Baltimore Post-Examiner: Change is coming in Florida

http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/charlie-crist-handles-rick-scotts-attack-mode-polls-show-change-coming-florida/2014/10/13

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Last Friday’s debate between Florida’s GOP Governor Rick Scott and Democrat Charlie Crist didn’t have any zingers or gaffes that might change the course of the campaign. With polls showing a close race, both candidates seemed to opt for safety, sticking to familiar talking points and well-rehearsed attack lines.

Rick Scott attacked Charlie Crist as a runaway governor who oversaw an economic debacle in his single term. In several of his answers, whether responding to questions about Medicare expansion or preventing child abuse, he had a tendency to home in on one number: 832,000.

“Charlie should be known as the zero-wage governor,” Scott said in response to a question about raising the minimum wage. “832,000 people had a job the day he took office. The day he left office, they made zero wages.”

But Crist was ready for the attack....

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