Bill McCollum vs. Rick Scott in Florida: The 'Establishment' Strikes Back

Scott is spending his own money but has too many problems to be elected. McCollum is being supported by all the special interest who are looking for something if he is elected. You need to ask what are they looking for. US Sugar gave $250,000 and are trying to sell their land to the state to save the Everglades. They are looking to get McCollum in office so they can get millions more than the containated land is worth. When Sink was running for CFO the only thing the Republicans could compain about her was that she did what all the banks did, buy smaller banks and causing the employees of the smaller banks to be out of a job.

Floridians........are you paying attention to what these candidates have done in the past. It is time for NEW BLOOD. This from Wikipedia: "Despite 39 audits dating back to 2000 warning of risky investments involving leveraged funds, the Florida State Board of Administration lost approximately one-third of the fund ($61.4 billion) between July 2008 and January 2009. The fund has since recovered over $30 billion in losses. Nineteen of these audits warning of risk were issued while Crist, Sink, and McCollum were trustees, and Sink was functioning as CFO of the state and treasurer on the SBA board. As a result of this "crisis of confidence" SBA executive director Coleman Stipanovich resigned his job in December 2007." THIS DOES NOT PAINT A ROSY PICTURE FOR SINK, CRIST, OR MC COLLUM. Do you really want one of these candidates watching over YOUR money?

I am always concerned by candidates who spend a fortune of their own money to get elected. Call me cynical, but it appears to me that if they'll dump millions to get that position; how many more millions do they intend for it to pay them back. Remember, rich businessmen rarely spend unless the payback is better than the investment.

News is reporting (not yours of course) that the Republican Party of Florida spent almost ALL of its money campaigning for McCollum against Scott, leaving almost nothing for the election after the primary or other candidates. This is the SAME organization Greer was head of. They've sunk our party backing McCollum for this race. At this point, at least we'd have Scott's money for ads, if he wins.