Resplendent in a dark blue suit and a bright white smile, Florida's Democratic Senator George Smathers, 48, last week flew home for an easy go-round of politicking. Smathers is up for re-election this year to a third term in the Senate, but the handsome, New Jersey-born Floridian has no worries. He can easily beat his two Democratic primary opponents in the May 8 primary. As for his Republican opponent in the November electionswell, Emerson Rupert is his name, but winning is not his game.
Not, at least, against Smathers, who seems to have everything going for him. In Washington, Smathers is secretary...
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