Crist snubbing Giuliani?
That's what we wondered when we saw that Charlie Crist had cancelled longstanding plans to appear at the Orange County Lincoln Day dinner featuring Rudy Giuliani Saturday to attend instead the Pinellas Lincoln dinner featuring John McCain (and Marco Rubio).
"I hope that's why, but I don't think so,'' said Orange County GOP chairman Lew Oliver, who is McCain's regional chairman. More likely, Oliver said, Crist simply wanted to ramp up attendance in his home county's Lincoln Day dinner. Hmmm. Or maybe Crist wanted to keep an eye on Rubio in his backyard.
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The guy has no backbone whatsoever!!
Posted by: | January 24, 2008 at 06:02 PM
Charlie better watch out. Rubio in 2010 for Gov? Uh oh
Posted by: | January 24, 2008 at 06:25 PM
Alex Sink for Gov in 2010./
Posted by: | January 24, 2008 at 06:39 PM
Orange County Lincoln Day guest is Guiliani, Orange County GOP boss supports McCain and says he hoped Charlie dissed Guiliani for McCain...
How should Guiliani feel about that comment?
Or maybe it is just that the polls are very favorable for Giuliani anymore?
Posted by: | January 24, 2008 at 06:42 PM
Go Rudy! So far he is the only guy who has not lied about who he is or what he stands for. I like that and wish more candidates would do the same.
Posted by: | January 24, 2008 at 06:53 PM
Charlie must have just realized that a Lincoln Day Dinner is a Republican event. He probably dog cussed his scheduler for that slip-up.
Posted by: | January 24, 2008 at 07:02 PM
There goes another shopping buddy!
Posted by: politicalspectator | January 24, 2008 at 07:58 PM
6:53PM:
Guess it doesn't matter what he's done either, so long as he doesn't lie about it. Is that right???
Posted by: Clyde | January 24, 2008 at 08:15 PM
Crist is just avoiding McCollum.
Posted by: Crist Insider Not | January 24, 2008 at 08:16 PM
6:53PM:
Guess it doesn't matter what he's done either, so long as he doesn't lie about it. Is that right???
Posted by: Clyde | January 24, 2008 at 08:16 PM
Rudy made mistake of hooking up with that loser---and look at McCollum--all his deputy appointments are bureaucrats with no political savy or no-how----just power loving bureaucrats. What a political mistake and what an idiot McCollum is.
Posted by: Avoid McCollum | January 24, 2008 at 08:18 PM
the maestro is giving rudy the finger.
Posted by: i love mitt | January 24, 2008 at 09:08 PM
I'm a McCain supporter, and I don't think it's a good idea for McCain coming from one-term panderer Charlie, but I hear Charlie will endorse McCain at the Pinellas GOP dinner Sat. night.
Posted by: | January 24, 2008 at 11:25 PM
If McCollum is the best Rudy can come up with in a state of 14 million people, Rudy is in serious trouble!
Posted by: | January 24, 2008 at 11:26 PM
McCollum is the kiss of death. Avoid like the plague. Acutally, the plague would be better than having McCollum on your side. Hail all rats.
Posted by: The social disease | January 25, 2008 at 09:49 AM
11:25pm - how in the world can you support for mccain if you don't like crist - the two are cut from the same liberal cloth?
Posted by: | January 25, 2008 at 09:59 AM
The whole reason for the Crist endorsement was to make sure that Romney does not win Florida. Romney is radioactive. No one likes Willard. He is arrogant and quite frankly, has no political backbone. Expect Arnold to endorse McCain shortly to help offset Willard's upcoming spending spree.
Posted by: | January 27, 2008 at 08:06 AM
It's funny to think that Willard Mitt Romney actually thought he had a shot at receiving Crist's endorsement.
Posted by: | January 27, 2008 at 11:00 PM