And there you have it – Crist, who is clearly running as an independent because he has certain core convictions (?) won’t say who he will caucus with. I’m sure his campaign will be an ideas-based one.

Charlie Crist was a poor Governor of Florida; he was a lousy candidate in the GOP Senatorial primary; and, he would be a brutal Senator. He has no core principles, save what is best for Charlie Crist. In fact, ‘lifelong Republican’ Charlie Crist went so far as to try to get Rhambo and Dr. Demento Dean to stand with him against Floridians.

Crist’s kind, unscrupulous self-promoters, are the problem with the GOP. The party does not need Charlie Crists who have no core convictions. It is not enough for the GOP to win, conservatism has to win. Conservatism will save the United States. The Republican Party is only a vessel to advance conservatism. A Senator Crist would not be a roadblock in the Obama agenda, he would embrace big government socialism, as he has done in the past. In November, Marco Rubio will prevail. He will be a leading light in the GOP for years to come. Charlie, well, he’ll have a lot of time to work on that tan.

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(Told you so…)

Despite repeatedly assuring voters that he would not seek the Senate seat as an independent, sources close to Crist say that he’s having a change of heart.

It may be the worst-kept secret in American politics today, and it’s apparently about to become a reality. Reliable sources informed me today that embattled Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, whose early lead in his US Senate Republican primary race against former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio has essentially reversed itself in the polls, is preparing to announce sooner rather than later that he will leave the GOP and continue his run for Senate as an independent. Sources add that the speech Crist will use in his announcement is now being drafted.

As Reagan said, when it comes to people who wont subscribe to true conservative principles, “let them go their way.” However, I must admit that I’m a bit concerned about how this will affect Rubio (the conservative one) in the general election. If it was a standard race with a Republican versus a Democrat, Rubio would take it hands-down. However, the presence of a “moderate conservative” (gag) could off-set things a bit.

However, at least Florida doesn’t have to worry about having a boring political ‘scene.’

H/T to AllahPundit.

McCain said “We have to convince these independent voters out there that we did learn our lesson about spending and we will be fiscally responsible.” One wonders where TARP, which McCain stopped his campaign to go persuade Republicans to vote for, fits into that picture. It is rich to hear the man who made a campaign promise to buy all of America’s underwater mortgages talk about fiscal responsibility.

You have to read on in the article to come across the real gem in the piece. Throughout the article, Mr. Progressive Republican answers questions about how the GOP is out of touch, and that if they want to win in the future they have to listen to the people. And who has their finger on the pulse of the USA better than the Maverick himself? Well, just about anyone else. When asked a specific question, it is clear that the Mac still doesn’t  get it. With Marco Rubio pulling away from Obama’s favorite Republican McCain said “sure, I’d be glad to help [Charlie Crist]” in his primary battle. So let me get this right, the problem is that the GOP embraced big spending policies and was out of touch while they were in power, so to solve that the Mac would “be glad” to support Charlie Crist, who was a huge supporter of the Porkulus bill, and has been demolished in the polls by a real conservative that connects with Floridians. Crist literally embraced Obama, while campaigning for the biggest, most wasteful spending bill in American history. Marco Rubio headlined CPAC. Marco Rubio is the model for the future for the GOP, not John McCain and definitely not Charlie Crist. Hopefully in the November general election Americans will have the opportunity to vote fr J.D. Hayworth in Arizona. We already know they’ll have have Rubio on the ballot.