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What Is Rick Scott's Religion?
By Robert Ham - Politics DailyRick Scott, the tea party-courting health care executive with the Solantic Corp., is the Republican nominee for governor in the state of Florida. He is running against Democratic nominee Alex Sink. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about his life. What is Rick Scott's religion? Scott is a Christian but doesn't affiliate himself with a particular denomination. For a number of years, he attended a Presbyterian church in his hometown of Naples, but left in 2006 because of feuds going on ...
Newcomer Rick Scott Shakes Up Florida Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyMultimillionaire Rick Scott, who co-founded the Columbia/HCA health care system, has shaken up the Florida governor race since jumping into it in mid-April and eating into Attorney General Bill McCollum's big lead in the race for the GOP nomination. A new poll shows that while McCollum fares better in a general election match-up, Scott would be a competitive candidate. McCollum is leading Democrat Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, by 43 percent to 35 percent with 11 percent preferring another candidate and 11 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey conducted ...
McCollum Facing Big Challenge to Bid for GOP Governor Nod in Florida
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyUntil recently, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum looked like he had a lock on the GOP gubernatorial nomination, but the sudden entrance of multi-millionaire health care executive Rick Scott in mid-April has caused McCollum's 64 percent support in the primary contest drop to 38 percent, according to a Mason-Dixon poll reported by Florida newspapers Saturday. McCollum leads Scott, who has spent $4.7 million on TV and radio ads since entering the race, by 38 percent to 24 percent. The newspapers did not give a figure for another contender, state Sen. Paula Dockery, who had not been seen ...
Rick Scott: Unsung Conservative Hero of the Health Care Debate
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIf you've never heard of Rick Scott, you're not alone. He's hardly a household name. But if you were looking to hire someone with a "can do" entrepreneurial attitude – and experience as chief executive of the largest hospital company in America – Scott would be a stellar candidate. He also just happens to be the one man arguably most responsible for stalling the rush toward ObamaCare. Early this past spring, Scott's new organization, Conservatives for Patients' Rights (CPR), began a multimillion-dollar ad campaign designed to defeat government-driven health-care reform. Since ...
Swift Boat Veterans for Killing Health Care Reform
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIf you liked what the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth did for John Kerry's presidential campaign and abstinence-only education, you're going to love what they have cooked up for the nation's health care system!Spoiler alert! It involves the two fundamental tenants of the Kerry ads: 1. Advocating for an unpopular status quo.2. Lying. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you "Conservatives for Patients' Rights"... The Swift Boaters who helped take down John Kerry's presidential campaign are back in action. Or at least their donors are. Rick Scott, founder of a group called Conservatives for Patients' ...
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