A guest post from TIME’s Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett So how desperate are the Democrats to keep control of the U.S. Senate? The answer is fairly clear in a story that appeared Thursday evening on Politico.com that quotes spokesmen for former President Bill Clinton claiming he tried to convince Democratic Florida Congressman Kendrick Meek [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist, whose website calls him “independent leadership for Florida,” had to know this was coming. But still, it kind of hurts. . . Crist is trying to burnish his Democratic support. He recently got former Rep. Robert Wexler, once a rising Democratic star, to endorse his campaign at Century Village, a hub of [...]
Our Miami-based colleague Tim Padgett files this report on a very savvy Charlie Crist: At first glance, Tuesday looked like a bad day for Florida Governor Charlie Crist. He’d called the Florida legislature back to Tallahassee to consider placing an initiative on the November ballot asking voters whether offshore oil drilling should be constitutionally banned. [...]
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Our colleague Michael Grunwald has a story out today on the likely Democratic candidate in the race for Florida’s Senate seat. Yes, a Democrat is running, despite that much of the political oxygen is being sucked up by Republican candidate Marco Rubio and newly minted independent Charlie Crist. That Democrat is Kendrick Meek and although [...]
10 of them, to be exact. The Florida governor, and independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, will respond to readers for an upcoming 10 Questions page in the magazine. Anything you’re dying to ask Crist? Post your queries here – and be sure to include your full name and hometown. (Don’t post your questions below [...]
Maybe that wasn’t such a bad idea after all….
Now that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has defected from the Republican Party, his former allies appear intent on scrubbing the stains of the association as quickly as possible. If the party can restock its coffers in the process, so much the better—which is why GOP officials in the Sunshine State are hawking a pricey portrait [...]
