You can’t blame Rick Scott for running for a U.S. Senate seat as an “outsider.” You can only blame an electorate that would fall for such mislabeling. There’s precedent for the con-jobs governor exceeding expectations.
He’s a two-term governor known for opaqueness, cronyism and veneration of Donald Trump. When not bankrolling himself, he has become a magnet for special-interest cash. He doesn’t drain swamps, he complements them.
Just because Scott remains awkward and poorly spoken doesn’t make him an “outsider.” Any more than walking away from the HCA fraud with (settlement) millions makes him an honest broker. Scott is an unpolished, geeky, opportunist version of all we loathe about insiders. And he could very well win. Again.