Jeff Greene, a flamboyant “real estate executive who made more than half a billion dollars betting against the housing market, will announce tomorrow he is seeking the Democratic nomination for Senate in Florida, scrambling an already crowded, high-profile, and expensive race, a source close to his camp said Thursday night,” Ben Smith reports.
Greene will challenge Miami Rep. Kendrick Meek for the Democratic nomination in a race that will feature frontrunning Marco Rubio as the Republican nominee and Governor Charlie Crist as an independent.
Meek has the firm support of the national Democratic establishment, who fear that despite Greene’s billions, his subprime gamble and his lifestyle — Mike Tyson was the best man at his wedding — make him unelectable.
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