No, it’s not too early to talk 1998. So get this: Florida Democratic Sen. Bob Graham hates the Senate (and what rational person wouldn’t?). He was happier being governor, a job that conveniently comes open in ’98 because sitting Gov. Lawton Chiles can’t run again. One problem for Graham: Lieutenant Gov. Buddy McKay, who presumably wants to be top dog in Tallahassee. So here’s one scenario being bandied about by Floridians: Come 1997, Graham resigns his seat in the Senate. Chiles appoints McKay to take Graham’s seat. Graham runs basically unopposed in the Florida primary. It might not matter all that much anyway; Florida is rushing so quickly into the Republican camp that neither Graham nor McKay might win — in either race, for either job.
