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• Charlie Crist on Jim Greer: "Some times desperate people say desperate things"

  Gov. Charlie Crist insisted on CNN today that he knew nothing about Jim Greer's secret fundraising deal until he read it in the newspaper.

  "It is an unfortunate situation. It is very disappointing and sometimes people disappoint you. And that's what has happened here," Crist told host Candy Crowley.

  But what about the [...]

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• Crist said to know about Greer's secret deal

  Gov. Charlie Crist personally signed off on his former Republican party chairman's confidential fundraising gig with the state party -- according to Jim Greer's attorney, whose allegation contradicts the governor's statement that he "didn't know anything'' about the deal now part of a criminal investigation.

  State investigators say Greer and the party's [...]

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• Charlie Crist and the politics of oil drilling

  As oil seeped toward Florida's coast Friday, endangering the livelihoods of God-knows-how-many people in an already shattered economy, as well as God-knows-how-many turtles and dolphins and birds and all manner of wildlife, Gov. Charlie Crist took time out to hustle for cash.

  "I have and will continue to do all that [...]

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• President Obama: "Hard times" in Louisiana and across the Gulf

  

  President Barack Obama taped Saturday's weekly radio address from Grand Isle, La., one of the state's worst-hit coastal communities.

  Under fire for his response to the spill, he pledged to hold BP accountable and help the state -- and Gulf coast -- rebound.

  "These are hard times in Louisiana and across [...]

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• The anonymous letter, connecting more dots, and linking to Greer

  The Florida Independent tells a nice tale of the anonymous letter that served as a call to action for RPOF officials to go after Jim Greer, and prompt the investigation that led to his arrest. Read it here. For more on how the saga unfolded, here's the Herald/Times' account. [...]
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• Crist campaign gets new mouthpiece

  After weeks of a barebones campaign team headed up by his sister, Gov. Charlie Crist today announced a new media consultant for his Senate bid: Josh Isay of SDK Knickerbocker. The firm has experience working for independent candidates, including Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

  In 2008, [...]

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• Rick Scott (awkwardly) courts Hispanic vote

  Gubernatorial candidate/political rookie Rick Scott's fumbled a bit in his visit yesterday to the Versailles restaurant in Little Havana, a must-stop for statewide candidates courting the influential Hispanic vote.

  Faux paus #1: He mysteriously came and went within five minutes. Later, he said he wanted to talk to patrons without the media -- even though his [...]

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• Crist asks BP for $100 million of its research money for Florida scientists

  Gov. Charlie Crist today asked BP to set aside $100 million of the $500 million it has agreed to devote to the Florida Institute of Oceanography, a partnership of 21 universities and marine science groups in Florida that are monitoring the impact and developing solutions.

  Among the issues the institute wants [...]

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• Crist: 'Help me fight for Florida!' (and my political career)

  Gov. Charlie Crist's latest fundraising appeal for his U.S. Senate campaign plays on voters' concerns about the Gulf Coast oil spill. Check it out:  Download Help Me Fight For Florida!

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• Admiral: Some oil is being captured but fishing boats are new line of defense

  As tar balls and oil mats started washing up on Pensacola Beach early Friday, U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen announced the first breakthrough of good news: the containment cap over the gusher has started to capture flow at a rate estimated at 1,600 barrels a day.

  He said that while [...]

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