Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist's Gay Marriage Reversal: Twitter Responds

Late Wednesday evening, Charlie Crist set off a small detonation in the political sphere by throwing his support behind gay marriage. Now, this wasn't exact a surprise. Since officially signing his Democrat papers six months ago, the former Florida governor has been slowly ditching his old Republica ... More >>

Charlie Crist Now Supports Gay Marriage

Well, that's a bit of a flip-flop. Charlie Crist, the former Republican-now-Democrat working overtime to make voters forget all about his past life, came out for marriage equality last night on his Facebook page. Right now it's political trendy for former gay marriage opponents ditch their old vie ... More >>

Is Charlie Crist Florida's Next Governor?

Charlie Crist, With Eye Toward Governor's Race, Embraces ObamaCare (So, For Reals, Forget What He Said Before)

Over several weeks in early 2010, then-Governor Crist unleashed a series of tweets condemning President Obama's prospective health care reform bill. To Crist -- yes, the other Crist -- enacting ObamaCare would only constitute "the beginning." He said "Americans deserve better than this." He launched ... More >>

How Barack Obama -- Charlie Crist's Greatest Weapon -- Will Ruin Crist

By now, it's pretty clear what's to happen. Charlie Crist is running for governor -- and, in a way, this has been obvious for some time. But it only became inescapably obvious a few days after Election Day. When Crist got a telephone call. It was from President Barack Obama. He thanked Crist -- who ... More >>

Charlie Crist Goes Full Democrat Finally, Officially, For Real This Time

After pretty much doing it unofficially over the last few years, former Florida governor Charlie Crist finally made his defection over to the Democrats over the weekend. The signs have been there for some time. -- In 2010, he left the Republican party in a failed attempt at U.S. Senate bid. -- Th ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: No Talk of Charlie Crist Getting a Cabinet Position in New Obama Administration

Charlie Crist, who jetted all over the state and nation in the days and weeks before Election Day, is not in line to snare any Cabinet positions in a new Obama administration -- at least, not that Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has heard. Sorry, Charlie. Can't get no love. The DNC chairper ... More >>

Charlie Crist: I Never Dated Jill Kelly's Sister

TAMPA BAY -- The unfolding Washington scandal that has already cost Gen. David Petreaus his job and may well do the same to General John Allen, just enveloped our former governor Charlie Crist. The Daily Telegraph of London has recently reported that Crist dated the identical twin sister of Jill Ke ... More >>

Obama's Bear-Hug Pizza Guy Hugs Charlie Crist

While at a Patrick Murphy fundraiser yesterday, Charlie Crist was asked about Scott Van Duzer's bear-hugging President Obama. And Crist expressed a strong desire to meet the man. "You know what?" Crist responded. "I wanted to stop by the guy's... Where is his place?" Crist, whose ousting from the ... More >>

Charlie Crist Goes Full Democrat at DNC (Still Isn't a Democrat)

Remember when Charlie Crist used to be a Republican? Well Charlie Crist does. And he thinks it used to be pretty great. And then Barack Obama went and hugged him and got his government take over stank all over Crist and ruined a perfectly good Republican. Because of this treachery, the GOP brande ... More >>

Charlie Crist Continues His Sticking It to the GOP Tour, Will Speak at DNC Next Week

Charlie Crist is really taking this Republicans suck thing seriously. Coming on the heels of his endorsement of Barack Obama, the former Republican governor is now slated to be a speaker at the Democratic National Convention next week in Charlotte. Shocking? YES. Except that, no. Crist might be ... More >>

Charlie Crist Formally Endorses Obama, Blasts GOP

With the RNC kicking off tomorrow -- instead of today (thanks to that freedom hating storm, Isaac!) -- rumors began to swirl that Charlie Crist was going to formally announce his change to the Democratic party in an op-ed piece for the Tampa Bay Times. Crist didn't technically announce his party c ... More >>

Charlie Crist Will Switch to Democrat, According To Rumors

See also: Dear Dems, Please Do Not Run Charlie Crist for GovernorIn probably what is the least-shocking news ever, former Governor Charlie Crist might be switching over to Democrat this week. Saint Petersblog's Peter Schorsch tweeted out that a rumor is going around the Republican National ... More >>

Charlie Crist Continues to Not Be Republican, Endorses Bill Nelson Over Connie Mack

Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is backing Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in the race for the Florida Senate in yet another instance of Crist's batting for the other team.Crist said yesterday, per the Tampa Bay Times, that he will be attending a fundraiser for Nelson at the home of promi ... More >>

Don't Be So Quick to Jump on the Latest "Charlie Crist Is Gay" Rumor

There's been plenty said about the sexual orientation of former Gov. Charlie Crist, but if you've been seeing headlines the past few days similar to the Huffington Post's "Charlie Crist Gay? Former Governor Allegedly Paid Men to Cover Up Affairs," take them with a grain of salt. The allegations aren ... More >>

Crist Has Risen -- Above Both Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, According to Poll

Charlie Crist​Former Gov. Charlie Crist is still in the good graces of Florida voters, according to what we swear is the last Sunshine State News poll we're publishing this week.Crist was the only one -- between himself and Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson -- to receive a favorable rating above 4 ... More >>

Poll: Conservatives Are the Anti-Crist; A Ham Sandwich Could Defeat Rick Scott for Governor

topix.comHam, a viable gubernatorial candidate.​As Gov. Rick Scott's disapproval rating keeps climbing, pollsters have run out of people to compare him with -- that's why Public Policy Polling says a hypothetical gubernatorial race between Scott and a ham sandwich would be a runaway for the lunch ... More >>

Should Charlie Crist Run for Governor Again?

