Adam Hasner Attacks Connie Mack on Spending and Stem Cells

With U.S. Rep. Connie Mack announcing late on Monday that he is entering the crowded Republican primary to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, he drew heavy fire from another GOP hopeful -- former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner.

"Congressman Mack's record of supporting wasteful Washington spending, billions in earmark spending, and taxpayer-funded embryonic stem-cell research stands in stark contrast with what Florida Republicans are looking for in their next United States senator, said Hasner in a statement released on Monday night. If the last decade has shown us anything, it's that the problems in Washington can't be fixed by the same establishment politicians who helped create them in the first place."