Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy The Fourth, otherwise known as Connie Mack, otherwise known as a remarkably hapless candidate for US Senate.

Really, that man should have stayed in the House.

So the polls all show him trailing, his fundraising is lacking, and Obama looks like a narrow favorite to win Florida at the presidential level. This, friends, is a recipe for outside spending to dry up.

Outside groups might easily spend another $10-15 million trying to take down the broadly (though not deeply) liked Bill Nelson, but it’s more likely that number will be much, much less. Still a lot in comparison to my own, meagre bank account. But in this situation, little more than a sop to Mack’s supporters, so no one will say too loudly the hated words, that ‘they’ have given up on Mack.

Nelson was always going to run 5-8 points ahead of the president and Mack needs Romney to win an absolutely resounding victory in the Sunshine State and if you still think that’s going happen, then please contact me about some spectacular investments in mortgage-back securities available from a Pasco County condo developer.