Is Charlie Crist's campaign already seeing trouble?
Bill Hyers, the Democratic strategist who managedBill De Blasios campaign in New York City and who was expected to manageCharlie Crists 2014 campaign for governor, is calling it quits on Crist's campaign before he even began the job.Details of the Hyers' departure were unclear as of Tuesday evening, but he hadnt actually begun to work in the Sunshine State.
I never started, and ended up just deciding to stay in NYC. Great town, Hyerstold New York Magazine.
Crist, who announced last month that he'd be running for his old job, attempted to downplay Hyers departure.
Its early. Our campaign structure is still coming together. Bill wanted to stay in New York because it was good for him, said Crist in a statement.
But just last month, Crist had no reservations about Hyers' post, introducing him at a fundraiser at The Forge in Miami Beach,as "my campaign manager."
Hyers was actually in the process of getting a rental in St. Petersburg and talked Crist up quite a bit, saying he believed he was a good Democrat.
Republicans wasted no time in pouncing upon Hyers' departure as an indication for problems in Crist's camp.
"Charlie Crists campaign seems to be headed in the same direction he took Florida as governor down and out, said the Republican Governors Association in a press release.
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