Subject: Charlie Crist

• Crist-for-Senate Rumors Just Made 2010 a Lot More Confusing

  Up until yesterday, it seemed the full picture for the Senate election in 2010 would come into focus soon, when rumored candidates including Republicans Bill McCullom and Marco Rubio as well as Democrat Alex Sink made their intentions clear. Well, now with The Hill reporting that National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn is trying to woo Gov. Charlie Crist to make a run, both the Senate race and governor's race have become something a blur. And according to Sen. Bill Nelson,

  January 15, 2009

• Rumors: Martinez Might Not Keep Charlie Crist's Senate Seat Warm Until 2010

  Let's skip through the 2010 Senate rumor mill, shall we? Mel Martinez does not know exactly how he got into this horrible Senate job, and he allegedly wants to leave it as soon as possible. Roll Call reports Martinez is considering bowing out early -- and that Charlie Crist is seriously considering running. Of course, if Martinez drops out, Crist appoints his replacement, so does he just appoint himself? A little "I can parachute me there" sort of action? It should be noted that Martinez hasÂ

  February 2, 2009

• Get Ready to Care About Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp

  Did anyone really care about Lt. Gov Jeff Kottkamp before, say, a few weeks ago? You know, when those rumors surfaced that Charlie Crist might resign to run for Senate, leaving Kottkamp as our 45th governor. All of a sudden, media attention bumped up ever so slightly. The Sun-Sentinel did a little digging and found that Kottkamp billed the state $425,000 for plane trips during his two-years in office. But what's this?Kottkamp's wife and toddler son flew for free on some two dozen trips, despit

  February 9, 2009

• Always First in 'Charlie Crist is Gay' Humor

  Well damn it. There I was sitting in the press pool with all these very important political journalists, I held back on one or two jokes during today's live blog. Afterall, other journalists were greeting me with "How, was the flight in?" I couldn't respond with, "actually I just drove over here to make jokes during this very important town hall meeting on a blog." Here were all these other journalists checking Sayfie Review over and over again (umm, seriously guys? It is only update once a day)

  February 10, 2009

• Crist Could Be Elected Ms. Florida if He Wanted, but Floridians Like Him as Gov

  Oh, that Charlie Crist -- he's so popular. Quinnipiac, always interested in exactly how popular, finds that Charlie can be pretty much elected to anything he wants. But 41 percent of Floridians prefer he seeks re-election as governor, compared to 22 percent who would like to see him run for Senate. The poll shows he could easily win either. That's the kind of power a 67 percent approval rating gets you. That includes a 66 percent approval rating among Democrats, though it must not have hurt that

  February 18, 2009

• News Roundup

  Oh, ZBT the UM frat caught up in another drug mess has been temporarily suspend. Police said pot and a pill for ADHD treatment (adderall?) were sold at the house. [JustNews]A Charlie Crist adviser,  Alan Mendelsohn, is linked to one of these many, many ponzi schemes. [Pulp]Marc Sarnoff is the new hero of everyone ever for muddling with the Marlins stadium vote. He also is not afraid to wear a nice vest to council meetings. [Herald]The Herald has a new columnist, Jackie Bueno Sousa, and she

  February 23, 2009

• Every Wingnut Hates Crist

  Charlie Crist, our new official Republican Boyfriend, was on Meet The Press this weekend carrying on his love affair with the stimulus package. Meanwhile, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, also known as 1/3 of Ronald Reagan's soul-equivalent (Reagan, as most historians agrees, was indeed soulless) reincarnated in the body of a 12-year-old Indian-American boy, announced that he would not accept some of President Obama's dirty stimulus money. Now of course the Republican base (all 12 people) hate C

  February 23, 2009

• Michael Putney: Charlie Crist Is Kinda Like a Mentally Challenged Gardener

  A still from Being ThereIt is all Charlie Crist all the time here on Riptide today, because, sigh, nothing else is going on.  Local 10's top politico Michael Putney took to The Herald today and proclaimed Charlie Crist reminds him of Chance the Gardener from the 1976 film Being There. Chance is a simple man, or as Putney puts it "mentally challenged," who stumbles into high society by being something of a likable enigma. The kind of guy you perceive in whichever way you choose. Putney wond

