Category Archives: Charlie Crist

This week’s Herald column: Charlie Crist or bust?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by jreid

Cartoon from the Crowley Political Report This week’s column tackles the political reality that some Florida Democrats would rather not face…

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Today’s Herald column: will the 2012 election be Rick Scott’s Waterloo (and Charlie Crist’s opportunity)?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by jreid

In my Herald column this week, I explore the many ways in which Florida once again screwed up the election — and it (once again) didn’t even matter. But you know who it might matter to?

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Run, Charlie, run (with bonus DNC video)

Posted on September 10, 2012 by jreid

Yes, Charlie Crist should run for Florida governor again. And he should do so as a Democrat.

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A tale of two Florida governors: Gollum versus Charlie Sunshine

Posted on December 29, 2010 by jreid

Charlie Crist ends his tenure as Florida’s governor on an up note, especially with independents, and a future as a Democrat should he want it. His successor, Gollum, on the other hand, begins his tenure as the most unpopular governor … Continue reading →

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Charlie Crist re-hugs the president

Posted on December 9, 2010 by jreid

Guess who supports President Obama’s tax compromise?

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(Audio) The Crist-Meek voicemail

Posted on October 31, 2010 by jreid

I’m still not sure why Kendrick Meek released this voicemail message. Can’t for the life of me figure out how that advances his cause. Besides that, the actual audio of the call detonates the Meekworld characterization of Charlie the Stalker … Continue reading →

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The Florida Senate race goes from bizarre to ridiculous

Posted on October 30, 2010 by jreid

So… Kendrick Meek has gone from saying he never ever had a conversation with anybody, especially former President Clinton, to admitting that he and Clinton kinda-sorta talked about the metaphysical concept of someone much like him theoretically dropping out of … Continue reading →

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Timeline: the Clinton-Meek-Crist ‘Dropout’ caper **UPDATE**

Posted on October 28, 2010 by jreid

The Florida Senate race finally got interesting for reasons other than the media’s fetish for Marco Rubio Thursday night, though it also got mighty convoluted. So here’s what we know so far… UPDATE: Meek will be on pretty much every … Continue reading →

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The Zogby 6, and lyin’ to the pollsters?

Posted on October 25, 2010 by jreid

IMHO, the key takeaway from the Post on Politics write-up of the latest Zogby poll, which the Crist campaign is forwarding around because it puts Marco Rubio below 40 percent (at 39.6) and Crist within 6.3 points of him (at … Continue reading →

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Herald/Times/Bay News 9 poll: Rubio 41, Crist 26, Meek 20 (plus, the sorta kinda brightish spots)

Posted on October 24, 2010 by jreid

A new Miami Herald/SPTimes/Bay News 9 poll offers more of the same in the Florida Senate race: Rubio leads, though not with the high 40s he’s been pulling in other surveys of late, and Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek are … Continue reading →

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