Bill McCollum Gets Backing From Washington Times Editorial Writer

Behind in the polls and short on cash, Republican gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Bill McCollums campaign, trying to catch up with Rick Scott, trumpeted an endorsement from Quin Hillyer, an editorial writer with the conservative Washington Times.

This may be the year for conservatives to fight the establishment, but that certainly doesn't mean that every right-leaning newcomer is preferable to longstanding conservatives, wrote Hillyer. Conservative leaders make a big mistake if they don't rally around just such a stalwart, the ever-reliable Bill McCollum, in his race for governor of Florida.

Hillyer had harsh words for Scott.

Rick Scott became a minor conservative hero last year for bankrolling major efforts to fight Obamacare, he wrote. But should that be enough, absent other major unsullied bona fides nationally or in Florida, to be given a leg up on somebody like Mr. McCollum with a quarter-century of dedicated, effective service to the cause? Only for schnooks.

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