  February 25, 2009

• As Predicted, Crist Loses CPAC Poll Horribly

  via sky820's flickrSomething that actually appeared at this Carnival, CPAC, last year. So maybe this took about as much insight as it would to predict that Rosie O'Donnell wouldn't win Ms. America, but it still feel good to be right. Friday we had this to say of Ol' Charles Crist's chances in the CPAC straw poll: "If Crist comes in anywhere else but near the bottom next to Giuliani and Pawlenty, we'll be surprised considering this is a red meat conservative crowd."And look who came in dead last:

  March 2, 2009

• Yes, Those Are Slaves On The Steps of The Florida Capitol Today

  If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest slavery bust in Immokalee -- where the despicable Navarette brothers earned 12-year prison terms for beating and caging unpaid, undocumented workers from Mexico and Guatemala --  farm workers' advoc

  March 9, 2009

• Crist's Latest Supreme Court Pick Has Wingnuts Upset, Again

  Back in December, we wondered out loud if Charlie Crist's love of diversity would leave the Supreme Court with a more balanced ideological outlook. That seems to be pretty much what happened. Last year, the Governor found himself in the unprecedented situation of picking four Supreme Court justices within a span of less than a year. He first replaced two bonafide, Bush-appointed conservatives with two new bonafide conservatives. No

  March 11, 2009

• The Week That Was

  The Herald started out its week on various death lists, cut 175 people (including one on her birthday), and left people questioning whether Miami will even have a daily paper anymore. Meanwhile, one of the paper's more infamous famous employees landed a job, because there is no justice in the world. Immigrant workers went to Tallahassee this week to protest. Wingnuts meanwhile protested Charlie Crist from the safety of their laptops. This is and ingenious burglary plot involving a foreclose

  March 13, 2009

• It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Another Travel Controversy!

  via Moaksey's FlickrWhen news broke that Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp had a pricey travel habit footed by taxpayers, we thought it was suspicious it came only a few weeks after rumors began circulating that Gov. Charlie Crist might be thinking of resigning to run for Senate in 2010, leaving the governor's mansion to the more conservative Kottkamp. We're sure Dems were pleased the little-known lieutenant now came with a bit of prepackaged controversy should he ever find himself in higher office. W

  March 23, 2009

• This Week in 2010 Speculation: Sink for Gov, Crist Still Mum on Senate

  It seemed like a foregone conclusion just a few months back that Gov. Charlie Crist would run for a relatively easy re-election. Then in November, the Republicans in Washington got their asses handed to them, and whenever Minnesota decides to get its shit together, the Democrats in the Senate will have a strong 59 seat majority. So even as the Republicans are telling their base they're going to move more to the right out of one side of their mouth, they're not so secretly wooing RINO of the year

  March 25, 2009

• Conservatives May Want Rubio To Challenge Crist in Senate Primary

  You would think the Republican party would start trying to find ways to be a more inclusive group. Instead, operating under the assumption that when the democrats make one major screw up, voters will have only one choice to turn to: a newly, ideologically pure Republican party. Now, The Tampa Tribune is reporting that conservative Republicans may try to run a strong primary challenger against Charlie Crist if he decides to run. The two possible anti-Crists: Allen Bense, and our own Marco Rubio.

  March 27, 2009

• Connie Mack IV Will Not Run for Senate in State He Barely Lives In

  If Charlie Crist does not run for Senate, Marco Rubio is officially the luckiest man on Earth. Rep. Connie Mack IV (né Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV), who pulled in decent numbers during early polling mainly because he shares a name with his father, former Sen. Connie Mack III, has decided not to run. Instead, he'll run for re-election to his Southwest Florida House seat. Mack is married to Congresswoman Mary Bono (widow of Sonny Bono), who represents a district in California. This would be

  April 3, 2009

• Dems Unveil First Florida Attack Ad of 2010

  The Democrats are ready to paint Charlie Crist as a political escape artist, even before he officially announces whether he will run for Senate. This ad will begin running in the state capital tomorrow. "The DSCC obviously knows they're in trouble in Florida, because this reeks of desperation. Too bad they haven't learned that voters in the Sunshine State are looking for real solutions, accountability, and checks and balances in Washington -- not another round of pithy negative attacks," Am

  April 29, 2009

• Why Are The Democrats Attacking Obama's Favorite Partner in Hose Grabbing?

