We can win if Scott steps aside for a Republican who’s approval rating is not in the toilet. It looks if Scott is nominee or if he so brutalizes whoever beats him in the primary that they can’t win either he’ll hand the office to the democrats, possibly newly democrat Charlie Crist if he can win the rat primary.
He should put his own ambition aside and do what is right for the party. I’m sure you will flame me now since you clearly like him but the numbers paint a dismal picture for his chances at reelection and I doubt 100 mil in tv ads will change that.
I know in earlier thread you referenced the mistake of nominating "whatever amateur screams the loudest that they are King or Queen of the Tea party". That really fits Rick Scott to a tee. This guy literally came out of nowhere and had a paper thin resume for the job when he was handed the GOP nomination for Governor by the tea party in 2010. Fortunately for him, he was running in a big GOP year against a week Dem, so he managed to eek to victory by 1% whereas other "tea party" amateurs got clobbered.
>> He should put his own ambition aside and do what is right for the party. I’m sure you will flame me now since you clearly like him but the numbers paint a dismal picture for his chances at reelection and I doubt 100 mil in tv ads will change that. <<
Heh. I said the same thing about Senator Sununu when he was tied to the hip of Bush and consistently trailing ex-RAT Governor Shaheen in 2006, and got flamed for it. The hilarious thing is Sununu HIMSELF made the same argument six years earlier when Bob Smith was losing to Shaheen, but wouldn't take his own advice when he was in that situation. It's like Gingrirch/Oberweis "we must ALL vote for the highest polling conservative so we don't split the conservative vote" rule... the candidate's supporters only preach it when it benefits their guy in the primary. ;-)
He has cut spending, the state’s credit rating has been upgraded, and jobs have been created—he is on pace to fulfill his campaign pledge.
I say instead of wringing our hands about the obstacles we stand behind his SOLID record.