The Republican Governors Association has launched its first television ad of the 2010 cycle, targeting Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink over her background as a former Bank of America executive.

As bank president, Alex Sink eliminated thousands of Florida jobs, while taking over 8 million dollars in salary and bonuses. Alex Sink.  Not one of us.  One of them.

It's an obvious attempt to capitalize on the unpopularity of the bank bailouts, and also the outrage over CEO bonuses of the past year. The RGA says the 15-second spot is airing statewide on cable and broadcast.

“Alex Sink can't erase the fact that she personally eliminated thousands of Florida jobs while she got rich,” RGA executive director Nick Ayers said in a statement. “When Alex Sink talks about economic issues, voters should remember her record – and it isn't pretty."

The Democratic Governors Association has targeted Republican candidate Bill McCollum as part of its "GOP Accountability Project," and plans to spend $1 million in the race. The Sink campaign's response to the ad:

"The decision by Bill McCollum to bring his Washington style of politics to Florida and launch misleading, negative attack ads eight months before the election shows just how scared he is that voters clearly want a business leader with a vision for growing Florida's economy over a career Washington politician who helped create today's economic mess," said Sink Campaign Manager Paul Dunn. "With his decades in Congress and as a special interest lobbyist, career politician Bill McCollum is desperate to avoid being held accountable for his leading role in helping start today's economic crisis that has left over a million Floridians out of work, bankrupt, or forced out of their homes."

McCollum currently leads Sink by 10 points in the RCP Average for Florida Governor.

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