Florida waits to see whether Crist will stay Republican or go independent

[TomCADem]

Source: Washington Post

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has become the star of his own personal soap opera.

Will he abandon his faltering bid for the Republican nomination for the Senate and run as an independent? Will he, playing good soldier, quietly step to the sidelines and live to fight another day? Will he stay and fight against Marco Rubio, the charismatic young Cuban American who has captured the hearts of conservatives around the country?

The answer will come this week. The national implications are clear. Should Crist quit the Republican primary and run for the Senate under the "no party affiliation" banner, Florida will become ground zero for a test of whether voters in a state that plays a crucial role in presidential politics see the Republican Party as having been captured by its right wing.

If Crist goes the independent route, his decision will be interpreted as the most significant example yet of the "tea party" takeover of the GOP, given the early and enthusiastic support Rubio received from that movement's activists and supporters.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/24/AR2010042401227.html?hpid=topnews

[Zambero]

1. Crist could be the "Spoiler" in a 3-way race

Whatever it takes to keep Boobio out of the Senate

[madmax]

2. I hope he stays in

Several of my husbands cousins live in Miami, Tampa/St.Pete. Cubans, natch. We can't stand them, lol. Damn, Republicans, every last one. When we visit it's a friggen nightmare.

[Democat]

3. Christ may have a chance if he runs Independent!

Let's hope he does.

[totodeinhere]

4. I hope he stays in too for strategic reasons. However I still support Meek.

It is fun to see the other side involved in this food fight. But lets face it, Meek would make a much better senator than either one of the other two.

[ngant17]

8. I would normally vote Dem

but I can now consider the possibility of voting NPA for Crist.

No way I would vote Repug. They would destroy this state in no time short. Oil rigs and spills off all the beaches, tar balls on your feet and in the beach sand. Land developers will run amok again, shopping mall expansions, wall-to-wall condos from Jax to Key West. No more public access to the parks and beaches. Everything gets privatized and controlled by their rich contributors. A never-ending nightmare. How they got control of the House and Senate so far is beyond me.

At least we still have Grayson in Central Fla.!

[peace frog]

5. I hope Crist runs as an Independent

just to see Rubio get his teabagger ass handed to him, but I will vote for Meeks in any event.

[Iliyah]

6. Just to

piss off the mighty GOP army would be so fun to watch - LOL

[RedCloud]

7. Change your first name to Jesus to confuse the religious rabble vote.