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Marco Rubio featured on ‘Nightline’ tonight

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Charlie Crist will announce his plan to leave the Republican Party today and run as an Independent in the U.S. Senate race, according to reports. The reason he’s leaving, poll-leading Republican opponent Marco Rubio, will receive a national showcase on Thursday’s “Nightline.” “Nightline” co-anchor Terry Moran will interview Rubio in Coral Gables tomorrow. ABC News said that Moran also will ask the Cuban-American candidate “about Arizona’s proposed immigration law, the economic stimulus, the Tea Party movement, and what his candidacy says…

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Hotline: How much will move cost Charlie Crist?

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From Hotline: FL Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is contemplating his political future this week as he decides whether to run for Sen. George LeMieux‘s (R) seat as an independent. But he also should be contemplating just how much it’s going to cost him. Crist has benefitted from several strong fundraising quarters, but conservative bloggers and activists have vowed to make a potential independent bid hurt his bank account. And he should take note: Those same activists helped cost Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) more…

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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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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 GOP readies for Charlie Crist’s departure

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The Florida Republican Party is getting ready for Gov. Charlie Crist’s departure as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate. Party general counsel Jason Gonzalez wrote a memo warning that members of the State Executive Committee or county GOP committees may not support anyone but Republicans in elections. Rule 9 of the state party’s bylaws requires party loyalty. Crist is expected to file as an independent next week, bypassing the Aug. 24 Republican primary for the Senate. As a non-party…

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Florida GOP readies for Charlie Crist’s departure

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The Florida Republican Party is getting ready for Gov. Charlie Crist’s departure as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate. Party general counsel Jason Gonzalez wrote a memo warning that members of the State Executive Committee or county GOP committees may not support anyone but Republicans in elections. Rule 9 of the state party’s bylaws requires party loyalty. Crist is expected to file as an independent next week, bypassing the Aug. 24 Republican primary for the Senate. As a non-party…

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Don’t forget, Charlie Crist’s poll numbers have declined with D’s & I’s almost as bad as his support with the GOP

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Public Policy Polling reminds us that, while it’s his fall with Republicans that gets all the attention, but Charlie Crist’s poll numbers have declined almost as badly with Democrats and independents over the last year as they have within his own party. And that makes me doubt he would be successful in an independent Senate bid even if he did decide to make a run for it. Comparing Quinnipiac’s April 2009 poll to its poll this month Crist’s approval rating…

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