Charlie Crist's orange-y skin tone proves he's not someone who's afraid of the bright lights, but he completely got overshadowed at the Republican Governor's Conference.
A recent Ramussen poll, taken before the conference, showed Crist coming in dead last in a completely speculative competition for the 2012 nomination, with only 1% of Republicans favoring him over any of the other listed candidates, including fellow governors or former governors like Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney,
via For Your PartyCrazy Straws, get it? The Conservative Political Action Conference is taking place in Washington, DC this week and has already been dubbed the "the comedy festival of the year!" Noted public intellectuals (and more than a few 2012 hopefuls) like Ron Paul, Michelle Bachman, Newt Gingrich, and the Anti-Crist himself, Bobby Jindal will or have addressed the conference, but the keynote speaker is sad radio clown Rush Limbaugh. Charlie Crist wisely decided to steer clear of the affa
via CPBlotterThe Minnesota Supreme Court has unanimously declared Al Franken the winner of the 2008 Minnesota Senate race. Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty is widely expected to certify the results and send the SNL-alum to the highest legislative body in the land. The win will give Democrats a filibuster proof 60 seat majority in the Senate. Update: Politico reports Franken's opponent Norm Coleman has conceded. The eight month battle over the results rival
The atmosphere at the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Miami last November during the Republican Governor's Conference was hopeful. The GOP governors where the only national wing of the party to actually gain membership in the 2008 election, and the line was it was they who would bring their party back on track, emerge as the leadership that Republicans so badly needed, and it was quite possible that one of their members would challenge Barack Obama for the presid
