In an June 18 article, writers Mary Ellen Klas and John Frank note that FLorida CFO and Gubernatorial Candidate Alex Sink's fierce advocacy on behalf of small businesses adversely impacted by the Deepwater Horizon disaster has provided a needed focus and boosted her otherwise tepid campaign.
The article cites how Sink has "worked to position herself as the spokesperson for small businesses crippled by the catastrophe", including her tough criticism of both BP and the Administration. In a meeting with President Obama, Sink told him to "take over the claims process" and "send BP the bill".
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 ... For months, her campaign was criticized for losing momentum as she cautiously avoid taking a position on health care reform and other issues until McCollum started raising more money and opened a lead in the polls.
.... Sink's focus on the failures of the system to respond to businesses has gotten attention. On the same day she sat at a picnic table with President Obama at a Pensacola pier, she earning television appearances in every major media market in the state and a beachside interview with MS-NBC's Dylan Ratigan. |
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