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New poll from AIF: Charlie Crist leading 33%-29%-15%, but there is no depth to support

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Mike Thomas reports: Charlie Crist is up by four points in a poll taken April 24-25 for the Associated Industries of Florida. But it’s all downhill from here, says pollster Jim McLaughlin. In the poll of 600 likely voters, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, Crist was favored by 33 percent of respondents. Marco Rubio was favored by 29 percent and Democrat Kendrick Meek by 15 percent. The poll shows Crist taking more votes from Meek than Rubio. Crist actually does…

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Mike Thomas: Charlie Crist puts himself first in Florida’s teacher merit-pay saga

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From Mike Thomas: The architects of teacher merit pay made a fatal mistake. They took Charlie Crist at his word. He had long supported merit pay. His top policy staffer endorsed the bill in legislative meetings. Crist said it would “build on education reforms that have earned Florida great improvements in academic rankings.” But the governor never has been bound by past words or deeds, by the details of policy or the consequences of actions. He is perpetually fluid, always calculating…

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Mike Thomas: Charlie Crist puts himself first in Florida’s teacher merit-pay saga

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From Mike Thomas: The architects of teacher merit pay made a fatal mistake. They took Charlie Crist at his word. He had long supported merit pay. His top policy staffer endorsed the bill in legislative meetings. Crist said it would “build on education reforms that have earned Florida great improvements in academic rankings.” But the governor never has been bound by past words or deeds, by the details of policy or the consequences of actions. He is perpetually fluid, always calculating…

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Orlando Sentinel: Charlie Crist leaves fiscal mess for next governor

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You may see this state as a fiscal wreck, a place where jobs and people are vanishing at a record clip. But in an alternate universe, on the planet Pandora, our happy Chieftain Charlie Crist promises happy days ahead and millions of dollars all around. He has $500 million for schools, $100 million for universities and $67 million for community colleges. He has $100 million in tax cuts for corporations, and $24 million in back-to-school tax cuts for mom and…

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