Gov. Haley Barbour acknowledges that Rick Scott “came out of the clear blue sky” in the Sunshine State, but the Mississippi Republican believes Scott is the odds-on favorite to be Florida’s next governor.
Scott, a Republican who survived a bruising GOP primary to become the insurgent tea party favorite Rick Scott, who emerged from a hard-fought GOP primary, has been deadlocked in the polls with Democratic opponent Alex Sink.
However, Barbour tells Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview, “it's going to be a competitive race, there's no question about that. But I think the odds clearly favor Rick Scott."
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