Charlie Crist should run as independent, TampaBay.com readers say
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist should run as an independent in his campaign for the U.S. Senate, according to a tampabay.com reader poll. More than 70 percent of respondents said Crist, a lifelong Republican, should abandon his bid for the Republican Senate nomination and run as an independent. About 28 percent said Crist should drop out of the race altogether, and about 2 percent said he should run as a Republican. The tampabay.com poll is unscientific and involves more than 11,000…