FL-Gov, SUSA: Great Scott in the lead

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4.3% MoE so this is- and will be- a close race.

Additionally, Scott has already spent $10 million on TV ads(both Pro-Scott and negative Crist) while Crist hasn't gone on air.

That explains a lot. At this stage who has the lead may depend upon who has put out the most ads. Republican front groups of course have an edge when they flood the airwaves.

I am guessing in Tampa or Miami, every channel is FOX news right now.

I'm not feeling that big a presence here, but it's pretty early. I know I've seen a few, but it doesn't really feel like election season yet.

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A lot of you underestimate how much stronger and more organized the statewide GOP is compared to the statewide Democratic Party in FL.

Nah, I'm pretty sure we figured that out with what happened in FL-13.

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Sg0508, Dwayne Wade would crush Scott in the Florida Governor contest.

I betcha the FL Democrats are going to wish they had U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) running for the governorship instead of Crist.

Florida Democrats need a much better pipeline of candidates, particularly moderate democrats that propelled the party starting in the 2006 midterms.  The FL Democratic bench appears empty.

Appears empty? Nah, it actually is. Let's go over our bench:

-Charlie Crist, former Republican governor turned failed Senate candidate.
-Alex Sink, elected CFO in 2006, failed at running for Governor in 2010, failed at Congress in 2013.
-Rod Smith, former State Senator, failed at running for Governor in 2006, failed at running for Lt. Gov. in 2010, and FDP chair for a few years.
-Bill Nelson, current U.S. Senator
-Buddy Dyer, State Senator and Orlando Mayor (except when he was suspended from office due to an election fraud scandal), failed at running for attorney general.
-Pam Iorio, former Tampa mayor.
-Bob Buckhorn, current Tampa mayor.
-Alvin Brown, current Jacksonville mayor.

Not exactly a Weatherford-Putnam-Atwater-Latvala-Baker bench here.