Former Republican Charlie Crist to support Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in Florida

by Welshtaff Posted 2012/08/02 01:56:54

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By Rachel Rose Hartman, Yahoo!
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It seems Charlie Crist has shed any last vestiges of his former
Republican Party affiliation.

The former Florida governor is
planning to back Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson this year, the Associated Press
reported Wednesday.

"Crist said Wednesday that he will attend
an upcoming fundraiser for the Democratic incumbent that will be held at the
home of trial lawyer John Morgan," reports Brendan Farrington, who added that
Bill Clinton is also scheduled to attend. Crist is currently employed by
Morgan's law firm, Morgan & Morgan.

Crist was elected governor as a Republican
in 2006 and chose to run for U.S. Senate instead of for re-election in 2010.
After polls showed him significantly trailing Marco Rubio in the Republican
primary, Crist in May of 2010 changed his affiliation to "non party affiliated"
and focused on the general election. Crist lost to Rubio in November and has
since remained out of politics.

Rep. Connie Mack
is widely regarded as the Republican front-runner in the race to take on Nelson
following decisions by former
U.S. Sen. George LeMieux and other candidates to drop out of the Republican
contest. Former Rep. Dave Weldon has continued campaigning against
Mack.

NPC 2012/08/02 02:10:13

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This is the reason that Crist is no longer Governor of FL.
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damnyoumaggot 2012/08/03 15:50:23

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Callaway 2012/08/03 02:30:45

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Now all they need is for Lil Mikey Bloomberg, John McCain and a few more to finally do their own reveal and it will rid ourselves of these Rino phoneys.

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bill 2012/08/03 01:47:18

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So Charlie has finally gone home.

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MarinerFH 2012/08/03 01:41:28

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I live in Florida and Charlie Crist is for Charlie Crist and no one else.

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Beccy 2012/08/03 00:53:19

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What a throught the glass darkly period we live in.

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Mrs. maggot 2012/08/03 00:28:27

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In my eyes, Charlie Crist is the lowest bottom feeder of them all.

He is employed by Morgan and Morgan

Their ad says they are "for the people"

They are for themselves, and huge Obama supporters

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Leasheryn/Lady Willpower 2012/08/03 00:21:16

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Oh Good Lord!

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sglmom 2012/08/02 03:21:37

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SLIME ..
(and that's being polite here)
There's a REASON Crist was given the BOOT ..
why he failed at a run for the Senate before too ..
TIME To retire his rear ..
and let's also check his personal 'dealings' ..
there's 'shady' there that begs for investigations ..

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Ken 2012/08/02 02:48:40

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Kiss of death for Nelson.

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Ron the Realist 2012/08/02 02:41:38

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Heh-heh

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NPC 2012/08/02 02:10:13

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This is the reason that Crist is no longer Governor of FL.

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Welshtaff 2012/08/02 01:59:45

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It figures Flip Flop Charlie Crist, Bubba Bill Clinton all backing Nelson who was the deciding vote on the health care plan. Nelson needs to go, he's been in office too long.

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