Video: Charlie Crist:'I used to be a Republican--thank God, used to be'

Kerry Picket The Washington Times - August 18, 2010, 10:17PM

Florida Governor Charlie Crist, now a declared Independent since leaving the Republican Party, told audience members during a campaign stop, “I used to be a Republican…thank God, used to be.” Mr. Crist is running for an open Senate in a three-way race against Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Kendrick Meek. (video H/T shark-tank.net)

Apparently, Mr. Crist’s attacks on his former Party could be backfiring. A recent poll released earlier this week by Mason Dixon, according to the Orlando Sentinel, shows that Mr. Rubio is currently five points ahead of the Florida Governor:

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Republican Marco Rubio has nudged ahead of independent Charlie Crist in Florida’s nationally watched U.S. Senate race in a hypothetical three-way matchup with Democrat Kendrick Meek, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Saturday.

Rubio led Crist in the poll 38 percent to 33 percent, with 18 percent for Meek and 11 percent undecided.

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Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times.

Picket covered the hill at other DC-based outlets including the Daily Caller and the Washington Examiner. Before that, she produced news for Robin Quivers of The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, wrote entertainment news for MTV Radio, and worked as a production assistant at MTV.com.