One fan between them RICK SCOTT should probably be in prison, says Darryl Paulson, a political scientist at the University of South Florida. He is also, Mr Paulson contends, Florida’s best choice for governor. So goes politics in America’s fourth-largest state, where personalities are big and policies secondary.Mr Scott, a rather awkward Republican, has been Florida’s governor for nearly four years. Challenging him is Charlie Crist, a perma-tanned politician who served as the state’s Republican governor between 2007 and 2011 and who is now standing as a Democrat. The polls are neck and neck. If Mr Crist (pictured, left of Mr Scott) wins, he will show that sheer charisma can resurrect even a crucified political career. If he loses, it will show that with Barack Obama in the White House, even an unpopular Republican can hold on in a mid-term year.Mr Scott’s troubles stem from his previous career. In 1997 he resigned as boss of the hospital chain he had founded after the FBI began investigating it for Medicare fraud. Mr Scott was never charged with a crime, but his firm paid $1.7 billion in fines and civil damages after pleading guilty...
from The Economist: United States http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21627670-cut-throat-politics-sunshine-state-scott-and-ranty-ark-trick?fsrc=rss|ust
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