Scott will only agree to two debates: 10/20/10, Nova Southeast University, Davie; 10/25/10, USF Tampa Campus.
Or Scott’s up 6. The big difference seems to be what weight you give to the ‘likely voter’ numbers. Rasmussen has the Republicans weighted heavier than the Dems. While I don’t usually agree with them, I’m afraid in this case that Rasmussen is closer to right than Mason-Dixon.
Lots of news today:
Rasmussen has Scott with a 5 point edge.
Mason Dixon has Sink up 4, but beginning to lag based on negative ads from Scott. Her negatives jumped 10 points over the last below (although still well below Scott’s negatives).
The first debate was last night and Sink apparently hammered down on Scott about his tenure as CEO and the “lies” his ads contain.
As far as I can tell, he is lying about the pension fund. While it took a huge hit during the market downturn (as did everybody), it’s rebounded well.
I’m still researching the claim about $700K in no-bid contracts to her old employer, Bank of America. Okay, done (should have checked FactCheck first). It appears to be a non-story bordering on an outright lie. Link: No Truth to 'No Bid' - FactCheck.org
The Sink campaign is quietly releasing footage of Scott’s HCA inquiry depositions. I don’t think they’re running on TV, though.
If they do, it might be enough to put the Sink campaign over the top. Scott’s testimony does sort of exonerate him from any wrongdoing, but it also makes it very clear that he was asleep at the wheel (or at least pretending to be).
True story: I was watching TV and my son wandered in the room. He’s only 12, and not exactly a political animal - his days mostly consist of school, eating, and playing WoW. A Rick Scott smear ad about Alex Sink came on. He watched it, then said, “Did you see that?”
“See what?” I asked.
“All of those ‘bad things’ they’re saying about her were over ten years ago, except for one. It’s in the small print at the bottom. He should have to come up with something more recent.”
The Force is strong with Shibbolittle.
Latest poll shows a dead heat: 45%-45%.
I look forward to some very interesting post-eday litigation.
Returns show Scott 50%, Sink 48%, but Hillsborough and Miami-Dade have not reported yet. As of midnight, Sink just announced she’s not conceding until every vote is counted.
Doesn’t look like there are enough votes left for Sink to catch up. There are between 20 and 50 precincts uncounted, which means she’d need just about every registered voter in every remaining precinct to make up the 53,000 votes she’s behind by.
Rick Scott wins. He is a disgraced health care exec that bought up hospitals and downsized them for quick profits. His hospitals got caught exaggerating illnesses to bilk Medicare out of lots of money. He got caught paying off doctors who would refer patients to Scot’s hospitals.
He got nailed for the biggest settlement in history 1.7 billion dollars.
The people of Florida voted him in. It is shameful.
You can’t really be “nailed” for a settlement, and it was his company that settled, not him. He eats babies, though.
Sink conceded this morning. So, that’s done. The Florida Pubs now control the governorship, all four elected Cabinet posts, and both houses of the state legislature. Let’s see what they do with it.
Enjoy those oil rigss placed to enhance your ocean views, Gulf Coasters.
Florida is generally considered the con artist capital of America, so no reason not to have one as king.
Hey, the guy stole millions from taxpayers and used it to get elected governor. You have to give him points for chutzpah, if nothing else.
I’d be ashamed, but I really have to pin a lot of this on Alex Sink. If you can’t beat this guy, then really you have no business being in politics. Woefully poor campaign.
Agreed. Frankly, I think the dumbass “cheating” in the last debate cost her the election. It’s all I heard about the weekend before the election.
Maybe we can defraud Medicare to fix our budget shortfall.