FL-Sen, FL-10: Young Turns Down Senate Appointment

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It looks like ol' C.W. isn't buying what Charlie Crist is sellin'. From the St. Petersburg Times:

We should have known when U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young showed up to his interview with Charlie Crist in tennis shoes and an untucked polo shirt. He won't be applying to fill Mel Martinez's unexpired term.

"I have the best job in the world now, and I work for the best people in the world. I would not want to leave in the middle of a term. I'm not a quitter," said Young, 78, who has been Crist's congressman for most oif the governor's life. "Truth of the mattter is I can do far more for Florida and Pinellas county where I am than if I took a different job."

Young still refuses to say whether or not he'll run for a 21st term in 2010, but he sure doesn't sound like a guy who wants to hang up his spurs just yet.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/5463/flsen-fl10-young-turns-down-senate-appointment