I’d like to think that Crist has put this issue to bed – unless he’s a bald-faced liar, he has. And yet, the rumors that he’ll bolt the GOP and run as an independent just won’t die:
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist dodged another question Wednesday about whether he would run for the U.S. Senate as an independent, the Associated Press reports. The question referenced this story in today’s Wall Street Journal on how some of his advisers are pushing Crist to abandon his lagging Republican primary campaign.
Others are now wondering: How could Crist make such a move after his manager campaign, Eric Eikenberg, so vehemently denied it just last week. Eikenberg’s statement last week included this line: “To put these rumors to rest once and for all, as we have said countless times before, Governor Crist is running for the United States Senate as a Republican. He will not run as an Independent or as a No Party Affiliation.”
Which would, once again, seem to put an end on it for this story – but it keeps going and going and going. It could be, of course, that Democrats are keeping the drumbeat up in order to split the GOP vote – which is about the only way the Democrats could win in Florida this year.
Be that as it may, it is clearly decision time for Crist – his best move is to bow out gracefully and either try again another year, or wait for a Cabinet post in President Pal…errmmm…I mean, a Cabinet post in the next Republican Administration. Keeping at this forlorn race just hurts Crist’s chances elsewhere – while running as an Independent would mean the end of his career.
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