FL-2014: Who would win?

[MilesC56]

I 've always wondered if Grayson could win the Governorship, especially against an incumbent as weak as Scott.

[Senator Clarence]

Not a chance- Grayson I believe is from the Orlando area but he is everything we in "real Florida" despise about South Florida- loud, obnoxious, liberal New York transplants... if Alex Sink couldn't beat Rick Scott, I don't think he can be beat. Sink was a perfect candidate to rack up better margins in my neck of the woods and further west...

[Jayhawker]

Scott will probably recover a bit, and I think he'd win this race. This would be a perfect race for Crist to enter as an Independent, where I think he'd have a serious chance.

[Senator Clarence]

Scott will probably recover a bit, and I think he'd win this race. This would be a perfect race for Crist to enter as an Independent, where I think he'd have a serious chance.

I hear polls show him with good favorable ratings but I just can't see it... everyone I speak with and I personally see Crist as an opportunist who speaks in platitudes only

[MilesC56]

if Alex Sink couldn't beat Rick Scott, I don't think he can be beat.

But when he ran against Sink, he wasn't a deeply unpopular incumbent. PPP showed Sink up by about 15 in a rematch.

[Emperor SJoyce]

Grayson. He is not Rick Scott.

[Vosem]

Rick Scott, if only because he's not Grayson.

[I Can't Get That Sound You Make, Out Of My Head]

Probably Scott as Florida's fairly red at the local level.

Grayson is one of the few Democrats he'd beat, though.

[Emperor SJoyce]

Probably Scott as Florida's fairly red at the local level.

Grayson is one of the few Democrats he'd beat, though.

Fairly red at a local level? Maybe in the Panhandle/North FL counties, but Democrats just took the mayorships of Tampa (Bob Buckhorn) and even Jacksonville (Alvin Brown), adding to Orlando (Buddy Dyer) and Fort Lauderdale (Jack Seiler). Statewide, Democrats lead 41-36% in registered voters and Obama won a majority of FL voters. Democrats are well-off locally, just not at a state level (FL Senate/House w/ Republican supermajorities, Scott/Putnam/Bondi/Atwater) or a federal level (19R-6D House delegation, Rubio).

[Lloyd Bentsen's Ghost]

Rick Scott or Alan Grayson...I don't know if that's Hobson's choice or Sophie's choice.

The ballot should come with instructions on how to get the hell out of Florida as fast as possible.

[I Can't Get That Sound You Make, Out Of My Head]

Probably Scott as Florida's fairly red at the local level.

Grayson is one of the few Democrats he'd beat, though.

Fairly red at a local level? Maybe in the Panhandle/North FL counties, but Democrats just took the mayorships of Tampa (Bob Buckhorn) and even Jacksonville (Alvin Brown), adding to Orlando (Buddy Dyer) and Fort Lauderdale (Jack Seiler). Statewide, Democrats lead 41-36% in registered voters and Obama won a majority of FL voters. Democrats are well-off locally, just not at a state level (FL Senate/House w/ Republican supermajorities, Scott/Putnam/Bondi/Atwater) or a federal level (19R-6D House delegation, Rubio).

Yeah I meant local as non-Presidential.

[smoltchanov]

Battle of 2 idiots))))

[MilesC56]

'Looks like this poll has been tied at 50-50 all day!

[Emperor SJoyce]

Rick Scott or Alan Grayson...I don't know if that's Hobson's choice or Sophie's choice.

The ballot should come with instructions on how to get the hell out of Florida as fast as possible.

You want the ballot to just have a sticker on it that says "I-75"?

[Big Wiggly Style]

Alan Grayson, whom would also be the candidate I'd support.

[Chaddyr23]

Rick Scott, if only because he's not Grayson.

I'm a Dem from FL and I agree with this statement

[Speaker Dereich]

I think that when it comes to election time Rick Scott will have a decently compelling jobs record. Of course, that means nothing when your reputation is a bad as his is, but still it might be enough against a hack like Grayson. In a rematch against Sink though, he'd need a lot of luck and quite a bit of that fortune of his.

Scott will probably recover a bit, and I think he'd win this race. This would be a perfect race for Crist to enter as an Independent, where I think he'd have a serious chance.

I hear polls show him with good favorable ratings but I just can't see it... everyone I speak with and I personally see Crist as an opportunist who speaks in platitudes only

You know, I was just thinking the same thing. Democrats I know tolerate him because they are desperate and I know a few old republicans who forget that he isn't governor anymore but I'm not sure where his popularity numbers come from.

[Emperor SJoyce]

I think that when it comes to election time Rick Scott will have a decently compelling jobs record. Of course, that means nothing when your reputation is a bad as his is, but still it might be enough against a hack like Grayson. In a rematch against Sink though, he'd need a lot of luck and quite a bit of that fortune of his.

Scott will probably recover a bit, and I think he'd win this race. This would be a perfect race for Crist to enter as an Independent, where I think he'd have a serious chance.

I hear polls show him with good favorable ratings but I just can't see it... everyone I speak with and I personally see Crist as an opportunist who speaks in platitudes only

You know, I was just thinking the same thing. Democrats I know tolerate him because they are desperate and I know a few old republicans who forget that he isn't governor anymore but I'm not sure where his popularity numbers come from.

Democrats and Independents (esp. in North/Central FL) like him, most of the people in Tampa Bay like him, the entire teacher's union absolutely loves him, and he's quite popular among the African-American community.

[Senator Clarence]

sjoycefla- I know this is anecdotal but I don't know a single person here in North Central Florida who likes Crist

[a Person]

Rick Scott, if only because he's not Grayson.

Alan Grayson, if only because he's not Scott.

[InsaneTrollLogic]

I don't think I can comment without going into a rant that will probably get me banned.