Crist for senate? Check the Crist-O-Meter

    PolitiFact fans know we’re big on O-meters around here. Today we unveil the highly scientific (not) Crist-O-Meter measuring the likelihood of Charlie Crist running for U.S. Senate instead of a second term as governor. To hear the political conventional wisdom around Florida and Washington lately, the meter should be pushed almost all the way toward Washington, though we’re still not so convinced. Nonetheless, the Crist-O-Meter got a nudge toward the senate thanks to the state Republican Party.

The Florida GOP suddenly last week launched a series of e-mails attacking Democratic Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, over her questioning of a no-bid contract awarded by Attorney General Bill McCollum and over Sink talking about investing public money in toxic assets. State GOP Chairman Jim Greer may or may not know Crist’s plans, but he certainly seems to have decided it’s wise to start softening up the Democrats’ strongest contender for an open gubernatorial seat.

Comments

[mad moderate]

I think its a fantastic idea to invest in federally backed secure assets AKA toxic assets.Should make a bundle,keep the money where its needed most,like I said,federally backed and secure.
I am waiting for the rumor emails to start,you know,lesbian affairs,secretly admires Chavez and wears underwear 2 days in a row.Expect every dirty nasty trick in the book,and thats before anyone announces they're even running for an office.
Limbaugh will attack,we'll see horrendous things about sink on fox news and all this will eventually play into the hand of the Democratic party's hand.Most people are fed up with that sort of campaigning.There of course will be their "base" of 10-15% of voters that will buy what ever limbaugh and fox is selling but mainstream voters? Fed up with that crap and can see right through it.

[not ready for prime time baby]

Whatever the O-meter days, Sink is in the toilet-o-meter.

[lol]

true
"Whatever the O-meter days, Sink is in the toilet-o-meter."

[Jim]

If Gov Crist is smart, he'll stay as governor til 2012 & fix Florida or else he'll be known as the governor that bail out of Florida when things got tuff and will have no chance ever as a Republican candidate for a future run at the White House. Plus if he goes to the Senate, he would pretty much be a nobody compared to being the governor of the projected 3rd biggest state in our nation.

It's a no brainer, he'll re-run for governor imo. Maybe a run for the U.S. Senate in 2012?

[Jim]

Alex Sink is a total idiot. Invest in toxic assets?

Wait until seniors he about that in campaign ads no matter what she is running for in 2010.

[Say no to Charlie!]

Charlie "Zero leadership" Crist will run for the senate. That's what losers who are not willing to take a stand on anything do -- they run for cover.

If any Republican with a pair, and some credibility got in and announced, and started campaigning hard, Crist could be beaten. His support among the party faithful is a mile wide and an inch deep.

Rubio is not the answer because he's from South Florida and too many GOPers are suspect of all things Miami.

[True Conservative]

I'd like to see a Crist-O-Meter for Chuck for dog catcher. I bet he'd do great in that one too...

[tom chastain]

I have been seeing alot latly of rose ferlita out in the city she is getting ready to make a movement for mayor she also has a web site www.roseferlita.com the voters need someone like this to watch out for there tax dollors recently there were several lite rail meetings and the county commissioners were kept out of them and miss ferlita spoke out about this because she feels the tax payers and the bocc should have open meetings about lite rail cause it is very expensive and miss ferlita did not like the voters and bocc being kept out of private meetings.
tom chastain

[Dave]

Whatever Crist does its for the good of the order aka Carol Crist. Has anyone seen her arount Tallahassee? She is from Jersey and there is a CSX line from DC to Jersey. He won't need rail services in Florida. He can be like Biden and take the train home to Jersey on the weekends to see her kids.

[tom chastain]

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[Parties are the Problem]

Don't forget the Independent Candidate!

[Disgusted]

I wish he would make up his mind so other people can declare for offices. The longer he waits, the harder it will be for the Republicans runing for the different offices that will be open as a reasult.

[K. Winter]

Sending one more incompetent politician to DC won't make much of a difference.

Go for it Cristi!

[Jeb for Governor]

Please come back Jeb!

[ds]

Jim - are you on crack? He'll not run for governor because he's in so far over his head right now it's not even remotely humorous. The only way he'll be able to further his career is to cut his losses and spare us any further damage. I say run for the Senate. Hopefully he'll get beat, be out as governor, and maybe we'll never have to hear from him again.

[Disgusted Conservative]

Does he know how he is viewed by national republicans? He name was mentioned and he was booed.

At least those on the national level get it....wake up Floridians, we have a loser we need to dump, quickly...

[friedgator]

Greer all but said "because Alex Sink is running for Governor" and now Charlie isn't working on Mondays and Fridays, that is a lot like the US Senate:

http://bit.ly/Xxiob

[terminator]

3:07 am (Jim)
geez man, I know the bars close in tally at 2 but this is ridiculous (maybe you were at brothers or something).
Crist "fix" Florida? What the heck have you been doing my man? (pyscillocybin mushrooms)? I haven't done those since FSU when we found "king shroom" out in Quincy.

6:17
agree. Marco won't sell outside of S FL.
No one else out there for the pubs who can go statewide.
Do you think Tom G would be interested in a second bite at the apple? This time he would be the underdog but Crist is VERY VERY beatable.

[terminator]

how about Bronson?

