Sure, the meteoric political rise of Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott can be attributed to all that money he’s spending. More than $6 million of his own on TV ads alone. It speaks volumes about a system that puts name recognition and ostensible credibility for sale. But it probably says even more about the notably lackluster candidates also in the hunt.
Speaking of Scott, the uber rich former CEO of the HCA hospital chain, nobody should get credit for “taking responsibility,” such as for what resulted in HCA paying $1.7 billion in fraud fines and settlements, if they use the passive voice. Scott does. “Mistakes were made” is a parsed, clichéd, less-than-responsible response.