Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Podcast: Charlie Crist Announces and Election Night 2013
On this edition of the Florida Squeeze podcast Kartik Krishnaiyer, Steven Kurlander, Ryan Ray and Justin Snyder discuss a potpourri of topics including: Charlie Crist’s announcement of his candidacy for Governor. What is the future of Nan Rich’s campaign? Will moderate Republicans abandon Rick Scott? Mayor Bill Foster ousted in St Petersburg by Rick Kriseman. […]
Throwback Tuesday: Charlie Crist, tobacco money, children’s health and the Lawton Chiles Endowment
With the state in a hopeless budget situation thanks to Republican economic policies and a global recession in late 2008 Governor Charlie Crist proposed raiding the Lawton Chiles Endowment which was running a surplus. Mark Caputo and Steve Bousquet had the report at the time about the situation and a potential Chiles family lawsuit: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/12/06/57247/ex-gov-chiles-family-threatens.html […]
Born again liberal?: Charlie Crist throws down the gauntlet to Florida Republicans in impressive fashion
I was expecting the RPOF to declare it a speech lifted from the pages of the Communist Manifesto. Charlie Crist’s record of conservatism and moderation went out the window in today’s Gubernatorial bid announcement speech in St Petersburg. Crist’s fiery rhetoric and clear courting of activist liberals was a surprise to some. Many expected Crist […]
Florida GOP trolling Charlie Crist with ineffective new website
Unlike the Floridadems.com site which is cleverly packaged the new RPOF anti-Crist site isn’t clever or cute. It is simply nasty. In fact the site which doesn’t have a memorable URL or any worthwhile content (yet) is probably best ignoring, which we will do until something worthwhile is on it.
Could Charlie Crist be Florida Democrats Wendell Willkie?
Editors Note: This article was run in August but due to popular demand and the timeliness of the issues related to this piece we are rerunning it today. The potential Florida Democrats nomination of Charlie Crist is not without precedent or parallel in the annals of American political history. Once upon a time a political […]
On Charlie Crist, Ideology, Governor’s Races recent history and failed Florida Democrats
Former Governor Charlie Crist has filed his paperwork to return to the Governor’s mansion but this time as a Democrat. His announcement has been met with great fanfare by many Democrats desperate after years in the wilderness at the state level. We’re told Charlie Crist will beat Rick Scott and his opponent Nan Rich, cannot. […]
The Crist Files: Charlie Crist and Guns…A Sorry History
As we continue our detailed look at the career of Governor Charlie Crist we shift our focus to guns and access to guns. Governor Crist has indicated on any number of issues that he has “evolved” rapidly in his thinking while not being pinned down specifically on most matters. Crist claimed after Newtown that he […]
The Crist Files: When Republican Charlie Crist took on Jeb Bush and the GOP
As we continue our look at former Governor Charlie Crist it is important to note that while a partisan Republican for much of his time in office, he did take on his party on some issues. The GOP finally gained the Attorney General’s office for the first time post reconstruction in 2002. That year a […]
Remembering Snow in Florida
Wikipedia this week had “Snow in Florida” as one of its featured articles. Personally, I remember many of these days and have stories about many of the rest.
The Florida Squeeze 