The guy – Eric Conrad – was fresh off of mucking about with Obamacare enrollment efforts in Florida, which argues for a certain amount of applied despair and heightened sense of futility. But he barely lasted a week as Crist’s spokesman, and nobody’s exactly sure why. In my experience, that usually means that the reason is actually fairly epic. I look forward to finding out what it is…
I am not surprised, but I suspect that the Democrats are:
Quarterly fundraising reports filed in Tallahassee on Thursday illuminate the big advantage Republicans are likely to have heading into this year’s governor’s race, in which Gov. Rick Scott will fight for re-election against likely Democratic opponent, former Gov. Charlie Crist.
Combining fundraising by their state parties, their campaign organizations and the independent committees backing each candidate, Scott and the Republican side raised about three times as much as Crist and the Democratic side in the first three months of 2014.
This would normally be a horrible poll for Governor Rick Scott…
34% Crist
33% Scott
…17% Somebody Else
17% Don’t Know/No Answer
…except of course that the polling historically has been worse for Scott since, well, forever. Essentially, the reason why Charlie Crist has gotten this far is that he always polled very well against Scott; will that remain true, now that Florida voters internalize the idea that voting for Charlie Crist means, well, voting for Charlie Crist? Time will, as they say, tell. Continue reading This is, remarkably, Rick Scott’s best poll yet.
But I got nothing against snakes.
Even those who didn’t vote for him have found a sympathetic figure in Mitt Romney in the Netflix documentary “Mitt,” but if there’s a bad guy to be found, it’s not Barack Obama but rather Charlie Crist, who endorsed Sen. John McCain in the 2008 primary after promising to stay neutral.
Crist isn’t quite a trending topic, but his name is certainly making the rounds, and not for his gubernatorial campaign.
Free advice: you can’t trust Charlie Crist. He’ll say whatever he thinks you want to hear, and he doesn’t care how it sounds. And he’ll turn on you just as swiftly as he turned on your enemies.
Moe Lane
This is a simple truth, even if Karl Rove* said it.
The Tampa Bay Times got an early copy and apparently it contains some juicy stuff, including an anecdote about Karl Rove calling the then GOP gubernatorial candidate “chickenshit” for skipping a 2006 rally for George W. Bush.
We’re guessing Charlie’s hoping “Chickenshit Crist” doesn’t catch on as a nickname.
Given that “Chickenshit Charlie” would roll off of the tongue better? Maybe, maybe not.
OK, she doesn’t swear at Charlie Crist. Mrs. Young is being ladylike about it.
Charlie:
This e-mail is to officially advise you that your presence at my husband’s memorial services will be unacceptable. I have watched over the years, as Bill had, your transparent attempts to manipulate the political arena. I don’t want my husband’s memorial service to be another opportunity for that and I will not tolerate anyone turning this into a platform for political gain.
Please honor my families request.Sincerely,
Beverly Young
Widow of Congressman Bill Young
Continue reading Bill Young’s widow tells Charlie Crist to stay the hell away from the funeral.
He’s apparently now for it. And the Washington Post itself is snarking over why, although it’s subtle:
In his Facebook post, Crist did not discuss when or why his personal views on the issue have changed.
There’s gotta be a timeline for this sort of thing, you see. Timeline, paper trail, and perhaps a lot of loud distractions from questions like “Didn’t you use to be the most Republican Republican that ever Repubkicked a can?”
Moe Lane
PS: You know, it’s funny. I used to be a Democrat. When I switched sides, I kept a few of my existing opinions on social policies (I am not particularly a social conservative, unless being basically pro-life these days counts). In particular, I support same-sex marriage. And yet, I’ve never felt the need, either professionally or privately, to either recant my earlier views, or to hide them. And yet, if Charlie wants to be governor again he apparently has to – has to – admit to being a bald-faced liar on the subject.
I don’t know whether that’s more of a judgement on the Democratic party, or of Charlie Crist.
There are a bunch of people out there worried that Charlie Crist possibly wasn’t the get for the Democrats that they thought that it was:
“There are Democrats out there who can’t get their arms around [former Florida Governor Charlie] Crist. I get it,” [Democratic operative Steve] Schale said. “They spent 20 years of their activist lives working against him. It’s a process.”
I know that there’s a bunch of people out there who are a little ticked at Governor Rick Scott right now, and I don’t blame them. But if Charlie Crist actually does become the Democratic nominee then the people who are most upset at Scott must understand that most of the rest of their current compatriots will decide that being a systematic party and ideological turncoat easily trumps wanting to expand Medicare. :shrug: I just tell you this stuff; I don’t actually cause any of it.
Via
Interesting piece on Fla’s Democratic field for Gov – Crist is still the 800 lb gorilla (and the snake) ow.ly/irzmF
— Kirsten Borman (@kborman) March 6, 2013
I know that sometimes, people wonder if the things that they do for the Right, or the Republican party, really make a difference. To that I say: why not ask Charlie Crist?
From Florida Governor and presumptive Senator, to ambulance-chasing lawyer ready to serve you. I don’t know about you, but I’m going to put this one up on the wall.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
[UPDATE]: Here’s the blogger that it was originally from. Suggestion for folks doing video captures: try to attach your website to the end of these things. Makes it easier to trace the original source.
About how he’s not running for Senate in Florida?
And did you notice how there’s a wide-open field to challenge an increasingly-vulnerable Nelson in 2012?
And do you remember how people told you, back in 2010, that you should swallow your pride, make a deal with Marco Rubio and drop out, and position yourself for 2012?
You do? Great!
Moe Lane
(H/T @BrianFaughnan)
