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Marco Rubio war chest, speculation over Charlie Crist grow
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 08, 2010 10:55am |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | ADAM C. SMITH |
| News Date | Thursday, April 8, 2010 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that he raised a whopping $3.6 million over the past 90 days, it was another game-changer in the GOP U.S. Senate primary.
This just a day after Gov. Charlie Crist bucked fellow Republicans and vetoed an elections bill he was expected to sign -- and the same day he reversed course and hinted he might veto a teacher tenure bill favored by Jeb Bush and other Republican leaders. On top of that, Crist plans to call the Legislature into special session this summer to overhaul state ethics laws -- an issue Republican leadership has avoided this year.
It all fed a surge in speculation that Crist is positioning himself to drop out of the Republican primary and run as an independent.
``I tended to think, `He isn't going to run as an independent.' But with every passing day, I become more convinced he'll run as an independent,'' said GOP consultant David Johnson of Tallahassee. ``You've got several more pieces of legislation. He vetoed the leadership funds [elections] bill. And if he vetoes teacher tenure and there are others he vetoes that his Republican colleagues want, then it's clear which way he's heading.''
Under Florida law, Crist has to declare whether he's running for the Republican nomination or as an independent by April 30. Unlike Joe Lieberman in Connecticut, he could not lose the GOP primary and then declare himself an independent or third-party candidate.
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