Florida Senate Campaign With Two Conservatives Running Could Help Dems

The decision by the sitting GOP Governor of Florida to run for the US Senate as an Independent because a righty candidate is the new GOP/Tea Party/libertarian/fringy favorite could give the Democratic nominee an advantage.

Both Bill Clinton and Jim Doyle won elections when third-party candidates (

Ross Perot and Ed Thompson, respectively) and Republicans divided the more conservative vote: so maybe the more Tea Partiers in the race, the better?