That said, I hope I am wrong.   We presented Bill Nelson with a very specific outrage in our county recently.  He could easily fix it, but he has not even acknowledged our research on the issue.  He has 52% approval rating among Republicans, and only 47% among Democrats.  He is not about to harm that 5% advantage.  

I do not support any candidate for governor right now.  However, the bad press for Maddox started before all the facts were out.   I think we need to reserve such condemnation until another audit is finished.  One already shows no money missing, but I see no one saying so to the media.  

I don't defend him yet, but I won't condemn him yet either.  

I do expect our Democrats here to start standing up and looking more like Democrats.  Many of us who contacted Nelson this week expect a response.  I get more response now from my GOP congressman than I do from Nelson's office.  That is just wrong.  

I expect the party members who jumped the gun on this audit thing with Maddox to back off until the facts are in.  That is only fair. He collected a good amount at a fundraiser the last couple of days.  Many are like us, we will support and vote for him if there is even a breath of suspicion he was set up.  We will be right there...very quickly with money.