RPOF Paints Gwen Graham as a Nancy Pelosi-Howard Dean Liberal

Gwen Graham, the daughter of Florida political legend Bob Graham, is running for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla. In an op-ed published in the Tallahassee Democrat late on Tuesday, Graham slammed both Southerland and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for voting to increase student loan rates.

In early August, Congressman Steve Southerland found something to agree with Nancy Pelosi on: voting to increase student loan rates for students and families, Graham wrote. More than ever, its obvious both the Republicans and Democrats in Washington are out of touch with the people who elect them.

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) struck back on Wednesday morning, hitting Graham for trying to portray herself as a moderate and insisting she is a liberal.

"Nice try, Gwen, said Lenny Curry, the chairman of the RPOF. In an effort to distance herself from Nancy Pelosi, Gwen Graham has aligned herself with the liberal extremists in the Democratic Party. This comes as no surprise because she worked for two extremist liberal Democratic candidates for president in Howard Dean and John Kerry. North Floridians should know that if Gwen Graham gets elected, her first vote will be for Nancy Pelosi for speaker, a vote that endorses an extreme liberal agenda."