Stew on that, Charlie.​We're fully aware of the journalistic rule that says if a headline ends in a question mark, the answer is "no." But humor this venture into the lands of political possibility, driven by desperate flight from the backward policies and reckless attitudes of Rick Scott, Florida ... More >>

Charlie Crist's Spring Break Adventure on Palm Beach: War Profiteer Wedding

Crist attended his frat brother's soiree at The Breakers.​Dear diary,Saturday night, Spring Break 2011.I was wandering the lavishly carpeted halls at The Breakers on Palm Beach, searching for a bar serving $14 cosmos. Ostentatiously heavy chandeliers lit each long, winding hall. I passed medieval- ... More >>

Don't They Look Happy Together?

​ During Obama's State of the Union speech last night, Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson sat together to show unity in light of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting.  But enough about our dysfunctional Congress, let's move onto our dysfunctional Florid ... More >>

Grand Jury Report Another Exercise in Futility

When ineffective governments lack the strength or wherewithal to act, there is only one thing left for them to do. They issue reports. After Rick Scott is sworn in as governor tomorrow, grand jury starter Crist will have more time to party​I can't say that the statewide gran ... More >>

Dirtiest Campaign Season Ever?

Charlie Crist Facebook Wild Art: Democratic state Rep. Ari Porth pays homage to Charlie Crist at a campaign stop in Century Village/Pembroke Pines a couple of weeks ago.   Not by a long shot. Capri​Let's get the weekend started right with a little political parody from ... More >>

Crist Bails on Holocaust Center, Nabs Kennedy and Schwarzenegger Endorsements

​Independent Senate hopeful Charlie Crist was scheduled to make an appearance at Hollywood's Holocaust Documentation and Education Center today but canceled yesterday. His campaign has apparently rescheduled the event multiple times. Meanwhile, Crist is in Deerfield Beach this morning to accept th ... More >>

Charlie Crist Sends Pitch Sailing in Giant Metaphor of His Campaign

Things already looked piss poor for Gov. Charlie Crist. The most recent poll had him down 12 points, and some speculated that Marco Rubio had the Senate race locked up.But Crist had political gold awaiting. The Tampa Bay Rays had invited the light-footed governor to throw out the first pitch in game ... More >>

It's a Small World After All: Republicans Use Audit of Jim Greer to Sabotage Charlie Crist

​They say that in every crisis, there's an opportunity. So it is with the Republican Party of Florida, scandalized by the sybaritic ways of its former chairman, Jim Greer, who's now facing charges of money laundering and fraud, a case that prompted a forensic audit of the party's books. And those ... More >>

Crist, Meek Dunce Meter: In Competition for Union Vote, Both Look Like Losers

Teamster Charlie.​As Election Day approaches, the three-way U.S. Senate race between Independent Charlie Crist, Republican Marco Rubio, and Democrat Kendrick Meek gets stranger by the minute. In today's installment, Crist and Meek both canceled a scheduled talk at the Kravis Center in West Palm Be ... More >>

Florida Liberals May Have to Plug Nose and Vote Crist to Keep Rubio From Winning

FlickrA vote for Meek may help Rubio take the Senate race.​Congressman Kendrick Meek has failed to galvanize the Democratic base, he failed to properly trounce wacky billionaire Jeff Greene, and now he may be abandoned by even the most die-hard Democrats, who may be leery of throwing him their vot ... More >>

Charlie Crist Nominates Self for the American Party

​Wouldn't it be great if American politics were as simple as Charlie Crist thinks it is? See the video after the jump. Crist is not a Republican. He's not a Democrat. He's an American. He can even spell the word!The ad is cynicism disguised as idealism. Crist pretends to appeal to our notions abou ... More >>

Newsweek Resurrects Charlie Crist's Campaign, Insults Florida Voters

This guy is really Florida's best hope?​Last week, just as his pissing match with the state Legislature over oil drilling in the Gulf reached ludicrous proportions, Charlie Crist got a big, wet boost to his Senate campaign from the national press.In a Newsweek article, "The Resurrection of Crist" ... More >>

Rubio Trying to Energize GOP Base Against Crist

We've entered the home stretch in the race for U.S. Senate, and Marco Rubio is neck-and-neck with Charlie Crist. Which of these jockeys can whip his horse into a higher gear in the three months before the election? The momentum is clearly on Crist's side, as evidenced by this week's profile of ... More >>

UPDATED: Why Does the South Florida Tea Party Agree With the New York Times?

