Gov. Charlie Crist angered his former fellow Republicans with high-profile -- and highly politicized -- vetoes of an ultrasound abortion bill and teacher performance pay.
But eight other Crist vetoes jilted businesses or agriculture, or just contradicted previously stated positions, with potentially damaging impacts to Floridians and the state's economy.
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, is loving this talking point from Chris Matthews. On MSNBCs Morning Joe on Tuesday, Matthews predicted that independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist, who left the Republicans in August, will caucus with the Democrats if elected in November.
The Rubio team is already forwarding the clip with the following message:
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Is a Republican tidal wave coming in November? Maybe -- and if there is, it will be more likely to impact the states than Washington.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene spent Monday campaigning in Liberty City -- the old stomping ground of former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, the mother of his chief rival in the U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek. As has been his style throughout the campaign, Greene tore into Meek as an infective career politician.
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After a long Independence Day weekend, politicians in two of the closest races in Florida are hitting the campaign trail hard as they ramp up efforts before the Aug. 24 primaries.
The close contest for the Republican gubernatorial nomination between Attorney General Bill McCollum and health care executive Rick Scott took center stage Tuesday morning.
The South Florida Tea Party and more than a dozen other Tea groups are calling on the South Florida Water Management District to reject the Everglades-U.S. Sugar "bailout."
"The deal leaves a bad taste in the mouth of taxpayers and environmentalists," said Everett Wilkinson, the Palm Beach Gardens-based chairman of the South Florida Tea Party.
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Gov. Charlie Crist could be working both sides of the Jim Greer case if and when the disgraced state GOP chairman goes to trial.
A Greer attorney said on Monday that he will call Crist as a defense witness.
Last week, the statewide prosecutor's office listed the governor among its potential witnesses.
Neither scenario is surprising, given that Crist appointed Greer to chair the state party and that the governor's name was cited 62 times in the investigative report.
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GAETZ COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT SPILL LEGISLATION
A Senate committee will consider tax relief for property owners affected by the oil spill later this month, along with other possible legislative changes reacting to the crisis.
As if Florida doesn't have enough problems with Gulf oil, here come Cuba, Spain and the Chinese, ready to drill 60 miles off Key West.
As reported in the Wall Street Journal, Cuba's offshore drilling venture will cover tracts just south of the loop current that wraps around the Florida peninsula.
"A spill there, even one significantly smaller than the continuing BP spill, could turn into an economic and environmental disaster for Florida," the article states.
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Daniel Webster's dictionary defines the word "emergency" like this: "crisis, accident, unforeseen climax, clutch."
