Conservatives have long knives out for Gov. Charlie Crist. While the political establishment in Tallahassee, Fla., and Washington is fully supporting incumbent Mr. Crist for Florida’s open US Senate seat over upstart rising star Marco …
Read Original Story: Winter of GOP discontent – Washington Times
"(Charlie Crist) was more green than any governor had ever been before," said David Guest of Earthjustice, an environmental law firm. But since he launched his bid for a US Senate seat this year, Crist has left environmentalists feeling jilted. …
Read Original Story: Charlie Crist sheds environmentalist image – Tampabay.com
On this Thanksgiving holiday, I am filled with gratitude for not having to count on the US Congress for health insurance. I am also thankful for a home that’s not in foreclosure, the availability of swine flu shots and Glee. …
Read Original Story: Politics offers much to be thankful for – MiamiHerald.com
Somebody ought to explain to George lemieux that he isn’t a real US senator. Oh, sure, they let him in the Capitol, and he gets to vote and mingle with the real senators. But lemieux is a real senator in the same way that a valet …
Read Original Story: lemieux ought to know he's a seat warmer – Palm Beach Post
With a rapidly changing political atmosphere, the 36 Senate seats up for election in 2010 are drawing a big field of office seekers. But before Republicans can try their luck after eight years of Democratic gains, both parties have to settle their own …
Read Original Story: Senate civil wars heating up – Washington Examiner
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida’s unemployment rate continued its steady upward climb in October to 11.2 percent – a mark last seen in the 1970s and a tenth of a percentage point higher than September’s adjusted rate, state officials said recently. …
Read Original Story: Florida unemployment climbs to 11.2 percent in October – The South Florida Times
By reader submitted His official campaign Web site has an “issues” page. Early in November, the Web site said “issues page coming soon.” Do we know how Gov. Crist would vote on the federal takeover of health care, on the cap-and-trade energy tax, …
Read Original Story: Letter: Crist can't be trusted to put constituents' interests above his own – Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
Not that the former Florida House speaker will be thrilled to get the endorsement of a liberal Democrat. Unless I change my party affiliation, I can’t even vote in the GOP primary. But I’d still like to see Mr. Rubio win the …
Read Original Story: Unstimulating Charlie: Why Rubio should win the GOP Senate primary – Palm Beach Post
It’s hard to argue with most of the messages appearing on Florida’s specialty license plates. But some lawmakers have a beef about the sheer number of those messages. To date, Florida offers 114 specialty tags. …
Read Original Story: Loopholes help specialty plates – Tampa Tribune
HOWARD MEGDAL: It seems odd to say it, given his 47-37 percent edge in the latest poll, but Charlie Crist is a decided underdog in an effort to capture the Republican nomination for US Senate in Florida next year …
Read Original Story: Charlie Crist: Leading or beaten? – The Perpetual Post
