....of Florida...sucks.

PPP's brand-new Florida poll shows that their January survey was no
outlier—and that's some very bad news for GOP Gov. Rick Scott. As you
can see, he's still mired at about 40 percent (trendlines in parentheses):

• 40-52 vs. ex-Gov. Charlie Crist (39-53)

• 37-44 vs. Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio (39-43)

• 40-45 vs. 2010 nominee Alex Sink (40-47)

• 42-36 vs. state Sen. Nan Rich (41-37)

There are many reasons for Scott's poor standing: enacting unpopular
budget cuts, presiding over a lousy economy, and warring with the
legislature certainly haven't helped his image. Lately, he's tried to
turn things around by making nice with the same teachers he's previously
ripped, and more notably, by doing an about-face on expanding Medicaid
as encouraged by the Affordable Care Act. Neither seem to be helping,
especially since Republican legislators are much more interested in
pursuing their own Medicaid plans.

Indeed, the Florida GOP establishment seems pretty unhappy with Scott in
general. The local press keeps asking prominent Republicans if they want
to challenge their nominal leader in a primary, and while no one has
taken the bait so far, no one has offered anything close to a
full-throated defense of Scott either—or even a half-throated one. Tom
Jensen keeps pursuing the question, too:

Only 42% of Republican primary voters say they want Scott to be
their candidate again next year to 43% who say they would prefer someone
else. It's moderate Republicans who really want to dump Scott (34/55)
while ones identifying as "somewhat" (43/38) or "very" (46/42)
conservative tepidly support him. Scott does at least lead named
potential primary challengers at this point—it's 46/27 over [state AG]
Pam Bondi, 48/24 over [Agriculture Commissioner] Adam Putnam, and 54/13
over [Rep.] Ted Yoho.

Probably the biggest thing holding people back is Scott's immense
wealth: Even if someone like Bondi figures she could beat him in a
primary, she'd have to endure an assault worth tens of millions of
dollars for the privilege. That alone may ensure Scott is once again the
GOP nominee. (Incidentally, PPP asked about Bondi last time, too, and
while the movement is small, it's in her direction: Scott led her 49-25
in January.)

Whoever the Democratic nominee is will of course also have to endure a
serious pummeling by Scott, though the prize still looks like it's
Charlie Crist's for the taking. He continues to lead a hypothetical
primary field with 50 percent; next closest is Sink with just 21. (These
numbers are virtually unchanged since the last poll.) Crist's been mum
ever since he switched parties and joined the Democrats, but with Scott
continuing to rack up horrific poll numbers like these, the race has to
look more tempting than ever.

On 3/19/2013 8:24 PM, F.O.A.D. cut and pasted political garbage as usual.

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:36:37 -0400, Meyer wrote:

On 3/19/2013 8:24 PM, F.O.A.D. cut and pasted political garbage as usual.


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For some reason Harry is very concerned about what happens in the
state of Florida even though he is a persona non grata there.

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:07:47 -0400, Wayne B
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:36:37 -0400, Meyer wrote:


On 3/19/2013 8:24 PM, F.O.A.D. cut and pasted political garbage as
usual.




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For some reason Harry is very concerned about what happens in the
state of Florida even though he is a persona non grata there.


He wants to go back when he pays off his tax leins.

On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 7:24:48 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
...of Florida...sucks.




"Whoever the Democratic nominee is will of course also have to endure a
serious pummeling by Scott, though the prize still looks like it's
Charlie Crist's for the taking"

So if Crist or another democrat wins, will this be an end of Krause's hideous Florida humour? Probably.