[lewisglad]

MSNBC says Crist is refusing the stimulus http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/20/1803505.aspx

[kristinn]

You misread the part about Crist. He's got both hands out and his pants around his ankles for the stimulus:

While Jindal, Palin, Mississippi's Haley Barbour, Texas' Rick Perry and Mark Sanford have said they wouldn't take stimulus money -- Perry and Sanford have since backed down slightly on that -- Crist has taken the opposite tack. California’s Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vermont’s Jim Douglas have also expressed support for it. Schwarzenegger even unabashedly wrote a letter to Obama in early January lobbying him for a "substantial federal stimulus program," as his state is facing a near-budget crisis.

Crist -- the moderate Floridian -- went so far in his support of the bill as to introduce President Obama at a Ft. Myers, Fla., event where he was stumping for the stimulus. That prompted a sharp rebuke from Sanford, who doubles as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

[jersey117]

MSNBC says Crist is refusing the stimulus

He must want to run for Prez in '12

[jennyjenny]

No way. Crist practically made out with Obama on the stage down in Flordia talking about what a great deal this was.

[mojitojoe]

While Jindal, Palin, Mississippi’s Haley Barbour, Texas’ Rick Perry and Mark Sanford have said they wouldn’t take stimulus money — Perry and Sanford have since backed down slightly on that — Crist has taken the opposite tack. California’s Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vermont’s Jim Douglas have also expressed support for it. Schwarzenegger even unabashedly wrote a letter to Obama in early January lobbying him for a “substantial federal stimulus program,” as his state is facing a near-budget crisis.

Crist — the moderate Floridian — went so far in his support of the bill as to introduce President Obama at a Ft. Myers, Fla., event where he was stumping for the stimulus. That prompted a sharp rebuke from Sanford, who doubles as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.