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Charlie Crist stories: 39 news summaries

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'Tea Party' to Fight Dozen GOP Candidates in 2010

Conservatives taking aim at moderates

Nov 3, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - This election cycle could herald all-out war between far-right conservatives and the Republican establishment. Empowered by their success in pushing the GOP candidate out of the race in New York’s 23rd District, tea party activists and their allies plan to launch primary challenges against more than a dozen GOP... More »

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conservative • Charlie Crist • Bob Bennett • conservative base • Dick Armey • Rob Simmons • tea parties • Mark Kirk • Tea Party

Mutiny!

 Conservatives 
 Declare War on GOP 

New York race just the beginning, activists say

Nov 2, 09 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - The conservative coup in New York’s special election shows just how little control the GOP has over the ascendant tea party movement—it's a mutiny, and it's just gaining steam, activists say. The folks who helped push Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the race in favor of conservative Doug... More »

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Republican • conservative • Charlie Crist • conservative base • conservative movement • Tea Party • Doug Hoffman • Dede Scozzafava • 23rd District • election day November 2009

 Crist Names Aide to Senate 

LeMieux is the Florida governor's former chief of staff

Aug 28, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist has appointed his former campaign manager and chief of staff to fill the Senate seat of Mel Martinez, MSNBC reports. George LeMieux will represent the state until next year's election, when Crist himself will vie for the GOP nod. “George is bright, capable, and an... More »

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Florida • Senate • Charlie Crist • Mel Martinez • governor • Election 2010 • political appointment • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee • George LeMieux

 Florida Sen. 
 Martinez 
 to Resign: 
 Insiders 

Announcement could come today

Aug 7, 09 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Sen. Mel Martinez will resign, perhaps as soon as today, sources tell the Miami Herald. “It's a deeply personal decision that he will expand on later today. He decided it's time to move to another stage of his life,” one said. The Republican has previously refuted word... More »

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Florida • Republican • resignation • Charlie Crist • Mel Martinez • senator

(Newser) - As the 2010 election nears, GOP senatorial candidates are seeing a bump in campaign donations, the Washington Post reports. FEC filings show that in Florida, for instance, Charlie Crist pulled in $4.3 million in the second quarter, almost 4 times as much as his leading Democratic rival. Roy Blunt... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Republican Party • Charlie Crist • candidate • campaign fundraising • Election 2010

(Newser) - With Florida’s python population exploding, state wildlife officials are going on the offensive, hiring a team of trained hunters to track down the alarmingly large snakes and take them out, the Miami Herald reports. “There’s one way to do this: kill the snakes,” says Florida Sen.... More »

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Florida • snakes • hunting • Charlie Crist • Bill Nelson • Everglades • pythons

Palin Called GOP Bigwigs Before Quitting

Phone records
reveal chats with Cheney, Giuliani

Jul 7, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin spoke to several top Republicans in the weeks before her resignation, ABC News reports. An open-records request finds that in May, Palin was on the phone to Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, and Charlie Crist, among others. A spokeswoman said that Cheney had been talking about an upcoming vacation... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Dick Cheney • Republican • resignation • Republican Party • Charlie Crist • governor • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - With his moderate reputation and warm personal style, Charlie Crist’s Senate candidacy ought to be just what the doctor ordered for Republicans. But the party’s right wing is looking the gift horse in the mouth, writes EJ Dionne of the Washington Post. Conservatives have long distrusted Crist,... More »

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conservative • Republican Party • Charlie Crist • Senate race • Marco Rubio

 Crist to Kick Off Senate Run 


May 11, 09 7:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is, indeed, planning to run for the Senate in 2010, the Miami Herald reports, and will announce his candidacy at a “low key” event tomorrow in Tallahassee. “He loves being governor,” says his former chief-of-staff, “but he also realizes that Florida’... More »

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Florida • Republican • Senate • Charlie Crist • governor

Film Outs Pols, Draws Fire From All Sides

Documentary that targets Crist has even gay groups worried

May 8, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Outrage isn’t a conventional summer blockbuster, but its central aim will surely prove explosive: outing prominent politicians who have opposed gay causes. “It’s the responsibility of journalists and filmmakers to report on hypocrisy wherever they see it,” director Kirby Dick told the San Francisco Chronicle. His... More »

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entertainment • homophobia • GOP • Charlie Crist • Ed Koch • homosexual • Republicans • politicians • Kirby Dick

