Bobby Jindal: 'Charlie Crist was a Failure as Governor'

With former Gov. Charlie Crist announcing on Monday that he was running for his old job in 2014, this time as a Democrat, Republicans at the national level turned to Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana to take aim at the new candidate. Jindal is the chairman of the Republican Governors Association and a possible presidential candidate in 2016.

Charlie Crist was a failure as governor and is a pure political opportunist who is out for himself, Jindal said on Monday. "Under Crist, Florida lost over 800,000 jobs, saw their unemployment rate surge from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent, and experienced a budgetary crisis that left the state sinking faster and faster. And when the going got tough, Charlie dropped his rifle, abandoned his post, and ran away from the people of Florida. If you like losing jobs and are looking for a politician who blows with the wind, Charlie Crist is your guy. Senator Marco Rubio said it best: I dont know of anyone who in over a decade has run as a Republican, an Independent and a Democrat. Hes running out of parties.