<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2dd251bb-0fc5-491e-be46-fa6cfe864cca/48F5C3ED-0894-4B36-B2A3-49C78C192D68/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203239.html" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203239.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.washingtonpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203239.html"><P> Sen. <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Mel+Martinez?tid=informline">Mel Martinez</A> (R-Fla.) said yesterday that he will retire in 2010 after a single term in office, a decision that is sure to set off a competitive and costly race to replace him and that improves Democratic chances of picking up the seat in two years. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203239.html"><P> National Democrats believe that state Chief Financial Officer <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Alex+Sink?tid=informline">Alex Sink</A> is their strongest candidate to win the seat. Sink appeared to be uninterested in the race before Martinez's announcement, but those close to her said she is reconsidering a run. Other Democrats mentioned as possible candidates include Reps. Ron Klein, <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Kendrick+Meek?tid=informline">Kendrick B. Meek</A> and Kathy Castor, as well as state Sen. Dan Gelber. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/48F5C3ED-0894-4B36-B2A3-49C78C192D68/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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