Posted on 09/15/2010 9:13:58 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist's strategy of taking the best ideas from Democrats and Republicans in his campaign as an independent for a Senate seat is failing.
The slight edge Crist held over Republican "Tea Party" favorite Marco Rubio in August has evaporated and turned into a wide deficit as he courts what appears to be a fast- shrinking moderate vote.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll on Wednesday showed Rubio far ahead in the three-way race to succeed Republican Senator George LeMieux, with support from 40 percent of likely voters. Crist had 26 percent while Democrat Kendrick Meek had 21 percent.
Florida's U.S. Senate election is widely viewed as a referendum on President Barack Obama's handling of the economy, and Rubio appears to be landing knockout punches bashing Obama.
Florida's 11.5 percent jobless rate is nearly two points higher than the national rate, half the Florida homes that sell are foreclosures or short sales, and local governments are struggling with budget gaps because property tax revenues fell when the real estate market crashed.
In this state, it's a tough sell trying to convince voters that the $787 billion stimulus package Obama pushed through last year to kick-start the collapsed economy did anything to help them.
One of the rare establishment Republicans backed by the "Tea Party" movement that wants limited government, lower spending and opposes Obama, Rubio blasts the package as reckless and wasteful.
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So much for the sainted political middle. Sorry Charley.
Actually the Tea Party is doing Crist a favor. After he’s defeated in November he can drop his sham marriage and start dating guys in public.
Have you seen the parody of that ad? Priceless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pM06Lu5A50&feature=player_embedded
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LOL! Excellent! Thank you for cheering me up with that!
Glad to have cheered you up. I laugh my head off every time I see it!
In South Florida nothing is supposed to make sense!
Excellent. Nicely put.
The voters see Crist as a guy who wet his finger and held it behind his rear end, waiting for a fart to see which way the wind blew.
That’s hilarious!
Um, I think that's a turd.
He doesn't seem to discriminate - all political stripes get the pancake treatment.
No, it’s actually a pancake - painted by some guy named Dan Lacey, apparently. What it means - I have no idea.
FU FU FU FU Charlie
All the Tea Party candidates won yesterday....This makes that old white haired hack Charlie Crist look even more out of place. He is not fresh or new. Just an old conniving hack who is headed to the glue factory, who tried to dodge his fate in the Republican primaries by running as an independent. A spoiled child who felt he was entitled to the Republican nomination for the US Senate. Marco Rubio was ahead so far that Crist decided to stab his old friends in the back, keep ten million in Republican campaign donations and run as an independent. Crist and me...we are are somewhat the same age. But I’m sick of these old hacks with nothing new to offer. We need new blood
Crist tries to make himself out to be above it all and above being Democrat or Republican.This snobbish act falls flat
He THEN says he will mix ideas from all sides and pursue policies that the increasingly polarized Republican party could not do alone.
He then gives ONE example.
....wait for it.....wait for it......
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS!!! (Cap And Tax!!)
....and Charlie can't figure out why he is slipping in the polls....
I felt the same way about O’donnell.
But Angle... whew she's got major issues, frankly she only probably stands a chance at winning because of who she is running against, and where the contest is taking place, and when it is happening, and even with all that going for her, she will be lucky to squeak out a victory, because she is sort of a loser, honestly.
As I recall, there were a few clowns here that said Rubio was toast. Funny how things change.
That was GREAT!!!!!!
Somehow Angle WON over the other primary candidates. She clearly has something the voters like. She surged past 2 other good candidates.
That ad parody was great!
A pancake on the head is also an old Freeper in thing like stuned beebers and Helen Thomas pictures.
Eat it and choke, Crist! LOL...good enough for ya.
I’ve been laughing for past 30 minutes. Thanks for the link.
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