In the two weeks since he's realized that he's part of the GOP establishment since becoming their gubernatorial nominee, Rick Scott no longer goes off on all what's wrong with Tallahassee, even though that would be his charge if elected in November.
No, he reads the polls like the rest of us, and figures anyway he can tag Alex Sink as being with the Washington liberals – or specifically, Barack Hussein Obama – the better.
Sink's already growing weary of it (as she said in a comment earlier today accusing Scott of lying about her record), and this ad tells Floridians throughout the state that in her words, it's about "jobs, not Obama."
Sink riled up liberal bloggers earlier today when she came out in support of extending all the Bush tax cuts, without a sunset.
But the Scott camp still says she wants to raise taxes:
Scott campaign spokesman Chad Colby said,
“Alex Sink campaigned with Obama at the same time he was calling for the repeal the Bush tax cuts. Now, she can’t run away fast enough from his tax policy. Only in an election year do liberals realize that more taxes kill jobs. Floridians won’t be fooled by election year conversions — especially 2 months before election day.
“Furthermore, Sink is on the record in support of Obamacare while at the same time saying she doesn’t support Medicare cuts. It is clear she thinks the political debate is an al a carte menu where she can pick and choose the issues that work to her advantage. Unfortunately, she and her Obama liberal allies can’t run from the policies they support- policies that have harmed the Florida economy and cost the state jobs.”
This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2010.