[LdSentinal]

While I would not have done what he did, it was not as egregious as Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, and yet TR is often referred to as a hero of the GOP.

No, but Florida was a swing state in 2004. In fact, if Kerry had won Florida he would have been president. Bob Smith is a loon if he thinks he can win a Republican primary.

It would be like Zell Miller running for the senate as a Democrat again.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Senator Smith would count as an average Republican in Florida, based on the issues. Miller is not in line with the thinking of Democrats even in Georgia.