Category Charlie Crist
PPP Poll: Charlie Crist Lead Over Rick Scott Dwindles To Just 2 Points, 65% Approve Medical Marijuana, 62% Approve Min. Wage Hike
Yes it’s 10 months before the general election, and yes, there’s still a primary to be won on the Democratic side. But, as one Florida reporter told me recently, it ain’t the bottom line – it’s the trend. Charlie Crist’s lead over incumbent tea party Governor Rick Scott is in freefall. The last time Public […]
Charlie Crist Controversy in new Netflix Documentary Reports CNN
CNN’s Peter Hamby is reporting a new Netflix film about Mitt Romney due out on Friday will do Charlie Crist no favors. “Mitt,” features the candidate’s son, Tag discussing Crist’s endorsement of John McCain during the initial tight 2008 nomination fight. Crist endorsed McCain two days before the Florida Primary. “Charlie Crist had promised my […]
Voting for Charlie Crist…is it rational?
Editors Note: Dave Trotter the former Publisher of The Political Hurricane will be providing occasional articles for TFS. Mr. Trotter and myself have had some well documented differences of opinion and let me assure those who have been the subject of what they feel are personal attacks in the past from Mr. Trotter that sort […]
The Crist Files: Crist on Energy Production, Green Technology
Governor Rick Scott’s views on Renewable Energy have been clear. Like most conservative modern Republicans the Governor feels that significant efforts to promote green energy and other renewable energy “inhibits business.” In 2011 soon after taking office Governor Scott proposed lowering energy efficiency standards (Miami Hearld, June 23, 2011) Scott’s likely Democratic opponent, former Governor Charlie […]
Politico: Jim Messina to Aid Charlie Crist
RT to help me welcome @Messina2012 to the People’s Team. Join us at http://t.co/ayqK33oCzS. — Charlie Crist (@CharlieCristFL) January 21, 2014 Politico broke the news earlier tonight. Messina’s addition gives Crist’s campaign, which has been in the eyes of some observers slow out of the gate, instant national credibility.
The Crist Files: Crist and the Environment as Governor
During Charlie Crist’s previous tenure as Governor he irked many of his fellow Republicans with his advocacy of environmental protection. Time and again Crist defied his party on the environment , though I still feel he could have been stronger particularly on water issues which have the potential to overwhelm Florida’s politicians in the next […]
The Crist Files: Crist’s Tobacco and Medicaid History…Republican Partisanship and Flip Flopping
As I have discussed repeatedly on this website, much of the reason I distrust Charlie Crist is due to the hostility for partisan reasons he demonstrated towards Lawton Chiles and Bob Butterworth when the State of Florida was recouping taxpayer money spent on Medicaid by suing Big Tobacco. For those who weren’t around in the […]
Could Charlie Crist wake Florida Democrats up to economic reality?
As Florida Democrats gear up for the 2014 Election cycle, the party continues to stumble with its economic messaging, lacking consistency and conviction in discussing the issues that impact the lives of everyday Floridians. While many Democratic activists and political operatives connected to the party’s messaging are very forthright and aggressive when putting forward views […]
Florida GOP tax breaks do not always add up
Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald ran an earth shattering investigation into Governor Rick Scott’s failure to bring more jobs to the state of Florida. As we’ve noted regularly on this site, the type of middle-wage and high-wage professional jobs that Florida needs have tended to not transpire under the leadership of our […]
The Florida Squeeze 