  I kind of hate when I touch on some point in a throw away joke in a blog entry, and then a little bit later someone with the gift of time, experience and editors makes the same point in a really intriguing, well thought out way. Yesterday, while commenting on the DSCC's early attack ad against Charlie Crist I opined,"Democrats, after all the 'hope' and optimism your party has tapped into, you're going to air a negative ad against a politician who hasn't even announced his decision to run yet? Cl

  April 30, 2009

• Marco Rubio Enters a Race He Will Never Win

    So, former Speaker of the House Marco Rubio has decided to officially enter the Senate race, whether or not Charlie Crist runs. He announced his candidacy on YouTube (how charmingly 2005), and if it wasn't already clear, he's painting himself as the conservative underdog. He talks about how "famous" people might run, and how the President of the United States will come down to Florida and personally squash him like a bug, but, you see, Mario's got a movement. He subscribes to a political id

  May 5, 2009

• Charlie Crist: LA Weekly Cover Boy?

  Our corporate cousins out in Lala-land ran their review of Outrage, a new documentary that explores the culture of closeted homosexual politicians and gives special attention to our own Governor Charlie Crist, and made it their cover story this week.  Gee, one of the cover boys certainly looks familiar. I wonder who it is supposed to resemble. I can only imagine.

  May 7, 2009

• Charlie Crist Expected To Announce Senate Bid Tomorrow

  In the past month the idea that Charlie Crist would run for Senate has gone from hot political rumor to almost foregone conclusion, and news broke this weekend that it is indeed fact. Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer told the Pensacola News Journal last night that Crist will announce his candidacy on Tuesday in a low-key event in Tallahassee. The announcement will come with an immediate, and enviable batch of endorsements from state and national Republican officials. 

  May 11, 2009

• Charlie Crist Makes It Official: He's Running for Senate

  Charlie Crist has always been a winner. Big, big news! Charlie Crist has joined Twitter! Well, he also announced his intention to run for Florida's open Senate seat in 2010, but everyone has known that for months. But as of 9:12 this morning, it's official. Crist made the announcement through a press release and a Twitter update, a relatively low-key beginning to what is sure to be a superstar campaign. It should come as no surprise that his socialite, heiress wife, Carole Rome, is credited with

  May 12, 2009

• Rubio's First Attack Ad: Look, Here's A Picture of Crist with Obama

  Yesterday, Marco Rubio unveiled the first attack ad on his Republican primary opponent, Charlie Crist. The imagery is a slow, trippy reveal of a picture of Crist with President Obama, while an ominous narrator straight out of a dark fairy-tale movie paints the stimulus package that Crist supported in strokes of nightmare and outrage. Rubio, of course, is running far to the right of the more moderate Crist. Dear God, how horrible for this state to have a senator who has a congenial, working relat

  May 12, 2009

• How Will Charlie Crist Stay So Tan in DC?

  It is an open secret amongst the Florida political establishment that Gov. Charlie Crist has a penchant for tanning. While the mainstream press often shies away from openly discussing the issue, Crist's hidden tanning habit is explored in detail in Kirby Dick's new movie Outrage: The Hidden Story of America's Oompa Loompa Politicians. Though, no one knows exactly how it is Crist stays his trade mark shade of burnt sienna. Thankfully, there are no paparazzi photos of the Gov splaye

  May 14, 2009

• Let's Play Identity Politics For a Moment

  So after the NRSC endorsed Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio in the Republican Senate primary, a lot of people implied it was a snub to Hispanics. We thought this was silly. Crist has won three statewide campaigns in a row, is an extremely popular governor, and has a national profile. He's going to win the primary unless there's some shocking surprise. But, it does raise an important point. Both parties in Florida need to embrace the Hispanic population, and the future of Florida's government

  May 15, 2009

• Crist Cruising Competition, McCollum Favored Over Sink

  via azwaldo's flickrPolls are very, very meaningful and exciting. The picture of the 2010 races aren't even in perfect focus yet, but that doesn't mean it's too early for a poll. Mason-Dixon unleashed their first poll post-Crist-for-Senate announcement, and things don't look too good for the Democrats. In the Senate race Charlie Crist (with a 49% favorable rating) crushes his primary competition Marco Rubio 53%-18% amongst likely primary voters. Kendrick Meek leads

