Race of the Day

Race of the day: Alex Sink vs. Rick Scott for Florida governor

A deep-pocketed and scandal-tainted former CEO is running slightly ahead of Florida's CFO in the race to become that state's next governor

Name & Party:	DEMOCRAT Alex Sink	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	$500,000
Key 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 members	Hired a former RNC chief of staff implicated in that organization's "lesbian bondage" scandal
Wild 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 candidacy
Dueling 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