[charlie is a ditz]

Recruit Tom Gallagher for Governor.com
ABC, anybody but Charlie. The guy is the male version of a ditz.

[tommy is a loser]

termie. you are really a dumb a##. Tommy G ran for Gov at least 3 times. 86 finished third. 94 finished third. 06 woodshedded. pull your head out of your bu##..you are both losers

[seminole rec member]

Greer get your kid out of social services before you attack Alex. You are really a bad bitter little man.

[RPOF needs a horse that can win]

I'm no Jeb fan but if Howdy Doody McCollum is all the RPOF has to offer, they better be BEGGING Jeb to run.

Greer, did you not learn from the Presidential election? Pick a lame candidate in the primary and you guarantee a Democrat will be the next Governor.

McCollum creeps people out.

[Salamander]

Hey Say no to Charlie! - you're right about Crist but not on Rubio.

Rubio is my kind of conservative.

[z.miller]

Salamander---if you prefer a reactionary who puts obtaining power over principle, if you prefer a free spending politician who directed millions to FIU then took a job there, then he is your kind of conservative.

I hope this is more accurate than your stupid Veep-o-meter. You guys were terribly wrong every time with that thing.

[terminator]

12:02
I meant against the tan man dickwad!

He couldn't be any worse than that loser (Chuck) we've got now.

McCollum? Get real.

Marco. Won't sell out of S. FL.

Atwater? Another loser from Broward.

Bronson. Maybe.

[Crank Frank]

Very Simply, if Jeb ain't up for it,

B est
R epublican
O ffering, so
G otta
A noint him
N ow

Next True Leadership options:
#3 Bense
#4 Putnam
#5 Thrasher
#6 Rubio

[Carl]

Connie Mack will either run for Governor or U.S. Senate in 2010.

You heard it here first.

[mad moderate]

Hey disgusted,why should we care about the national party and what they think about our politicians?
Ask Palin how thats working out for her,
heck,ask Alaskans how they feel about a leader that worries about the national stage rather then whats going on at home.
The far right media is ruining a good thing for ya'll in Charley,he's popular and has mega numbers and he's electable.Go ahead and listen to the mouth pieces on the fringe of the party and you will push half of what remains of your party to the democrats.
What the heck,why not? Notice who gains from all this feuding? The very fringe media that fuels this is who is getting rich on this.See if the far right media lightens up for the sake of the party!
hahahaha yeah sure.

[No good choices]

My money says Crist makes everyone think Senate--then he announces he'll stay gov and endorses Connie Mack.
The wife, on the other hand, could swing things differently.

[Go Dems!]

I think we should give this seat to the Democrats.

They deserve it! The decisions coming out of Washington from the current congress/administration definitely has the best interests of the country at heart.

[Barack "Rome will Burn" Obama]

Writing in the Chicago Tribune last week, President Obama fell back on one of his favorite rhetorical tics: “But I also know,” he wrote, “that we need not choose between a chaotic and unforgiving capitalism and an oppressive government-run economy. That is a false choice that will not serve our people or any people.”

Really? For the moment, it’s a “false choice” mainly in the sense that he’s not offering it: “a chaotic and unforgiving capitalism” is not on the menu, which leaves “an oppressive government-run economy” as pretty much the only game in town. How oppressive is yet to be determined: To be sure, the official position remains that only “the richest five percent” will have taxes increased. But you’ll be surprised at the percentage of Americans who wind up in the richest five percent. This year federal government spending will rise to 28.5 per cent of GDP, the highest level ever, with the exception of the peak of the Second World War. The 44th president is proposing to add more to the national debt than the first 43 presidents combined, doubling it in the next six years, and tripling it within the decade. But to talk about it in percentages of this and trillions of that misses the point. It’s not about bookkeeping, it’s about government annexation of the economy, and thus of life: government supervision, government regulation, government control. No matter how small your small business is — plumbing, hairdressing, maple sugaring — the state will be burdening you with more permits, more paperwork, more bureaucracy.

And don’t plan on moving. Ahead of this week’s G20 summit in London, Timothy Geithner, America’s beloved Toxic Asset, called for “global regulation.” “Our hope,” said Toxic Tim, “is that we can work with Europe on a global framework, a global infrastructure which has appropriate global oversight . . . ”

“Global oversight:” Hmm. There’s a phrase to savor

[Charlie going to the Senate]

Say no to Charlie - exactly - and run for cover is what he will be doing... mediocrity is hidden in a larger group... but he will still be a part of an elite group, which will make the Mrs. happy!

Jim - the problem is, Charlie is not solving any problems... he doesn't offer any solutions, and only acts once the wind blows...

[Go Look]

Repub consultant Roger Stone likes Charlie, but he sure rips Greer a big one on his web site. Fun reading for those here.

[Change]

9:91am, your joking right? This Congress led by the democrats Pelosi & Reid has had the lowest approval ratings ever in our nation's history all 232 years.

I say put Connie Mack in the seat and get rid of stodgy Senator Bill Nelson too. WE NEED CHANGE IN D.C.

[Paul]

Charlie is not qualified to be Governor
let alone U.S. Senator.

Everyone reaches their level of incompetence "The Peter Principle"

Charlie reached it a long time ago.
WAKE UP FLORIDA.

[Connie Mack (R-CA)]

To the Mack for Governor posts, he can't run for Governor. He's a resident of California.