Posted on 04/29/2010 7:04:13 PM PDT by 198ml
Now it’s official.
It only took a few months and a push downhill from Marco Rubio, but Charlie Crist has finally announced he will run as an independent in the Florida Senate race.
“My decision to run as a says more about our nation or our state than it does about me,” said the governor at a campaign event in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Crist spoke of the “broken system” that is American politics. “For me,” said Crist, “public service is more about putting the needs of the public for the needs of myself.”
The announcement comes a little more than a week after a Quinnipiac University poll showed Rubio whooping Crist by 23 points in the GOP race. In that same survey, Crist is projected wins the three-way race against Rubio and Demoocrat Kendrick Meek by the skin of his teeth.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Can’t wait to see what slot he gets in the Obama admin.
He should have pushed him down a flight of stairs.
Actually, I wonder if the dumb*** will just split the liberal vote...
It also says a lot about the judgment of national Republicans like John Cornyn as opposed to the judgment of grass roots Republicans like those here on FR. We were right about that bastard homo Crist all along.
thats a possibility because he is getting major support from the teacher’s unions.
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