Tampa Bay Buzz Blog: Sink: 'Open mind' on November run

[flpoljunkie]

Sink: 'Open mind' on November run

Adam C. SmithAdam C. Smith, Times Political Editor
Thursday, March 13, 2014 4:24pm

Alex Sink said today she is "keeping an open mind" about running against David Jolly again in November.

Two days after her narrow loss to Jolly in the special election for Congressional District 13, Sink said she has no timetable for making a decision but is in no rush to decide.

She had not returned calls and messages after the election so we stopped by her rented condo in Feather Sound. Sink, a longtime Hillsborough resident Jolly had called a carpet bagger, chuckled at hearing I expected her to be back in Thonotosassa.

"Why wouldn't I be here? My lease runs until November."

Sink said she all along it would be a tough race and took nothing for granted.

"It's a 50-50 district but it still leans right because of gerrymandering," Sink said. "But I still think Washington is broken and needs better people."

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/sink-open-mind-on-november-run/2170077

[muntrv]

1. Get an Alan Grayson type to run against Jolly.

[demwing]

2. Sink just doesn't inspire

She's had two recent runs, neither of which were very exciting..

[GatorOrange]

3. I respect Sink....

But her late husband Bill McBride and Sink simply didn't connect with voters in the way needed to motivate Democrat turnout in Florida. Some politicians just don't have that spark with the public. We need a candidate willing to take a sledgehammer to Jolly and his Bagger beliefs...

[blkmusclmachine]

4. Sure, what's another election to lose mean, anyway?!?!