Category Charlie Crist
Adrian Wyllie and the Rise of Non-Party Voters
Last week’s Q-poll had one big surprise: Adrian Wyllie, the libertarian candidate for Governor, got 9% of the vote in the most recent poll. This puts Crist and Scott at a virtual tie, with Crist taking more of a blow due in the non-party candidate side. There were several colorful articles about it: I particularly enjoy […]
Poll: How Will Nan Rich Fare in the Democratic Primary?
Nan Rich has decided to continue her candidate for Governor despite what appear to outsiders to be incredibly long odds. Her persistence is admirable but in the minds of most futile. The poll question below asks what percentage of the Democratic Primary vote will Rich receive in her race against Governor Charlie Crist. Leave comments […]
Annette Taddeo, Charlie Crist, Nan Rich, and the Democratic Base
This week Charlie Crist announced Annette Taddeo as his pick for Lieutenant Governor and running mate. Now, it has been clear for a while that Taddeo was a logical choice for Crist. While everyone was aware of his desire to appoint Dan Gelber to the position, the changing demographics of voters has come to mean […]
Monday Musings: Carole Crist, Flying over a War Zone, Money in the Governor’s Race, Rick Scott Fundraising at GEO Group Chief Executive Home, How Safe are Florida’s Roads & Bridges?
Where is Carole Crist? Her husband is running for Govenor and she’s no where to be seen. Granted, the RPOF seems to be asking for her tax returns in a ridiculous call for transparency, but it still seems like she could come out and campaign more actively. Even though family members are supposed to be […]
Thoughts on This Week’s Internet Buzz About Crist “Scandals”
This past week three different reports most notably this one from the Sunshine State News have surfaced linking Governor Charlie Crist to Nigerian Oil Executive Onajite Okoloko. This is reminiscent of the stories that surfaced in the 1998 Governor’s Campaign that linked Jeb Bush to Nigerian businesses. Like that story, this unlikely to make much of […]
Poll: How would you describe Charlie Crist’s Ideology?
Charlie Crist has been described as “all things to all people,” a conservative, a populist, a liberal, an opportunist. Today we are giving TFS readers an opportunity to have a say on how they would describe Governor Crist’s ideology. Vote in the below poll and leave comments in the thread below.
Charlie Crist and Florida’s Shrinking Middle Ground
For decades from the 1960s up to the mid 1990s, the political strategy for both parties has been to find a moderate candidates that can appeal both sides of the aisle. This began to fade with Newt Gingrich’s Republican Revolution in the house in 1994 and the rise of hyper-partisanship, yet the polarization has taken […]
Wednesday Open Thread: LG Choices
This week on the open thread we’d love to hear readers suggestions for who should be Charlie Crist’s running mate for Lieutenant Governor. Under the current state law, Governor Crist can wait until just after the primary to make his choice. The old state law which was changed in the mid 1990s dictated that all […]
Charlie Crist releases TV spot and strikes a positive note
Governor Crist’s first television ad which begins to air in certain Florida media markets today is sunny side up look at Florida. I love that Governor Crist begins the ad with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the signature symbol of this state and takes a positive tone throughout the 30 second spot. Unlike his opponent who […]
Poll Results: Should Nan Rich Drop Out of the Governor’s Race?
Almost 1.300 TFS readers voted in our poll this week (which has now been closed) and the results could not be tighter. A slight majority of you believed that former Senate Minority Leader Nan Rich should continue in the Governor’s race. Former Governor Charlie Crist has what appears to be an overwhelming lead in the […]
The Florida Squeeze 