) hoping Klein finally gets up and declares he's running for the US Senate. There's no way that we can win this thing without a strong candidate, and Klein is as strong as they come (with due respect to CFO Sink). Just look at what he's already done in the House: http://www.bocanews.com/local-news/as-he-begins-second-term-klein-looks-back-at-2008-56321.htm
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