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Bill McCollum’s campaign lays into…Bud Chiles

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Kevin Derby blogs: Despite conventional wisdom holding that new independent gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles would hurt the Democratic nominee than the Republican one, GOP candidate Bill McCollum’s camp is tearing into Chiles. Bud Chiles may be running with no party affiliation, but he is still a lifelong Democrat with incredibly high name identification among Florida voters,” said Matt Williams, McCollum‘s campaign manager. “When Floridians have an opportunity to hear more from Mr. Chiles about his candidacy and vision for the…

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Bill McCollum’s campaign lays into…Bud Chiles

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Kevin Derby blogs: Despite conventional wisdom holding that new independent gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles would hurt the Democratic nominee more than the Republican one, GOP candidate Bill McCollum’s camp is tearing into Chiles. Bud Chiles may be running with no party affiliation, but he is still a lifelong Democrat with incredibly high name identification among Florida voters,” said Matt Williams, McCollum‘s campaign manager. “When Floridians have an opportunity to hear more from Mr. Chiles about his candidacy and vision for the…

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Tom Dyer, publisher of Watermark, voice of LGBT community, takes Alex Sink to task for lackluster campaign

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From Tom Dyer, publisher of Watermark: Six months from now, we elect a new governor. The race between Republican Bill McCollum and Democrat Alex Sink started as a toss-up. Recent polling indicates that McCollum, a charmless perennial candidate who has lost more elections than he has won, has opened up a 10-point lead. Sink just fired her campaign manager, but there was further evidence of her strategic missteps at an April 5 fundraising event at Hamburger Mary’s in downtown Orlando.…

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Is Charlie Crist’s bounce gone? New Rasmussen numbers: Marco Rubio 39%, Crist 31%, Kendrick Meek 18%

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Charlie Crist received a bounce in the polls when he left the Republican Party to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent. New numbers suggest that the bounce for the governor is over. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Florida finds Republican Marco Rubio with 39% support, while Crist earns 31% of the vote and Democrat Kendrick Meek trails at 18%. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided. Two weeks ago, just after Crist announced that he…

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Is Charlie Crist’s bounce gone? New Rasmussen numbers: Marco Rubio 39%, Crist 31%, Kendrick Meek 18%

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Charlie Crist received a bounce in the polls when he left the Republican Party to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent. New numbers suggest that the bounce for the governor is over. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Florida finds Republican Marco Rubio with 39% support, while Crist earns 31% of the vote and Democrat Kendrick Meek trails at 18%. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided. Two weeks ago, just after Crist announced that he…

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Well, at least one political party is sticking with Charlie Crist: The Entrepreneurship Party endorses Crist

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The Entrepreneurship Party (www.entrepreneurshipparty.com) today announced an “E” award endorsement for Charlie Crist, an Independent, in his Senate race in Florida. Crist has been the highly popular Governor of Florida since 2006.  During his tenure, he has often held the position of being the most popular Governor in the USA with approval rankings as high as 73 percent (Quinnipiac University’s Polling).  Crist received a good or excellent grade from 72 percent of Republicans, 51 percent of Democrats, and 60 percent of Independents.  “To us, Charlie Crist represents the…

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Charlie Crist did not ask White House for support as a Democrat

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From HuffPo: The White House is chopping down a rumor that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist allegedly called up Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel last week to see if the administration would support him if he chose to run for the Senate as a Democrat. “It’s not true,” a spokesperson for the Chief of Staff’s office said. The rumor about a Crist overture to Emanuel had been spreading within Florida’s political circles, before managing, at some point, to make its way…

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