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Charlie Crist Delenda Est

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 21st, 2009 at 09:35 AM  | 

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Charlie Crist may be well tanned, but he cannot be well rested. After the Chamber of Commerce dropped a nuke into the race this past weekend by leaking polling results showing Rubio has cut significantly into Charlie Crist’s lead, we have a new public poll.

Governor Charlie Crist of Florida, running in a Republican Primary against Florida’s former Speaker of the House, is looking to go the way of Dede Scozzafava. That tan of his is just the color change before char.

The Rubio campaign notes:

Gov. Charlie Crist’s lead over former state house speaker Marco Rubio in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary has been cut in half from 55 – 26 percent to 50 – 35 percent…

Among Republicans, 44 percent view Rubio favorably, 3 percent unfavorably, up from 24 – 6 percent August 19. But fully half don’t know enough about him to have an opinion. Filling in that blank slate for that half of GOP voters – positively by Rubio and negatively by Crist – will decide the nomination.

So that’s where Charlie will go. Instead of saying why people should vote for him, he’ll try to make the case that people should not vote for Marco Rubio.

Here’s all you need to remember from Daily Kos:

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  • ufgator

    In order to STOP Obama we must have strong conservatives, like Marco Rubio, fighting for us in Washington. Charlie Crist publically supported Obama’s stimulus, supports cap and trade, and appointed a liberal democrat to the Florida Supreme Court. Even if you do not live in Florida, PLEASE consider contributing to Marco Rubio’s campaign. We cannot stop Obama with another RINO in Washington.

  • RedBeard

    Still need to get a Rubio sticker. It goes directly below the Gadsden flag on the rear window of my Cowboy Cadillac.

  • Darin_H

    We’re getting our driver licenses, plates and voter registration on Friday. Can’t wait for the primary.

  • nelsa

    The Rubio campaign launched two new great web ads today:
    http://voterubio2010.blogspot.com/2009/10/marco-rubio-campaign-launches-two-new.html

    And to upstage the Q poll, Rasmussen just released a poll showing Crist under 50% for the first time.

    http://voterubio2010.blogspot.com/2009/10/crist-drops-below-50-in-florida-senate.html

  • scarlos

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/florida/election_2010_florida_senate

    Rubio does better against the likely Democratic candidate than Crist does, winning by 15 points to Crist’s 12.

    Also, Crist’s lead has been decreasing every month, going from 21 in June to 19 in August to 12 now, while Rubio’s has increased from 13 in August to 15 now.

    In other words, the “Moderate” Candidate does worse than the principled Conservative.

  • http://www.yahoo.com/?fr=fptb-msgr blessed

    WHEN YOUR UP YOUR OUT WE TOLD YOU WHAT PART OF OUT DON’T YOU GET. PINK SLIP ON THE WAY ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS WHO WILL BE JOINING YOU ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE.

  • sapwolf

    Charlie is gay. How did he get that far in the GOP in Florida?

    And don’t say he isn’t. I have one uncle dead of AIDS and another one who is gay. I shook the guys hand and made eye contact. I’m from the SF Bay Area.

    He may not be able to act on it, but he is at least bi.

  • janis

    Your life here is now measured in seconds.

  • bs

    Other than to show how you can drop your drawers in public and display your inadequacies?

  • janis

    he’s made the same remark in two different diaries.