Uh Oh Martinez may run in Florida, this is bad [View All]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fmel13nov13,0,7707035.story?coll=sfla-news-florida

TALLAHASSEE · Apparently spurred on by the White House, U.S. Housing Secretary Mel Martinez is seriously considering jumping into Florida's U.S. Senate race.

Martinez's friends and political allies said Wednesday that the former Orange County chairman plans to decide within days whether to become the fifth Republican in the race looking to succeed Democrat Bob Graham.

"He's clearly thinking very strongly about it," said former state House Speaker John Thrasher of Orange Park, who has known Martinez since both attended Florida State University Law School. "Once Graham got out of the race, I think it was only natural that people started seeing the field as not yet closed out."