  May 20, 2009

• Crist Doesn't Want to Deal in Cheney Hypotheticals, Thank You Very Much

  The Herald's Marc Caputo was wondering if Dick Cheney ever crawled out of the hyperbolic chamber that keeps him alive in the torture dungeon basement of his demon castle, located somewhere southwest of Hell, and decided to campaign on Charlie Crist's behalf in the Senate race, would Charlie accept? Slippery Crist, of course, didn't really give an answer, only saying, "Would I be proud to? Nobody's offered. Let's see. I don't want to deal in hypotheticals."Crist obviously isn'

  May 22, 2009

• Charlie Crist's Lame Attempt To Distance Himself From Obama

  When Charlie Crist stood on stage with President Obama in February I wonder if Crist had any idea that he'd actually be running for Senate. As a popular incumbent running for re-election the political risk would be lessened. Well, the risk of standing with a popular, newly elected president who won your state while supporting an economic program your state desperately needs is only a risk when you have to come face to face with the hard-liners in your own party. Now

  May 21, 2009

• Dan Gelber Enters Attorney General Race

    Running for U.S. Senate against Charlie Crist isn't an enviable task, and when you're not even guarenteed to win the primary, it's probably a smart move to get out. That's what state Sen. Dan Gelber (D-Miami Beach) did, and now he has changed lanes and entered the attorney general's race. All he had to do was replace all mentions of "for senate" with "for attorney general" on his website and he was ready to go. That's his announcement video up top. He'll also face state Sen. Dave Aronberg i

  June 8, 2009

• Club for Growth Calls Crist a Closet Communist

  Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative group that helped push Sen. Arlen Specter into the Democratic Party with the threat of a primary challenge, sure does not like Gov. Charlie Crist. Now that ol' Arlen is gone from the party, Crist might be the group's number one GOP target. This month, Club for Growth has distributed a lot of press releases blasting our silver-haired gov. Apparently being a group that prefers hyperbole over considered discourse, Club for Growth has gone and nominated

  June 9, 2009

• Anitere Flores in the Mix as Potential Lt. Gov.

  via AnitereFlores.orgFlores with a voter. We figured the best solution to the Marco Rubio "situation" was for the GOP to tack him on as Bill McCollum's running mate to quell any anger amongst the conservative wing for the party bending over backwards for Charlie Crist in the senate primary. Well, Naked Politics reports another young Cuban American is actually being discussed as a potential Lt. Gov. Candidate for the Republicans: Rep. Anitere Flores. Only 32 years old, she represen

  June 10, 2009

• Charlie Crist Gives a Little Thought to Jim Morrison's Public Exposure

  Forty years ago at the (soon to be demolished) Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove Jim Morrison, a man who became famous for his music when he wasn't busy be addicted to drugs and alcohol, allegedly attempted to masturbate on stage and got slapped with public exposure charges. He was sentenced to six months in jail, but appealed the conviction. He then moved to Paris in 1971, mixed up his heroin with his cocaine, and died of an overdose before the case proceeded. Duri

  June 10, 2009

• Super-Hot Senate Poll Action: No One Likes Corrine Brown

  Mason-Dixon released another Senate poll, and like every single 2010 Florida Senate poll before it, it finds Charlie Crist is far and away the frontrunner. Ninety-seven percent recognize Crist's name, and 49 percent of regular voters find him favorable. Marco Rubio is raising his statewide name recognition: 53 percent of voters recall his name, but only 18 percent find him favorable; 11 percent find him unfavorable. It goes without saying that Crist is still trouncing Rubio.Here's the good new

  June 29, 2009

• Daily Kos Has Wet Dream About Charlie Crist Coming Out as a Democrat

  Markos 'Kos' Moulitsas of The Daily Kos has a dream that one day Charlie Crist will do some soul searching, look deep inside himself, and finally come out ...as a Democrat. And it will all be Marco Rubio's fault. See, Marco Rubio is calling upon the dark forces of the right wing --the wingnut blogs, the garbage spewing talk radio hosts, the ideological PACs and interest groups-- to create a tsunami that will ruin Crist's good name amongst Republicans, thus causing him to lose the

