Charlie Rose with Catherine Deneuve; Stanley Crouch, Richard Ford, Elmore Leonard & Judith Crist (September 21, 2000)
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
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.
MauledAgain (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
On Wednesday, in The Math of Tax and Spend , I noted that “The world continues to wait for an answer to the question, ‘So if state taxes are cut, what spending programs should be reduced or eliminated'’ I had asked that question in New Jersey to Follow in California’s Tax Footsteps? . It seems I’m not the only one with this question. It was posed to one of the candidates...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Charlie Crist’s Friday schedule just came out. And – surprise, surprise – the governor isn’t in Tallahassee and his day looks as sparse as usual. Here’s what is listed: 11:30am MEETING WITH...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
While most of the state (and national) media remain fixated on the increasingly nasty U.S. Senate primary fight between Gov. Charlie Crist and former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Democrat who hopes to face the winner of that primary next...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
By News staff MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida lawyer suspected of operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme is asking for his own disbarment. A Florida Bar committee has approved the disbarment request submitted by attorney Scott Rothstein. A spokeswoman said Wednesday the final decision must be made by the state Supreme Court. The FBI says Rothstein -- who owned two houses in Narragansett, R.I., until he transferred...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
"I didn't endorse it." That, of course, is what Gov. Charlie Crist said a fortnight ago about the federal stimulus package, a sizable chunk of which enabled him to balance Florida's budget. It's possible Crist doesn't even believe that himself. Nobody else does.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Charlie Crist said he was "hopefully optimistic" that a special legislative session would be held to approve insurance language for rail projects around the state. Central Florida SunRail backers have been outwardly confident a deal to approve...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Earth-shattering news: the Florida GOP is a party divided. Forget Gov. Charlie Crist's stop-drop-and-roll maneuvers on whether he endorsed the economic stimulus package and his man-hug of President Barack Obama. The governor's hand-picked state party Chairman Jim Greer has become...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
E-mails obtained by a Florida newspaper show Gov. Charlie Crist's aides knew about President Barack Obama's visit to Florida in October, though the governor previously told reporters that he was unaware of the trip.
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Although Gov. Charlie Crist told reporters he didn't know President Obama was visiting soldiers in Florida last month, e-mails obtained by the St. Petersburg Times show his staff knew.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
After picking up a key endorsement Monday that could pump big money into his campaign, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio set to work on another win that would deliver a big, symbolic blow to Charlie Crist in the governor's home county.
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Fox-13 reporter Chris Chmura questioned Gov. Charlie Crist about his support of the stimulus package. Crist continues to claim he never supported President Barack Obama's stimulus package. On the way out, Crist was cornered by Fox-13 reporter Chris Chmura, who asked Crist if he made a "John Kerry-style flip flop" by now saying he didn't endorse President Barack Obama's stimulus package. "They're...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
? CA-Sen, CA-Gov : A new LA Times/USC poll (conducted by GQR and POS) finds a dead heat in the GOP Senate primary: conservative Assemblyman Chuck DeVore and vapid ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina are deadlocked at 27 each (despite the fact that DeVore is almost entirely unknown, with favorables of 6/4 -- the deal is that Fiorina is, other than Ahnold, the state's only political figure with negative favorables,...
The Common Room (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
In Florida right now there is a primary with many similarities with the NY23 case - Charlie Crist is the annointed favorite of the GOP establishment in power, and Marco Rubio is the genuine fiscal conservative favored by those who value principle over party. Here's the kind of guy Crist is - Charlie Crist welcomed Barack Obama to Florida last February, hugged him, grinned when Obama called Crist “his...
FLA Politics - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
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