Charlie Crist Hits Rick Scott on Education in New Ad

Former Gov. Charlie Crist, the favorite for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in next months primary despite spending most of his political career in the GOP, launched a new television ad on Wednesday, hitting Gov. Rick Scott on education.

Doorway is about our schools -- because if we want to build a better Florida, we need to start with our kids, Crist insisted on Wednesday. Rick Scott cut education spending by $1.3 billion, hurting their chances at a better future. How can he sleep at night?

Florida Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, the chairman of Scott's campaign, quickly fired back.

"Instead of releasing an education policy he said would be ready by June, Charlie Crist is resorting to more false attacks against Governor Scott, Thrasher said. It was Crist who slashed state education funding by $550 per student. Rick Scott has cleaned up his predecessors mess, funding schools $370 more per student in state funds than Crists last budget. Charlie Crists fuzzy math wont fool Floridians."