  July 1, 2009

• Crist, Meek Each Bring in About $3 Million for Senate Race; Rubio Closer to $300k

  Campaign fundraising filings for the quarter that ended last week are due to the FEC next week. No candidate in the race to replace Sen. Mel Martinez has officially released numbers, but a report by the Hill claims Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek are each expected to have totals close to $3 million. Meek raised $1.2 million in the past quarter, bringing his full tally to just shy of $3.1 million. Meanwhile, the Hill cites a report by the Orland

  July 7, 2009

• Palin and Crist Played Phone Tag

  via Wiki CommonsCould Charlie Crist have been tempting Sarah Palin to through her two cents into the Republican primary for senate? Records show that the two tried to speak on the phone a few days before Crist announced his Senate bid, and ABC seems to think Charlie might have been seeking an endorsement from America's favorite hockey mom:  "GOV: Telephone Call Into Governor Crist," reads a May 4 entry in Palin's schedule. A spokeswoman for Crist said she did not know who had initiated con

  July 7, 2009

• Outrage Screening Twice in Miami This Month

  Outrage -- the documentary by Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick that explores the world of closeted homosexual politicians and casts Florida governor and Senate candidate Charlie Crist as its leading man -- is set to screen twice locally this month. The Miami Beach Cinematheque will premiere the film this Friday, July 17, at 9 p.m. Tickets cost ten dollars for nonmembers. The film's website lists a repeat showing Friday, July 31, at UM's Bill Cosford Cinema. Most of the film'

  July 14, 2009

• Volusia County GOP Censures Charlie Crist

  ​Some of the county-level Repulican party organizations have been mumbling not-so-nice things about Gov. Charlie Crist, but yesterday the Volusia County GOP passed a motion censuring him. Among Crist's crimes: Appointing Democrats to political positions, appointing so-called liberal judge James Perry to the state Supreme Court, supporting the stimulus bill, nationalization of property insurance (what?), supporting amnesty legislation, and not doing enough to support certain Repu

  August 3, 2009

• Mel Martinez Will Resign

  ​Woah, boy. Grumpy Sen. Mel Martinez has apparently had enough of this "serving the people" stuff. Several sources report he will resign, possibly as early as today. His term would expire in early 2011, and he had previously promised to serve the rest of it. But the race to replace him had already begun, with Gov. Charlie Crist as the current leader in polls and fundraising.Usually in Senate races where there's such a powerful early frontrunner such as Crist, there's not much drama. But the Fl

  August 7, 2009

• Who Will Charlie Crist Appoint to Replace Mel Martinez?

  Charlie Crist has the power​As long as I live, I don't think Florida will see a more chaotic election cycle than 2010. Now, Mel Martinez has thrown in another twist by resigning early, leaving the decision to pick his appointment to Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running to replace Martinez himself. Let's take a look at some of the names being floated around complete with our odds, which we calculated through the magic of "picking numbers at random that sounded sensible." Himself: I

  August 7, 2009

• Connie Mack Won't Take Senate Gig, But Clay Shaw Jr. Will

  The Florida Political blogosphere has exploded with Mel Martinez Madness, and the main symptom is wildly wondering who will replace him. We already put in our two cents, but here's the latest updates. Charlie Crist further confirms he won't appoint himself, but will have someone picked out by the time the Senate returns from its August recess. Though he has no favored candidates yet. [PoliPulse]Former Sen. Connie Mack says Crist asked him if he'd take the job, but he has no interest in it.

  August 7, 2009

• Two More Names Officially Added to Senate Shortlist

  ​Lincoln Diaz-Balart dropped out of contention yesterday, so Gov. Charlie Crist will interview two more possible candidates for Florida's temporary senator: Rep. Jennifer Carroll and University of North Florida President John Delaney. Carroll's name was first mentioned last week, and she is the first woman that Crist has publicly shown interest in for the seat. Originally born in Trinidad and a U.S. Navy vet, she was the first African-American female Republican to serve in

