Rick Scott for President, Part 2


Don’t laugh. NY Times columnist Nate Silver writes that a Southerner has an edge in winning the GOP presidential nomination. Since 1980, a Southerner has finished first or second in every Iowa Republican presidential caucus. More than 40 percent of John McCain’s voters in 2008 were from the South. Thirty-six percent of Republican National Convention delegates will come from the region.

With Huckabee, Barber and Jeb Bush not running, Rick Scott could make a credible run….plus he has the money to do it.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”