Herald Tribune: U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson today called upon the country’s big three automakers to drop their opposition to Florida’s clean-car rule as a condition of receiving a financial bailout from the federal government. “As I review your proposals for federal financial assistance, I ask you to agree not to oppose Florida’s move to mandate cleaner and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks,” Nelson wrote in a letter to Ford, Chrysler and General Motors executives. “Any effort to lobby against or …