To support Bill Nelson's reelection bid, you don't have to be a Democrat seeking political revenge for 2000. You just have to be a Floridian who wants a competent, sensible, productive United States senator, not the embarrassment that Katherine Harris would be for the state.On the first point, it's hard to find any state politician with a wider background. Sen. Nelson spent six years in the state House and 12 years in the U.S. House. He spent six years as the state's insurance commissioner before his election to the Senate six years ago.
On the second point, Sen. Nelson has voted with his party on many big issues - against President Bush's tax cuts, against the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, and against the Part D Medicare prescription drug benefit - but is able to work with Republicans when it benefits Florida.