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Rothenberg Report: Florida gov race leaning Dem

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From March on Politics: Despite recent polling showing the governor’s race between Bill McCollum and Alex Sink as either a tossup or maybe with an edge for McCollum, the respected Rothenberg Political Report has it listed as leaning Democratic—for Sink. A new poll issued yesterday gave McCollum a 6-point lead with a large undecided. But Nathan Gonzales, political editor for the Rothenberg Report said polls don’t tell the whole story in the race between a strong newcomer and an experienced…

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Glenn Beck barfs on Charlie Crist

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In its bio of Charlie Crist, Time Magazine shares a Glenn Beck tweet after Crist announced his run: “Just what we need, a ‘soft, friendly’ moderate GOP member….BARF”

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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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Michael Steele not ready to endorse Charlie Crist

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From Roll Call: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Sunday that despite the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s early endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida’s GOP Senate primary, neither he nor the RNC will take sides in the contest until after the primary. Crist is competing with former Florida Speaker Marco Rubio in the fight for the GOP nomination. Although Crist is popular in the state and most polls have shown him winning the open seat general election easily,…

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Charlie Crist ranks 4th in National Journal poll of which gov has brightest political future

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National Journal poll asks: Who among your party’s current crop of governors has the brightest political future? Bobby Jindal 21% Haley Barbour 20% Tim Pawlenty 17% Charlie Crist 13% Mark Sanford 8% Jon Huntsman 6% Mitch Daniels 5% Sarah Palin 5% Arnold Schwarzenegger 1% List of who were polled after the break… The survey was comprised of the following 99 GOP political insiders: Dan Allen, Stan Anderson, Gary Andres, Saul Anuzis, Rich Ashooh, Whit Ayres, Brett Bader, Mitch Bainwol, Gary…

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Carl Hiaasen on Charlie Crist

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Ah, Charlie, we hardly knew ye. The lad was but a bronze blur, streaking across the bright Tallahassee firmament . . . OK, streaking isn’t exactly the right word. What Charlie did was more like scooting or possibly darting, as in darting from one job to the next — state senator, deputy secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, education commissioner, attorney general, then governor. It seems like barely 30 months ago that he took office as Florida’s…

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New blog — Not One Red Cent — calls for NRSC boycott over Charlie Crist endorsement

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This is a great example of the power of the blogosphere giving an outlet to someone whose voice would have likely gone unheard from. From Not One Red Cent, a new anti-Charlie Crist, anti-NRSC blog: On May 12, 2009, The National Republican Senatorial Committee betrayed its mission, betrayed Republican voters, and betrayed the Reagan legacy. The NRSC sided with an establishment candidate, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, in a Senate primary against young conservative leader, former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio.…

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