Murf76
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One of things republicans are attacking him on, is him taking stimulus money.
Which is quite hilarious.
FOXNews.com - DNC Assails Republicans as Hypocritical for Accepting Stimulus Money
It's not the GOP that's been attacking him. Crist was getting good support from the GOP. In fact, he was actively recruited by John Cornyn to run.
Cornyn told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor that he first tried to recruit Jeb Bush to run for Senate. When Bush declined, Cornyn looked for the next most popular Republican (Crist) in the state to run. The lesson he's learned from the NRSC's endorsement of Crist?
"In this political environment," Cornyn said, "it's not necessarily helpful for candidates running in the states to have the national party chairman" endorse them.
"More than any time than I've seen in the recent past," Cornyn added, "instead of a Contract for America [voters] want a Contract from America."
Cornyn said that voters don't want to "have their choices made" for them by the political elite. They want those in Washington to hear their voices.
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Cornyn: Crist v. Rubio Primary Has Been "A Learning Experience" | The Weekly Standard
Crist went from being "the next most popular Republican in the state" to a guy who has no chance of winning the primary. That's not something the GOP made happen. It's the people who made it happen.
The thing that's hilarious here... is that the left hasn't really comprehended just how bad they shit the bed on Porkulus. This guy went from hero to zero and the only really consequential difference between him and his opponent.... was supporting "stimulus". Think about it... One bad call takes him from Florida's Golden Boy to "Agent Orange".
That's some statement on the notoriousness of one piece of legislation, isn't it?
Of course, now that Crist has pulled a Benedict Arlen... the biggest difference going forward is integrity, and the guy's too plastic to pull a Lieberman. He's not standing on some dearly-held national security belief. He's standing on wasteful spending and increased national debt.
The price Crist is paying in the primary is the same price Democrats will pay in general. He's a career politician with a recent history of supporting disastrous legislation.