West: Foe "maybe likes running against black guys"

Rep. Allen West suggested Thursday that Democrat Lois Frankel is running against him because "maybe she likes running against black guys."

The conservative freshman firebrand made the comment during an interview with POLITICO about his 2012 election plans, dubbing Frankel a political retread.

"She’s a career politician looking for her next gig,” West said of Frankel, adding that the mayor herself ran in another district against Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.). “Maybe she likes running against black guys,” he continued, referring to a prior race with Hastings, who is also black.

West also dismissed a Miami Herald report that he would run in a primary against Rep. Tom Rooney, saying he planned to run in no other district but his own.

The Herald, citing a "high-placed source affiliated with West" reported that the congressman was considering a primary against Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.)

“I don’t know where it came from,” West said..

Frankel immediately jumped on the report, accusing the former military officer of trying to “cut and run.”

Frankel faces a potential primary of her own in the 22nd District against Patrick Murphy.