  August 19, 2009

• News Roundup

  A bunch of protesters came out this weekend against health care reform, and Charlie Crist called the bill a "cockamamie" idea. [CBS4]Erik Fresen, a Miami-are Rep who wants to be speaker of Florida's house one day, is facing foreclosure. [Herald]Heat player MIchael Beasley got what is probably the stupidest tattoo outside of Mr. Cool Ice, oh also there is a mysterious "baggie" in a photo he posted to Twitter. [NBCMiami]It's the first day of school today for public school children. [Herald]The Dol

  August 24, 2009

• Marco Rubio and Kendrick Meek Simply Do Not Care for This LeMieux Character

  ​Marco Rubio and Kendrick Meek have only a few things in common: They're both running for Senate. They'll both likely face Charlie Crist. They'll both likely lose to him. And now they both don't very much like George LeMieux's status as newly minted senator. Politically, this is just about the only thing you could ever expect them to agree on. Here's Rubio's reaction, in which he calls LeMieux Charlie Crist's BFF: "This is a disappointing appointment for Florida. George LeM

  August 28, 2009

• Is Charlie Crist Indoctrinating Our Children With Bland Moderatism?

  ​Normally politicians' Twitters are horrendously boring things. Dan Gelber's is no exception, except for about a minute ago when the state senator from Miami Beach and attorney general candidate roasted Charlie Crist, and in effect, RPOF chair Jim Greer.​​Crist visited Toussaint L'ouverture Elementary School today for a hurricane preparedness visit (with his real life lady wife). If you remember, Crist's handpicked party chair made national headlines earlier this month for labeling Preside

  September 16, 2009

• Crist Asks For A Grand Jury Investigation Into South Florida Shenanigans

  Memo to Miami politicos with dirt under your fingernails: It's time for that midnight flight to Bolivia. Just do it now.​The FBI fired the first warning shots earlier this month, busting three Broward politicians for corruption. Now, Gov. Charlie Crist wants a wide-ranging grand jury probe into the rest of South Florida's sordid political scene.Crist held a conference at 12:30 this afternoon, demanding that the Supreme Court convene a grand jury to look into political kickbacks in Miami and Br

  October 14, 2009

• Conservatives Dream About Charlie Crist Dropping Out of Senate Race

  The steady stream of right wingers trying to rain of Charlie Crist's parade continues, with some conservative have wet dreams of Crist switching races and retreating back to re-election to his Governor's seat.The chatter started with The Herald's political blog reporting that one, unnamed Crist supporter "speculated" that Crist might be considering a retreat, which lead to RedState.com's Erik Erickson, who calls the governor "Obama's favorite Republican," to pop a boner over the idea. He de

  October 16, 2009

• Dems Compliment Charlie Crist on his "Good Hair and Nice Tan," Blast Him on Everything Else

  Charlie Crist is such an upbeat fellow that I'm sure he'll appreciate the fact that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee just sent out an email touting the Gov's silver fox-ish good looks citing his "Good Hair and Nice Tan." He might be a little sad that it comes as part of a compliment sandwich with a whole lot of critical meat stuck between that white bread. The email, part of a series of fundraising messages entitled "The Rant," also notes that Forbes.com posted an article asking

  October 27, 2009

• Crist Denies Endorsing Stimulus Bill; Owns Up to Accepting Reality

  Capture of an anti-Crist ad paid for by the Club for Growth​Charlie Crist went on CNN yesterday and said that he didn't endorse the stimulus package. Huh? What? Riptide was there when he appeared with President Obama touting the stimulus in Ft. Myers. Even though the White House is claiming that he did in fact pretty much endorse the bill, Crist says he was just trying to make the best of a political reality. Here's what Crist said to the press today, via The Buzz: "The bill t

  November 5, 2009

• New Daily Kos Poll: Rubio Narrows Crist's GOP Lead Thanks to Birthers, Still Can't Beat Meek in General

  Daily Kos/Research 2000 just released their latest Florida poll, and there are a lot of interesting little poll number factoids to be pulled. Riptide tends to have some smart readers, so we won't recap the entire poll, but instead let's mine some of our favorite nuggets. The Senate Race:Republican Primary: Charlie Crist now only leads Marco Rubio by 10 points!73% of Republicans who think President Obama was born in America would vote for Crist, only 16% would vote for Rubio. These are

  November 19, 2009