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How Cool is that former GOP FL Gov is leaving party of stupid and will run as a Dem? - Trumpet Warrior - 01-08-2013 06:48 AM
Crist's political hat trick: Former GOP governor, independent candidate announces switch to Dem
By Gregory Wallace and Kevin Bohn. CNN
updated 10:03 AM EST, Sat December 8, 2012
(CNN) -- Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who served his state as a Republican then sought office as an independent, tweeted Friday night that he switched his party affiliation to Democrat.
Crist posted to Twitter a photo of himself holding voter registration paperwork and the message, "Proud and honored to join the Democratic Party in the home of President @BarackObama!"
The news may come as little surprise to Sunshine State Republicans who watched him campaign for Obama's re-election and speak at the Democratic National Convention.
In 2009 they noted his embrace of Obama at an event in 2009, when he was a Republican and serving as governor.
"I've had friends for years tell me, 'You know Charlie, you're a Democrat and you know it,'" Crist told the Tampa Bay Times newspaper.
His move could be seen as an early step toward a run for governor. Gov. Rick Scott's first term ends in early 2015.
Crist won his 2006 bid for governor as a Republican and previously served as the state's attorney general.
In 2010 he made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat, facing former state House Speaker Marco Rubio.
With tea party support, Rubio took a lead on Crist, who then left the GOP ahead of an anticipated primary loss and continued his run as an independent.
His endorsement of Obama's re-election effort referenced health care reform and the president's handling of the economy, as well as his own differences with the Republican Party. It drew criticism from Republicans who branded him "the silly putty of Florida politics."
Crist also backed Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's re-election bid this year.
- Sam - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
Being openly gay made it impossible for him to stay in the Gayphobic Oldtimers Party.
- Freakyman.EXE - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
That's pretty cool
- Vanity - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
Can I get a whoop whoop ......
- Earth Needs Oil - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
Cold! I wouldn't trust him.
- Midnighthen327 - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
If Crist runs as a Democrat against Rick Scott he'll win back his seat in the governor's office pretty easily.
I have family members in Florida who are registered Republicans who would gladly cross party lines and vote for Crist rather than re-elect Scott.
- Neocon - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
We were right to brand him as silly putty.
Or you could use another term, FLIP FLOPPER!
Romney changes his stance: he's a flip flopper
Obama changes his stance: he's evolved
Crist finally picks which party he's actually affiliated with: it's cool.
- Tom - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
It's the cat's whiskers an even 23 skidoo, and boss, too.
how cool is that?
- David - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
What does it say when a moderate Conservative like Crist is driven clear out of the party he served for years? As a social progressive I have no sympathy for the narrow minded bigots who have owned the GOP since Nixon, but as a politically educated American I understand that the country is not served when one of our two choices for President in 2016 is guaranteed to be an evangelical sociopath.
- Media Bias Watcher - 01-08-2013 06:56 AM
Christ appears to have a neurosis. He is a true political animal will to sell his soul for whatever he thinks will benefit him. Whoever votes for him is in the low IQ range. I'd guess he'll be strong in the 65-110 I.Q. range.