Posts tagged “Charlie Crist”
The Continuing Implosion Of The Republican Party
(1) For a few weeks now, it has been looking increasingly likely that Florida governor Charlie Crist will pull out of the Republican Senate primary to run as an independent. This makes sense, because polls show him getting creamed by right-wing challenger and darling of the Tea Partiers, Marco Rubio in the primary, but he [...]
Rampant Republican Resurgence
When moderate Republican Arlen Specter left the Republican party, that was visible evidence of the imminent resurgence of the Republican party: Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision to switch parties and run for reelection as a Democrat foreshadows a Republican landslide in midterm elections, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) argued Wednesday. “This is the first visible evidence that [...]