ANALYSIS

 GOP Looks to Centrists for 2010 

Candidates should 'fit their states': Cornyn

May 7, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the GOP eyes 2010, it’s turning to centrist candidates to restore its health—despite a “good riddance” attitude to the departure of moderate Arlen Specter, Politico reports. “I’m absolutely committed to recruiting candidates around the country that fit their states,” said National Republican Senatorial... More »

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Congress • Joe Biden • Arlen Specter • John Cornyn • Charlie Crist • centrist • moderate • President Obama • Election 2010 • Michael Castle

(Newser) - A dozen years of prosecutions against Florida slave-holders still hasn't convinced Gov. Charlie Crist to back the cause—but he better, Barry Estabrook writes in Gourmet. Advocacy groups, who have tried for 2 years to meet with him, now threaten to re-enact slavery abuses in the state’s capital.... More »

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Florida • tomatoes • Charlie Crist • slavery • governor • farm workers • Immokalee • forced labor

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Governator: Obama Needs 'Team Players'

Calls out fellow GOP
as McConnell calls for fast Burris hearing

Feb 22, 09 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging politicians of all political stripes to line up behind President Obama. “I feel very strongly that President Obama right now needs team players,” the California governor told ABC’s This Week, noting that partisan wrangling creates “insecurity.” Schwarzenegger also called his fellow... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • Mitch McConnell • Tim Pawlenty • Charlie Crist • Bobby Jindal • Haley Barbour • Roland Burris

GOP Guvs Break With Party on Obama Stimulus

Desperate for cash, they embrace measure DC counterparts spurn

Feb 17, 09 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s relationship with DC Republicans is on the rocks, but he couldn’t be getting along better with GOP governors, reports the New York Times. Why? Follow the money. Struggling to balance their budgets, the governors don’t care which party help comes from. “The essence of... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Vermont • Pennsylvania • Connecticut • Ed Rendell • Charlie Crist • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • National Governors Association • state budgets • Jim Douglas • Jodi Rell

(Newser) - Florida's GOP Gov. Charlie Crist is mulling a 2010 Senate run that would put him within range of the Oval Office in 2012, the Washington Post reports. But he faces a crowded field when one-term Sen. Mel Martinez steps down: A host of state lawmakers have tossed in... More »

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Florida • Congress • Republican • Senate • Charlie Crist • Mel Martinez • governor • vacancy • 2010 election • Election 2012

 Fla. Gov Marries Amid Protests 

Gays slam marriage ban as Crist weds New York socialite

Dec 13, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist married socialite Carole Rome last night as hundreds of people protested outside, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Most were from a group outraged by the governor’s support of Florida’s gay marriage ban, passed last month. Others protested the death of a St. Petersburg teen... More »

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Florida • gay marriage • marriage • protests • wedding • Charlie Crist • governor

Home for the Holidays: Florida Mulls Foreclosure Ban

Governor wants holiday moratorium

Nov 25, 08 4:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is considering a Christmastime moratorium on home foreclosures similar to the 90-day halt urged by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, reports the Tallahassee Democrat. Crist is unsure whether he has the legal authority to impose a moratorium. He may have to negotiate a halt with the state's... More »

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foreclosure • Charlie Crist • moratorium • subprime crisis • banks

 Buyout Bid Threatens 
 Everglades Protection Plan 

Farming company offers to buy US Sugar

Nov 21, 08 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A possible new bid has thrown a wrench into the state of Florida's plan to buy most of US Sugar's land for $1.34 billion and use it to help restore the Everglades, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Lawrence Group, which has tried twice before to buy US Sugar,... More »

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Florida • Charlie Crist • Everglades • Lake Okeechobee • U.S. Sugar Corporation • Lawrence Group

2012 Campaign Gets Under Way

Huckabee, Jindal among possible GOP candidates hitting trail
in Iowa, elsewhere

Nov 10, 08 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Likely candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination are playing it cool, but their feet tell a different story, Jonathan Martin writes for Politico. Mike Huckabee, for example, says 2012 is “way too far away” to think about, but his book tour has lots of stops in Iowa and... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • GOP • Mike Huckabee • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Charlie Crist • Bobby Jindal • Republican presidential primaries • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

 Florida Extends 
 Early Voting Hours 

Governor makes move to cut down on hours-long lines

Oct 29, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist decreed yesterday that early-voting locations stay open 12 hours a day instead of the usual eight, in an attempt to address hours-long lines at many polling places, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Crist's failure to consult with his party's leadership has ruffled some Republican feathers, but the... More »

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Florida • voting • Charlie Crist • Election 2008 • Florida voting • early voting • polling places

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