LET'S JUST SAY IT: HE DOESN'T HAVE THE HEART TO DO IT NOW!

The Sarasota Herald Tribune's Jeremy Wallace has more to the Joe Scarborough story in his column today. He writes that the television talk host is "leaning against" running for the U.S. Senate, and will go to Washington next week to discuss a possible candidacy "out of respect".

Hey, he simply doesn't have the heart for a campaign now. Just say it! Especially a possible bruising primary campaign that could possibly tear the Florida Republican Party apart and leave the eventual GOP nominee vunerable against Bill Nelson in the general election. And I do take his word for it that he wants to wait until his sons are out of high school. When you aren't there much of the time watching your kids grow up and all of a sudden they're almost gone, you tend to want to make up for what you've lost. You can't really, but...