He has run an excellent campaign you are right. If it weren’t for his mess coming out of HCA the guy would be 20 points ahead of McCollum. The GOP sure didn’t mind Rick Scott when he was tearing into Obama. Dicky Morris though has a big ego and for some reason has targeted Scott. McCollum may pull it out but it is amazing how little of his campaign has been about his political career. Scott is running a political campaign that should be a model. If he can run like this and win even with the shadow of his HCA then the power of his message is bigger than him. I’ve been saying that a long time myself. Run on conservatism not on the abstract of it but the credible “here is what I’m going to do” reality of it. People are fed up with do gooder power hungry politicians and a govt that no matter how many times it fails always finds a way to deflect responsibility for the failure while managing to suck in even more money and grow even bigger.
I was reluctant at first to be supportive of Rick but I just have a sense the man is genuine and it isn’t even that McCollum is the worst possible choice for governor though I still believe ultimately he is intrinsically the weaker choice as represented by his typical politician behavior.
I’ve never been a fan of people who say something then say they didn’t say it even when they were on camera which means they think the people who might vote for them are fools. Rick Scott had no choice but to address the HCA issue. I don’t even know if I would’ve been brave enough to deal with it the way he did. It would’ve been much easier to try to deflect blame. It shows character that he didn’t.
People should study the Scott campaign. There is a lot to be learned. The man is doing something that conventional wisdom would indicate is impossible.
Reminds me of Ross Perot!