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[EGPWS]

He's 20 points down against Mr. Rubio.

Mr. Crist isn't holding up very well to public enlightenment is he?

[pissant]

Hopefully he’ll be man enough to drop out and endorse Rubio.

[Popman]

Mr. Crist is clearly tempted by a Quinnipiac poll showing he might still win a three-way Senate race as an independent.

Since Florida is a closed primary state, meterosexual suntan Gov. Crist doesn't have a pray to win the GOP primary since rats cannot vote for him.

He is taking a huge chance if he is running as a independent. He would have to get the GOP rino vote plus the moderate dem vote, which might be real tough since Alex Sink the real dem running is pretty moderate herself.

Charlie really should just dump his beard wife and come out of the closet and be himself living down in South Beach with the other Obama loving homo's

[Nextrush]

If Charlie has a “sex problem” the Dems would kill him with it in a general election if he were the GOP candidate.

I suspect GOP insiders had to pat Charlie on the back and pretend to support him while secretly pushing Marco Rubio as an alternate candidate.

They couldn’t “out” Charlie as gay and take the lib media pounding for “gay bashing” so this wink and nod get him out of the way campaign.

[jocon307]

Just another self-serving bum. Get out and stay out Crist and take that cadaver Specter with you. We need to get rid of all pols like this.

[marron]

The most graceful thing he could do would be to call Rubio and offer his best wishes. And step aside.

[ken5050]

There is ONE person who, IMHO, could easily convince Crist to drop out,and wait until 2012, and that oerson should be eager to take on the challenge...who you ask..why John McCain...Crist was his biggest booster..indeed, his backstabbing of Guiliani may well have given McCain the nomination. And now McCain is in a tough primary fight, trying to re-establish his supposedly conservative credentials against JD Hayworth...what could make conservatives liek McCain more than to see him get Crist to gracefully exit, and thus making sure that Rubio has an easy victory?

[Notwithstanding]

CHRIS WALLACE, HOST
CHARLIE CRIST

WALLACE: ...have been persistent rumors in Florida that you are so far behind, at least currently, in the polls...that you may run instead as an independent. Here is your chance to dispel all the rumors. Are you willing to pledge right here, right now that you will run in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate and not run as an independent?

CRIST: I’m running as a Republican...

WALLACE: So are you ruling out that you will file as an independent by the April 30th deadline?

CRIST: That’s right. That’s right. I’m running as a Republican.

WALLACE: You will run not for a governor — you’ll run for Senate, and you will run as a — in the Republican primary.

CRIST: ...I’m running as a Republican...

WALLACE: Will you support the winner of the GOP primary, whether it’s you or Marco Rubio?

CRIST: Of course I will...

WALLACE: Well, I’m going to get — I’m going to — I’ll give you an opportunity for a final statement. I just want to say, though, you are saying you are going to run in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. You will not run on the no party affiliation line.

CRIST: That’s right. That’s right. That’s what I’m saying.

[sinanju]

So Crist is now going to run as an independent spoiler?

Sigh. Just like all those dem congresscritters who voted for ObamaCare. He has presumably cut a deal with you-know-who and is counting on a payoff later for services rendered.

[Joe Brower]

Florida Freeper

[Dominick]

Last week he vetoed a popular education bill as a favor to the state teachers union, repudiating a decade-long GOP effort to bring accountability to the state's schools.

This was not what this claims. Among conservatives SB6 was a power grab from Tallahassee. We like to run our own school board thanks. This would serve to grow more administrators in the state capitol.

One big problem we have in our school districts is that we get district level people in jobs that pay $150k plus, and teachers who can't get materials for classes. Many teachers in Tampa have given up asking and just buy materials out of their own pocket or beg parents.

If you look at the Hillsborough school budget, $1,677,174,393.38 was taken in. From that $97 million went to the Administration of the district, not to schools. Thats more than school lunches and disabled services.

Its probably worse in other counties where we have less fiscal responsibility.

[Elle Bee]

and they wonder why we don't send money to the GOP anymore

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