The latest PR splash for the South Florida Tea Party pairs the conservative activists with a strange bedfellow, the New York Times.  Even weirder, the much-ridiculed protest group appears to have chosen a worthy cause.  Tomorrow, the activists plan to protest Charlie Crist's $536 million ... More >>

All Signs Point to Crist Veto of Pro-Life Bill

A bill that would require women in Florida to pay for an ultrasound before getting an abortion will tell us much about whether Charlie Crist the Republican has had major philosophical shifts since he became Charlie Crist the independent.If he vetoes it, Marco Rubio will brand Crist a hypocrite and s ... More >>

Greer Case More Proof That Crist Was a Magnet for Bad Guys

Flickr: linnette alissaAccording to the ​attorney for indicted former Republican Party Chair Jim Greer, both Charlie Crist and George LeMieux knew of Victory Strategies, the shell company to which Greer is accused of diverting party donations for his personal spending. Are you surprised? You shoul ... More >>

Crist Political Tidal Wave Powered by Oil Spill

I'm not saying that Charlie Crist is happy about the oil spill, but since it's happened anyway, Crist may as well use it to engineer a surge in the Senate race. This appearance yesterday on CBS This Morning was particularly strong for him. Wearing a polo that screams "volunteer," he gets to talk ab ... More >>

Rubio Hits Crist Over GOP Chair Scandal

We knew that was coming, didn't we? Marco Rubio borrows footage from a Sun-Sentinel editorial meeting with Charlie Crist to show how the governor defended Jim Greer even as it became evident that the Florida Republican Party chairman had been mishandling -- if not stealing -- party money.There shou ... More >>

Morning Juice: Prison for Bev Gallagher; Oil Nears Panhandle

​Here's a glance at what's in the local headlines:It's not quite the Miracle on the Hudson, but a small plane made a safe emergency landing in a field just short of the Fort Lauderdale airport's runway. It narrowly missed hitting a home. [WPLG-5]Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher ... More >>

UPDATED: Florida Bong Ban Passes (Does Not Puff Puff)

flickr.com​Despite organized opposition from smoke shop owners across the state, the Florida Senate passed a bill that will effectively shut down most headshops in the Sunshine State. Under the so-called "Bong Bill," the only shops allowed to sell water pipes will be stores where the sale of tobac ... More >>

[UPDATED] It's Splitsville for Charlie Crist's Broward Bromance

​While he was a Republican Senate candidate, Charlie Crist didn't have an inner circle so much as a triangle. And all three points on that triangle were from Broward County. George LeMieux, the governor's former chief of staff, whom Crist appointed to the U.S. Senate last August; Eric Eikenberg, w ... More >>

Meek to Use Elena Kagan to Siphon Moderate Votes from Crist

​The hard part of being the independent in a three-way race is that you can't always play it down the middle politically. Likely Democratic candidate for Senate Kendrick Meek is trying to force Charlie Crist's hand: Does Crist support the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan or not?In his Washi ... More >>

Rubio Campaign Lashes Crist for the "One Job" He Cares About

OK, so the housing bubble that exploded in Florida, then the world, may not entirely be Charlie Crist's fault. But that 12.3 percent unemployment figure in the state is just too enticing for Marco Rubio's campaign to resist, especially now that it's looking to keep Republican centrists from bolting ... More >>

Still No Takers on Crist Uncloseted Meme; Pundits Say Charlie Doesn't Need "Game-Changer"

​In a U.S. Senate race that has already had so many spectacular plot twists, can anyone blame me for hoping that the biggest shocker is yet to come? But for the Crist-Comes-Outta-the-Closet meme to take hold, it will take some brave pundits besides me to give him a helpful nudge.So with that in mi ... More >>

Obama's Crist Line Falls Flat at Correspondents' Dinner

You just knew that Charlie Crist would appear in a punch line during Obama's speech at the correspondents' dinner. It comes around the seven-minute mark of the video above. He and his speechwriters decided to merge that with a crack about the couple that crashed political parties last year. The tex ... More >>

"Maestro" Doesn't Like Charlie's New Tune

FlickrLeMieux's an expert on self-preservation, much like his star pupil, Crist.​The friendship between Charlie Crist and his chief handler, Broward native George LeMieux appears to be one of the casualties of the 2010 Senate race. Today LeMieux, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Crist last ... More >>

No Time Like Present for Crist to Come Out of Closet

Flickr: Linnette Alissa​If Charlie Crist is closeted gay -- and New Times' Bob Norman has compiled lots of circumstantial evidence to suggest that's the case, despite Crist's past denials -- then his departure from the GOP removes perhaps the biggest political obstacle to coming out of the closet. ... More >>

Live-Blogging Crist's Independence Day

Sorry, that's the best we could do for a dramatic video lead-in on such short notice. Anyway, Charlie Crist's about ready to step to the mic and make it official. Follow us after the jump for the MSNBC feed and commentary.

Would Crist Be to Republicans What Lieberman Is to Democrats?

The Crist-Rubio discussion comes in around the 1:45 mark. There really are similarities between the decision facing Charlie Crist and the one that Sen. Joe Lieberman faced in 2006 after he lost the Democrat primary. Of course, Lieberman opted to run as a third-party candidate, winning the general e ... More >>