3 Responses to “McCollum has $542K in the bank; Scott spent $22.7M”

1. Scott Leads large In the Polls Says:
   July 24th, 2010 at 9:13 am

   PPP poll: Scott leads McCollum big;
   2010 governor’s race, Bill McCollum, Rick Scott — posted by bshaw on July, 22 2010 12:27 PM

   New Public Policy Polling analysis — culled from the 900-voter robo-poll done earlier this month and released yesterday — shows Rick Scott with a 14-point lead over Attorney General Bill McCollum, solidifying recent polling by other companies that show Scott as the frontrunner. Indeed, slightly more Republicans now have an unfavorable view of McCollum — who’s spent 30 years in GOP politics in Florida — than see him favorably, the poll reports.
   “With polls right now showing both Democratic candidates under 20% in the general election you almost wonder if it even matters who the nominee is,” the analysis concludes, “but this race is looking a lot different than it did four months ago and it could shift a lot more yet in these final 3.5 months leading up to November.”

   Read the full analysis below:

   Rick Scott is looking like the frontrunner to be the Republican nominee for Governor of Florida, although both he and Bill McCollum have been badly bruised by their primary fight. Scott leads McCollum 43-29.
   Scott has certainly succeeded in destroying McCollum’s popularity with GOP primary voters. Only 26% have a favorable opinion of the Attorney General while 40% see him unfavorably. He hasn’t done much though to make Republicans take a charitable view of him. 35% see him positively while 32% have a negative opinion of him, not usually the kind of favorability numbers you want to see with your party’s base.
   Scott has tried in particular to court the party’s large conservative voting bloc and his favorability with them is a positive 38/27 spread. But that’s come at a cost to his standing with moderate Republicans, who see him negatively 28/43. That doesn’t bode well for the general election and goes a long way toward explaining why Alex Sink fared so well in the numbers we released yesterday.
   With 28% of voters still undecided McCollum is certainly not out of it but Scott has to be seen as the strong favorite at this point.

2. Bloggy Bayou Says:
   July 24th, 2010 at 12:02 pm

   My take:

   http://www.practicalstate.com/2010/07/24/what-now-for-bill-mccollum/

   Cheers

3. Billy Mc Was For It Before He Was Against It! Says:
   July 24th, 2010 at 5:36 pm

   WHAT BILL McCOLLUM HAD TO SAY ABOUT
   MEDICARE BILLING AND FRAUD IN 1998!

   HE DEFENDED MEDICARE PROVIDERS AGAINST THE INCOMPETENCY OF THE CLINTON ADMIN!

   “We should not carelessly paint all health care billing mistakes as billing fraud.”

   The most innocent of providers often feel forced to settle these claims instead of facing the prospect of an automatic $10,000 fine for a small disputed amount.”

   Source: Florida gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum, HR 3523: Introductory Remarks) – Health Care Claims Guidance Act), In the House of Representatives, March 19, 1998, page: E434

   “Considering that providers are faced with a federal health care payment system of more than 1,700 pages of law and over 1,200 pages of regulations interpreting those laws, as well as thousands of additional pages of instruction, it is inevitable that human error will occur and that erroneous claims will be submitted.”

   Source: Florida gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum, HR 3523: Introductory Remarks) – Health Care Claims Guidance Act ), In the House of Representatives, March 19, 1998, page: E434

   “Even if a provider could clearly prove their innocence and show that these claims resulted from innocent clerical error, they would be likely to settle the case rather than incur large legal costs.”

   Source: Florida gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum, HR 3523: Introductory Remarks) – Health Care Claims Guidance Act), In the House of Representatives, March 19, 1998, page: E434