Posted on 04/28/2010 3:52:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Gov. Crist to make announcement on political future Thursday
Gov. Charlie Crist's fall from Republican Party grace will finally hit rock bottom on Thursday when he is expected to announce that he will run for the U.S. Senate as an independent, according to several news sources citing anonymous sources.
Crist had ducked the question for the past few weeks, but previously was on the record as saying he would never leave his beloved GOP. And by never, he meant as long as he thought he could beat Miami Republican candidate Marco Rubio, which seems like a long shot now.
Cruist has until Friday to officially pledge his allegeance to a party or no party at all. He has come out and said he hasn't made any decisions yet, but two supporters said Crist has been making phone calls to campaign contributors telling them they will be supporting an independent run starting Thursday. Crist's flip flop could not only mean doom for his political career unless he wins, but it could also spell disaster for the Republican Party, which has been begging Crist to drop out of the race. Recent polls have shown that a sure win for Rubio would turn into a three-horse dead heat if Crist went independent. Democrat candidate U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek has been gaining steam and is making the race even closer.
A press conference is scheduled for 5 p.m. in Crist's hometown of St. Petersburg, where he is expected to announce his intentions. Rubio and Meek have also scheduled press conferences to likely rip Crist no matter what he does.
There was a third (Republican) candidate in CT ignored by the Bushes.
It would be a huge mistake to sell Crist short. It’s still 6 long months to the election. I hope Rubio doesn’t take it for granted.
Who was a total nonfactor. The GOP supported Lieberman.
I saw this coming when he vetoed that education bill. Scumbag. Way to validate Republican voter’s reason’s not to want to nominate you, Chuck.
Prediction, he’ll carry Key West.
The rat Meek is weak, so we can win a 3-way race. The filing deadline is Friday, I don’t think another stronger rat will enter in time.
If I posted what I think about Chuck and how I’d feel if Meek won, it would be deleted.
A shameless selfpromoting opportunist who will take the money from others for one race and use it in another.
A disgraceful dishonorable man.
It’s too bad about Key West being swishy. Although, I’ve been there 4 times and never been hissed at like I was the one time I went to P-Town (I was in the company of my GF and/or with another couple on all these trips).
If Key West is Ricky Martin, Provincetown is RuPaul.
Good analogy! I actually like a few of Ricky Martin’s songs.
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