From the Washington Post:

Conservative cable TV host and former Panhandle congressman Joe Scarborough, who had been weighing a run for the Florida Senate seat occupied by Democrat Bill Nelson, announced yesterday that he will not challenge Rep. Katherine Harris for the Republican nomination...

"When party leaders approached me three weeks ago, I told them how difficult a campaign would be this year considering my personal and professional commitments," the Associated Press quoted Scarborough as saying yesterday. "Besides, I never cared for candidates who had to be coaxed into a political battle. Either you feel it in your gut, or you don't."

Party leaders who may be uncomfortable with Katherine Harris, and the reminder of the bitterness of the 2000 election that she brings with her run, will now have to renew their search for a credible alternative to her.