‘Weasel or snake?’: Charlie Crist emerges as villain in ‘Mitt’

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http://twitter.com/#!/irishspy/status/426939067293396992 Even those who didn’t vote for him have found a sympathetic figure in Mitt Romney in the Netflix documentary “Mitt,” but if there’s a bad guy to be found, it’s not Barack Obama but rather Charlie Crist, who endorsed Sen. John McCain in the 2008 primary after promising to stay neutral. Crist isn’t quite […]

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Jake Tapper declared the winner of the Florida governor’s debate

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http://twitter.com/#!/fgonzalez1978/status/524723442147282945 Last night CNN hosted, with Jake Tapper moderating, the third and final Florida gubernatorial debate between Democratic hopeful Charlie Crist and Republican Gov. Rick Scott. There were no real fireworks or a memorable moment to report, however, and viewers weren’t real happy with either candidate: I never say who wins debates, but I can guarantee […]

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#Fangate ‘was the moment [Gov. Scott] lost the election’

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ICYMI, last night’s debate between Republican Governor Rick Scott and (now) Democrat Charlie Crist got off to rocky start when Scott refused to take the stage because there was a small fan (prohibited by debate rules) at the bottom of Crist’s lectern. Here’s Miami Herald reporter Marc Caputo’s live reaction to the controversy, quickly dubbed […]

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Charlie Crist’s superstar fan steals spotlight at campaign event [photos]

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http://twitter.com/#!/LE_Sweeney/status/522859593802604544 As Twitchy reported this morning, #Fangate was trending as people learned that Fla. Gov. Rick Scott had objected to beginning Wednesday night’s debate while his competitor, Charlie Crist, had a fan stashed underneath his lectern. Some called it “the moment Rick Scott lost the election,” while “Charlie Christ’s Fan” began tweeting again about his […]

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Joy Reid sounds ‘Florida fire alarm’; Rick Scott outdraws both opponents

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http://twitter.com/#!/Kelebration/status/504451942622298113 What it means is that incumbent Florida Gov. Rick Scott, running against two “virtual unknowns,” managed to garner more votes than Democrat Charlie Crist and his opponent, former state senator Nan Rich, combined. http://twitter.com/#!/JKennedyReport/status/504446746920222720 http://twitter.com/#!/JKennedyReport/status/504451126461476864 http://twitter.com/#!/germanphile/status/504449698682646529 http://twitter.com/#!/RenoSprague/status/504450406433705984 http://twitter.com/#!/alaskaDJ/status/504450610574671872 What? Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has been doing a great job rallying the crowds. http://twitter.com/#!/vickiroush/status/504451149181628416       Read […]

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