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Jim Johnson is surprised that I neither commented on or tore into Sam Gibbons endorsing Gus Bilirakis. I don't think the Gibbons endorsement will matter much. Gibbons is too introverted to go into Lieberman-style attacks against Bilirakis's Democratic opponents. Gibbons has been out of politics too long to make much of an impression on voters. That was the problem with Bilirakis's 2006 opponent Phyllis Busansky.

What will decide the race Democrat John Dicks's campaign and alerting voters to Bilirakis's pro-Bush voting record.

An endosement that will matter is if Dicks can get DCCC backing and a photo-op with Barack Obama. That will only happen if the party establishment believes Dicks has a chance of winning. Infoming voters on how Bilirakis's mother micromanages every aspect of his political career is a good way to cast doubt into his leadership abilities.

I'm curious where Dicks stood on the pork project Championship Park. Google searches have provided little. Dicks was Mayor of Plant City when Norman was making a major push for his $40 million little league complex.