Name & Party:
Alex Sink
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REPUBLICAN
Rick Scott
Basic Info:
Fla.'s chief financial officer
Age: 62
Former health-care CEO
Age: 57
Issues:
- Supports oil-drilling ban
- For keeping all Bush tax cuts
- Against AZ-type immigration law
- Opposes oil-drilling ban
- For keeping all Bush tax cuts
- For AZ-type immigration law
Polling At:47%41%Campaign Chest:$9 million$500,000Key Quote:"Regulation is killing jobs.""[Sink]'s an Obama liberal."Petty Controversy:Accused of making extra stops on an official state aircraft to pick up and drop off family membersHired a former RNC chief of staff implicated in that organization's "lesbian bondage" scandalWild card:When Scott was CEO of health-care giant Columbia/HCA the company was massively overbilling Medicare, leading to a $1.7 billion fine; as a result, the national GOP has been wary of embracing his candidacyDueling Ads:"Difference": Sink says that while Rick Scott is busy attacking Obama, she'll focus on Florida's challenges"Obama's Mosque": Scott argues that "Ground Zero" is an inappropriate place for a mosque
Alex Sink's "Difference":
Rick Scott's "Obama's Mosque":
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