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The Corner (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
On nytimes.com: A raft of conservative groups, commentators and politicians are supporting a primary challenge to Mr. Crist by Marco Rubio, a telegenic former speaker of the Florida House christened a Reaganite’s answer to Mr. Obama by The National Review . It even has its own entry in The Times’s stylebook entry, yet we still get it wrong. The magazine is National Review — no “the.”...
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Bark Bark Woof Woof (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) told the St. Petersburg Times that between himself and Marco Rubio, he's the real Republican in the primary race for the open Senate seat in Florida. "There are a lot of Republicans that don't have the inclination to go to executive committee meetings,'' he said. "There is wide swath of [R]epublican voters out there that don't necessarily listen to cable tv all the...
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FLA Politics - Front Page (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
After reading the hard copy of your hometown newspaper, should start your web-day with the Florida Progressive Coalition . Please consider becoming a site fan on Facebook and following us on Twitter . Our digest of, and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Crist seeks to "revitalize" his campaign "Crist sought to revitalize his U.S. Senate campaign in a...
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Red State (Free subscription) | yesterday
Charlie Crist just hurts himself more and more every time he opens his mouth. In January, when he decides to quit the Senate primary (you heard it hear first) and get back in the Florida Governor’s race, he’s going to be doing some scrambling to douse the flames on all the bridges he is burning. In the latest rant against Marco Rubio Crist attacks Rubio for voting for tax increases in...
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Saint Petersblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last night, Governor Charlie Crist visited the Broward Republican Executive Committee meeting in Ft. Lauderdale. He was there to give a speech intended to end his losing streak in REC straw polls. The governor's 0-15 record in straw polls must be of concern to a politician that's used to winning on his popularity with voters, regardless of political affiliation. These loses must be especially troubling,...
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The Other McCain (Free subscription) | yesterday
This afternoon, I fell asleep while reading Craig Shirley's new book, Rendezvous With Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America . When I woke up, Glenn Beck was on TV, talking about this New York Times story that I blogged about yesterday. In his opening monologue, Beck explained that a key part of this story -- about the massive interest payments required by federal deficit spending...
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Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | yesterday
Politico chronicles the growing popularity of Sen. Jim DeMint among the legion of tea-party inspired challengers to Republican incumbents. One point is that the vacuum created by the NRSC's decision not to spend money in primaries has allowed DeMint's own Senate Conservatives Fund to fill the gap. Now -- it's true that the NRSC is staying out of the primaries -- but it has never spent money on open-seat...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sounding engaged and no longer a bit dismissive of the threat from former House Speaker Marco Rubio in the Republican U.S. Senate race**, Gov. Charlie Crist suggested the Miami Republican has escaped significant scrutiny and has been able to campaign...
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Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | yesterday
With Gov. Charlie Crist's Senate ambitions being challenged from the right flank of his own party, he tees off on supporters of his primary opponent Marco Rubio as "angry" birthers....
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My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Maybe this has been on the radar for awhile and I just haven't noticed but the thought that Simmons would be actively seeking the blessing of this new conservative godfather out of South Carolina is to me both appalling and fascinating. To what levels will Rob Simmons stoop to curry favor with the radical right? Wait and see, I guess. DeMint has already endorsed conservative Assemblyman Chuck DeVore...
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DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Is Dold enough of a teabagger to work up the loons against Coulson? Who are Glenn Beck, self-proclaimed new leader of the right, Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint, and the teababggers who look to them for political leadership likely to make their next target? They've been successfully chipping away at the once "insurmountable" lead Florida Gov. Charlie Crist had in his Senate run. DeMint was the first...
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Saint Petersblog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I urge you to read Jordan Raynor's analysis of the Crist vs. Rubio race in which he applies his formula that using the internet to drive message directly to voters, victory is now possible for candidates who don’t have big money to kick-start their campaigns, by following a “New 3M” model that looks like this: MESSAGE → MOMENTUM → MONEY: It was clear from the beginning that...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The next time Matt updates the Senate rankings, you'll notice that my Florida ranking has been changed from "Leans Republican" to "Solid Republican." I had held some hope that maybe, just maybe, we could take the seat, but that was predicated on Charlie Crist winning the GOp primary, and that ship sailed. Rubio seems to be unstoppable, and my potential pick fave candidate doesn't...
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Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is about to go on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Attorney General Bill McCollum, running for governor, updates supporters that he is “honored” to get the endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist. And Sen. Dan Gelber, hoping to be Florida’s next attorney general, wants you to know he’s thankful for America’s veterans.
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Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
When it comes to Republican primaries, the true conservative will usually beat out the RINO. This is usually true of any newcomer race — however, most incumbents are nearly impossible to beat. This is why you see, for example, Charlie Crist struggling in Florida against Marco Rubio, while Lindsay Graham gets reelected each [...]
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