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Mitch McConnell distances himself from Charlie Crist

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Politico: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Sunday distanced himself from the Senate campaign of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, and also offered a warning about a potential independent run for the open seat. “We’re going to elect a Republican senator in Florida, and the Republican primary voters in Florida are going to determine who that is,” McConnell said on CNN’s “State of the Union. “We’ve been looking at the surveys, as you indicate, and it looks like Marco Rubio is running…

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Kendrick Meek top recipient of tobacco dollars

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Kendrick Meek has been raking in the tobacco dollars, according to The Center for Responsive Politics. Meek, the presumed Democratic frontrunner in the race to fill the seat of retiring US Senator Mel Martinez, has raised over $30,000 from tobacco interests. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader hailing from Kentucky, is the second highest recipient. No other Floridians make the top 15. (H/t to JaxOnline.)

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Atlanta J-C weighs in on Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio

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Jay Bookman: The ultra-conservative wing of the GOP wants to make Florida’s Republican Senate primary a test case of its power. The race pits Gov. Charlie Crist, a moderate who had the audacity to endorse President Obama’s stimulus plan, against hard-core conservative Marco Rubio, a former speaker of the state House. Crist also just signed a new state budget raising the cigarette tax and various fees by $2 billion, an act that further fueled conservative anger. Even worse, the moderate…

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Red State blog: Charlie Crist runs for cover

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This campaign is still in its infancy, and anyone who knows anything about politics would understand that 14 months in politics is an eternity. So let’s look at the supposed “grand slam” of endorsements Governor Charlie Crist has scooped up. Senator John Cornyn, Chairman of the National Senatorial Republican Committee (NRSC) and Senator Mitch McConnell promptly endorsed Crist just after Crist had issued his announcement that he was running for Senate.

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Huff Post: Charlie Crist: Bad News for the GOP?

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Is Charlie Crist the face of a new Republican Party, or a harbinger of the GOP’s demise? He’s handsome, personable and popular: a dream candidate for Florida’s 2010 Senate race. And Charlie Crist, currently the Sunshine State’s Republican governor, will probably win. That makes him a good thing for the Republican Party, right? Yes and no. The GOP is desperate for another vote — or 10 — in the Senate, so Crist’s bid sounds like good news to the ears…

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American Spectator article blasts Charlie Crist, Florida’s GOP establishment

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Considering recent history, it should come as no surprise that with what promises to become an exciting 2010 Senate primary race shaping up in Florida between a substance-free, moderate-to-liberal governor and a conservative former speaker of the Florida House, the Republican establishment has lined up to give the liberal governor a big, wet tongue kiss, and has not so subtly tried to elbow the conservative aside. These guys clearly miss Arlen Specter already, and are searching for his replacement. Rest…

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