Roadmap for Rick Scott's Victory over Alex Sink -- Introduce the ultra liberal Sink to Florida Voters

UPDATE: "Yesterday, Floridians selected the Republican candidates who will carry forward the message of limited government, fiscal responsibility and personal freedom. Floridians are looking for strong leaders and responsible solutions and I am confident our party can meet this challenge. I congratulate Rick Scott and the Republican candidates who are answering the call to public service. We must now unite and work together for victory in November."  Jeb Bush
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This is my favorite paragraph from the article at Tampa Bay On-line about "Why Scott Won, And Why He Could Win Again:

All points in her favor. All easily blown apart by a few million dollars' worth of ads about Liberal Banker Alex Sink and Her Pal Barack Obama. If I were the Democrats, I wouldn't be high-fiving. I'd be arming the nukes.

When 2 November comes, Independents in our opinion will be voting for Scott. Why you ask? Because Rick Scott is conservative and Alex Sink is probably the poster person for the ultra left liberal progressive women Democrats in Florida and the rest of the Country. You don't belong to Emily's List as a moderate Democrat. Her liberal credentials helped 'sink' her husband, McBride, in his run for Governor against Jeb. We never figured out why he ran as Jeb is probably the most popular Governor of Florida. She always runs under the name Sink not McBride -- why is that? Would bet a lot of Florida voters today don't realize that she was the wife behind the McBride run against Jeb Bush in 2006. Was McBride's run against Jeb in 2006 actually a dry-run for Sink's run in 2010?

After all the nasty things that were said in 2006 against Jeb Bush by McBride and his wife, anyone thinking Jeb won't throw his weight behind Rick Scott needs to think again. Jeb Bush was not the insider in Tallahassee when he ran against Lawton Chiles and like Scott came from outside of Florida.  In fact, Scott's economic plan, drafted with the help of former Jeb Bush budget director Donna Arduin, is billed as "7 steps for 700,000 jobs in 7 years." In Miami before the primary, Manny Marono, mayor of 15,000-resident Sweetwater near Miami campaigned with Rick Scott.

There is another person in this race who we guarantee will take votes away from the liberal Sink:

Bud Chiles, the son of former Florida governor Lawton Chiles, announced his run for Florida governor. Entering late, he will be running on an Independent platform. Bud Chiles has waited seven years to run as he entered in 2003 but removed himself after learning he had not lived in the state long enough. Though Chiles is a Floridian, he had moved away from the state. Florida law states you must reside in Florida for at least 7 years before you can run.

This is going to be an interesting race to watch as most of the Republican County Chairs will line up enthusiastically for Scott as they are tired of what they have witnessed out of Florida GOP in Tallahassee under Crist and Greer. Take one example -- the appointment of the person to the Senate seat vacated by Mel Martinez. Crist contacted the County Chairs who were supporting former Congressmen, but what did Crist do? Appointed his good friend. BTW, LeMieux has turned out to be a stronge Republican in the Senate and after Crist became NO PARTY endorsed Marco Rubio.

We believe that the Florida grassroots who want new leadership in Tallahassee will be fully behind Rick Scott as they understand that the liberal Alex Sink would be bad for Florida and its small business not to mention a repeat of Lawton Chiles through his son, Bud Chiles.  Sad part of all of this is that Scott's opponent, McCollum is considering endorsing Sink?  Guess he is taking after his good friend Charlie Crist and leaving all doubt behind that he was the conservative he pretended to be during the primary.  No conservative would support Alex Sink or Bud Chiles period! We hope he wakes up to what he is considering and puts the good of Florida first.

Alex Sink is a friend of Obama? No thanks, Florida has already has one in Gov Christ and doesn't need another one. Looks like Sink is the typical Democrat running away from Obama now while she embraced him a year ago:

Alex Sink ducks President Barack Obama in Miami
From Miami Herald writer Beth Reinhard's story on President Barack Obama's fundraiser in Miami:

For Alex Sink, the Democratic front-runner for governor, the potential price for embracing the increasingly unpopular president was too steep. The state's chief financial officer did not join Obama at the deli or greet him at Miami International Airport, and she had stepped off the stage by the time Sen. Bill Nelson introduced the president at the hotel.

Her distance from Obama contrasted with their dual billing as "special guests" for the fundraiser, which fortified the Democratic Party for a turbulent election year in which five powerful statewide posts are up for grab.

Source: http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2010/08/alex-sink-ducks-obama-in-miami.html

So the ultra liberal Sink now doesn't want to be seen around Obama, the President she helped elect? Probably doesn't want one of the pictures of hugging Obama to make the internet.  Too funny! She can run away from him but she cannot hide the fact she was 100% on board Obama's election and his first year in office. Only when his poll numbers started to tank did she decide to run away.

ICYMI: Why Scott Won, And Why He Could Win Again

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – In case you missed it, the St. Petersburg Times’ Howard Troxler penned a column recapping Rick Scott’s primary victory and Alex Sink’s problems running against him.

Why Scott won, and why he could win again

By Howard Troxler, St. Petersburg Times Columnist
8/26/10
On the question of how Florida's Republicans could vote to nominate Rick Scott for governor, some of the answers I heard Wednesday:

(1) He was never accused of wrongdoing in the $1.7 billion Medicare-fraud settlement against his Columbia/HCA hospital chain.

(2) He's a successful mega-businessman who knows how to build, how to run things and how to meet a payroll.

(3) It's past time to change Tallahassee-as-usual.

"America is speaking out … we are worried about the deficit, the economy and jobs," Scott supporter Sharon Vernon of Largo explained in an e-mail.

"Not," she continued, "your (the media's) innuendo about a Republican, just because you are afraid he might actually succeed at doing the things that need to be done."

So Scott's message worked.
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Next up: the Democrats.
Some Democrats were high-fiving each other Wednesday on the theory that Scott is so odious they have to win. Indeed, one poll gives Sink a 41-34 lead over Scott.

Yeah, well …

If Scott can start from scratch and knock out Bill McCollum, what will he do against Sink? Democrats always make the same mistake: They think elections are decided on some sort of merit system, like who got the best test score.

Sink has a problem: Most Floridians still don't know much about her, even though she's the state's sitting chief financial officer. That's an image vacuum that another $50 million or so of Rick Scott's money could fill.

See, Scott could say it was Liberal Banker and Tallahassee Insider Alex Sink who personally caused the entire U.S. economy to collapse. Then she and her pal Barack Obama stole $800 billion and blew it, with her banking buddies getting the cash, while she and Barack were taking over health care.

Ridiculous? You say the truth is that Sink was basically a state-level branch president, that she left Bank of America long before the troubles and had nothing to do with them? You say that she is the common-sense business person, a first-termer and not a Tallahassee insider, and good grief, what in the world is a "liberal banker"?

To read the whole article, please visit: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/why-scott-won-and-why-he-could-win-again/1117465

Bottom Line: On November 2nd, 2010, we would place our bets on Rick Scott becoming the Governor Elect of Florida!