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Charlie Crist: I’ll announce my political plans on Thursday ***Updated***

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Charlie Crist this morning said he will end the guessing game about his political future on Thursday with an announcement on whether he will abandon the Republican Party and run for U.S. Senate as an independent. (The deadline for a decision is Friday.) The Miami Herald’s Naked Politics blog has video. The Orlando Sentinel is now reporting that Charlie Crist is expected to announce Thursday his intentions for the U.S. Senate race, but the latest buzz — as of this afternoon at least…

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Florida House adds homeless to hate crimes law

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From the 13th Juror: Despite one state representative calling the homeless “bums,” the Florida House has passed a bill that would add the homeless to the state’s hate crime law. Sponsored by Rep. Ari Porth, D-Coral Springs, the measure (HB 11) passed 80-28. “Nobody is more vulnerable,” Porth said. “If the sole reason you beat them was because they were homeless and sleeping on a bench then that deserves extra protection.” Referring to the homeless as “bums,” Rep. Paige Kreegel, R-Punta Gorda,…

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Jim Greer’s rise in Florida GOP was as stunning as his fall

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From the Orlando Sentinel: Jim Greer loved to throw parties at his big, fancy home here, and he did it often. Sometimes he would literally roll out a red carpet. Guests arrived in tuxedos. Later, in the backyard, in front of a rock band, Greer would grab a microphone and belt out a few Elvis tunes. His guests would include neighbors and GOP donors, but most importantly Charlie Crist, the man who handpicked him to run the Republican Party of…

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Charlie Crist’s political mentor, former Senator Connie Mack, withdraws support after veto of SB 6

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Charlie Crist’s political mentor, former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, has resigned as Crist’s campaign chairman in his race for the U.S. Senate. Mack wrote a two-paragraph letter Thursday evening to his one-time protege, saying Crist was wrong to veto a bill (SB 6) that would have made it easier to fire teachers and tie their pay to student test scores. Mack said the veto undermines the state’s educational system and the principles that he’s always believed in. Mack said Crist’s…

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Charlie Crist’s political mentor, former Senator Connie Mack, withdraws support after veto of SB 6

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Charlie Crist’s political mentor, former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, has resigned as Crist’s campaign chairman in his race for the U.S. Senate. Mack wrote a two-paragraph letter Thursday evening to his one-time protege, saying Crist was wrong to veto a bill (SB 6) that would have made it easier to fire teachers and tie their pay to student test scores. Mack said the veto undermines the state’s educational system and the principles that he’s always believed in. Mack said Crist’s…

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Charlie Crist: Investigate everyone who had an RPOF credit card

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While in Kissimmee Wednesday afternoon to announce a 39-year low in the state’s rate of serious crimes, Gov. Charlie Crist said “everyone” who had a Republican Party of Florida credit card should be investigated, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Crist was asked whether he thought U.S. Senate primary rival Marco Rubio’s credit card use should be investigated and replied he wanted “everyone” to be, according to the Sentinel. “By everybody— everybody who had a credit card,” Crist said. “And for the…

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Tea party flexes muscles in Charlie Crist-Marco Rubio race

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From the Orlando Sentinel: Pamela Dahl and her fellow tea-party members in this megaretirement community are determined to evaluate GOP candidates for U.S. Senate – Gov. Charlie Crist and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio – in person. But it was Rubio, and not Crist, who became the focus of attention about tea-party support during a televised debate last week between the candidates. Rubio, who leads Crist by a wide margin in opinion polls, has been labeled in media outlets…

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