Craig Miller: '40 years is enough of Bill Nelson'

Restaurant executive Craig Miller, now running in a crowded Republican primary looking to challenge Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, highlighted his record in the private sector on Monday and contrasted that with the incumbents record.

I have spent the last few months traveling this state, and as I talk to Floridians one issue continues to come up: jobs, Miller wrote in an email sent out to supporters on Monday. Despite what some people would have you believe, the American people dont want handouts, they want jobs. Contrary to what Bill Nelson might have you believe -- government does not create jobs, the free market does.

As a job creator, I have been dealing with government regulations most of my adult life, and I can tell you that many of them do nothing to protect people; many of them simply slow down the growth of any business, added Miller. This has gone on too long, and the current economic crisis is a direct result of an overreaching government.

Miller, the former CEO of Ruths Chris, hammered Nelson for his many years in politics.

Far too many of our leaders have been in the bubble of Washington, D.C., for far too long, and Bill Nelson is at the top of the list, Miller continued. "Forty years is enough of Bill Nelson."