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Forbes columnist: Is Charlie Crist ‘America’s Worst Governor’?

Published on October 26, 2009 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Charlie Crist is an extraordinarily gifted politician, known for his unpretentious and warm demeanor. He might also be America’s worst governor. Read the rest of this article from Forbes after the break. Among liberals and progressives, there is a puzzling admiration for Crist, long considered by Democratic and Republican veterans of Florida’s political scene to be something of an opportunist if not a lightweight. In May, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne wrote a column suggesting that conservative discontent with Crist…

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Human Events: The Other George LeMieux

Published on September 8, 2009 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

From Human Events: Florida Gov. Charles Crist’s appointment of his closest political associate, unknown George Lemieux, to the Senate may cause some harm to Crist’s own bid for the same Senate seat next year. Two weeks ago Crist made the appointment to fill out the remaining sixteen months of the term of fellow Republican Mel Martinez (who had resigned his Senate seat) the warning signs are clearly in sight. At first, supporters of the moderate Crist’s primary opponent, former Florida…

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Frank Farkas suggests there’s more to Ray Sansom story then meets the eye. And he’d know!

Published on February 7, 2009 in Statewide/The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

A letter-to-the-editor from former Represenative Frank Farkas almost slipped by without me noticing, but it’s worth reading:“It took a while, but state House Speaker Ray Sansom did the right thing for himself, his constituents and all Floridians by resigning his speaker post. His lack of judgment, or poor judgment, now rises to the level of several investigations. The Times Tallahassee bureau is to be commended for their investigative reporting. But before you crucify Sansom any further, it would be nice…

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