jennay murphy and adam goodman, a florida media strategy and tufts edward r. murrow fellow. the red tide has been going on for a few months. it s a big issue down here. people nationally don t really understand it. how is it affecting politics in florida? it s a huge part of the governor s race. democrats have been trying to call rick scott red tide rick. also a blue/green algae crisis in south central florida also going on at the same time. that s another big environmental crisis. and scott s been governor the last eight years so democrats are saying this has been on his watch. he s turned it on its head and said bill nelson has been in the congress for almost three decades. why hasn t he done anything on this? why hasn t he gotten us the national help to fix these issues? we re going to see this play out through november. there s a huge environmental crisis. it s killing fish, killing wildlife, it s an environmental issue. also a massive economic issue.