St. Petersburg Times - Former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink, after narrowly losing her campaign for governor, is launching her own policy think tank while brushing off widespread speculation that she will take on Gov. Rick Scott again in 2014.

After narrowly losing his first race for governor, Jeb Bush created a think tank that helped keep his profile elevated and sharpened his education policy chops before he won the governor's race on his second try.

Fifteen years later, former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink, after narrowly losing her campaign for governor, is launching her own policy think tank while brushing off widespread speculation that she will take on Gov. Rick Scott again in 2014.

"That's a long way away," Sink, 63, said Thursday. "People may criticize and say I have some other agenda, but the opposite would be that I go hide under the covers and do nothing. I don't think that's good for our state." 

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