Florida Governor Charlie Crist Considering Leaving Republican Party, Running As An Independent

• February 26, 2010

If he does he’ll do so ahead of polls indicating that the Republican primary was unwinnable for him given the strong challenge he was facing from conservative star Marco Rubio.

Two highly placed and independent sources, speaking strictly on background, tell me that Gov. Charlie Crist is preparing to leave the Republican Party and run as an independent in the race for the U.S. Senate. …
Another well-placed source tells me the reason several Crist campaign staffers left recently is because, being committed Republicans, they refused to take part in an independent Senate run by Crist. That’s not confirmed by an independent second source, but it does ring true.
Now, reports from anonymous sources are sometimes wrong, so I have stopped short of reporting a Crist independent run as a verifiable fact, even though I believe my sources are accurate.

A lot of people might be tempted to compare this situation to Lieberman, and at first blush that comparison doesn’t bode well for Rubio. After all, Lieberman faced a challenge from the left. He left the Democrat party, ran as an independent, and won his race anyway.
Crist is facing a challenge from the right, but I’m not sure the outcome would be the same for him if he ran as an independent. Florida is a swing state. Connecticut is a solidly blue state. The Lieberman/Lamont race was a two-way race as Connecticut is so blue the Republican candidate was a non-entity in the race.
That’s not likely to be the case in Florida, where a three-way race would develop between Crist, Rubio and whoever the Democrat candidate might be.
If that came to be, Crist running as an independent would almost undoubtedly result in electing the Democrat as the center-right vote would be split between Rubio and Crist with the Democrat getting all of the center-left and liberal vote.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

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Goon, this moronwho is not smart enough for the GOP thinks that you and I are the same guy. See he has another ID, he is also lockem up. So he assumes everyone has multiple ID’s.

Hey GOPLESS, you moron, only you and herpitized are frauds that need more than one ID. Whaever makes you feel relevant, imbecile.
sayanything-5371

It’s funny how you process data, imbecile. On every post you make fun of Rob and tell him his Blog sucks and that he is an idiot, ect., but THIS TIME he’s…….right?

LOL!!!!!!!!! You are a partisan lying liberal poopstain and Rob should boot you off here for being so dishonest.
sayanything-5371

No……you’re not partisan a bit. You bleeping self-aggrandizing fraud.

…..and the Democrat will win.

Marco Rubio will win, he is hugely popular and someday you will can him President Rubio unless you die from your STD’s first.
sayanything-9974

Good Riddance – Rino’s need not be nominated, supported or elected.
I don’t like today’s GOP

Goof, It’s not your hunting, it’s when you display your 12yr old mentality like this, it makes us wonder who it was that hurt you. It’s ‘cuz we care.
sayanything-106

Hey dumba$$ I hunt to, what’s wrong with that Moron?
sayanything-5371

I call you poopstains because that is what you are. You liberals are nothing but a skid mark in the undershorts of America. A national embarrassment.
sayanything-106

Hand Job do you always have to attack people every step of the way, you should be happy Rob hasn’t nuked you yet. Grow up! Crist is a disgrace and will get creamed as an INDY.
Brent

Another reason not to elect these clowns in the first place. “Oh, but so-and-so can win the election, so we have to nominate him/her.” I get so sick of that. Not only do we effectively elect a democrat-lite, but then it comes around to bite us when a real conservative is obviously electable (not to say that Rubio will turn out to be much of a conservative in the long-run, but he did alright as Speaker and he’s definitely better than Crist).
sayanything-106

That does surpise me that he isn’t smart enough to figure it out.
sayanything-34889

About as good as that Mass. Democrat – the one that died in the election, right after Kennedy!
How’s that Super majority working out for you?
Almost as good as that stimulus package, I’ll bet.
sayanything-26

Marco Rubio will win, he is hugely popular and someday you will can him President Rubio unless you die from your STD’s first.

Goooooo COCONUT!

I love Mounds, and Almond Joy.
hannitized

…..and the Democrat will win.
sayanything-4808

Lieberman succeeded as an independent because his conservatism was more attractive than the other guy’s liberalism. Look out the window at the country as it is. Crist is looking to lose.
hannitized

Animal mutilator, when you display your 12yr old mentality like this, it makes us wonder who it was that hurt you, and where they had to wipe off that poopstain you gave them, that makes you so enamored with the term.
hannitized

Congratulations on actually getting something right for a change. Who did your thinking for you on this post???
sayanything-26

Good Riddance – Rino’s need not be nominated, supported or elected.

While I agree with this in principle, in reality I will support a RINO over a hardcore leftist any day.

If Scott Brown turns out to be a RINO, well, at least he ain’t a Kennedy. For that we should be thankful.
sayanything-4642

if he leaves i dont see a problem with that. replacing a ‘R’ with a good conservative ‘R’ is never a bad thing.
sayanything-2804

Well, we all know for a 100% solid gold fact it wasn’t you.
hannitized

I agree with Rob Port…that the Dem will win.

You should stop mutilating God’s creatures long enough to learn how adults process data.

How is that new Mass. Republican working out for you? Just as I suspected?
sayanything-4808

I must say it is interesting to observe Hannah this way. He’s gone from OCD about himself, to a vicious nasty streak first and foremost, followed then by his Montanta sky sized ego.

Callous disregard for others… check.

Impulse control problems… check.

Narcissism and vanity… check.

Keep going Hannah by all means. I’m loving this.
sayanything-7702

or not a soul will vote for him….. maybe he should run as a Democrat that is what he is. all hugged up to Barack… yikes

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