Florida Leans Conservative Rejects Moderation and Liberalism

Charlie Crist, who swore up and down that he would not run as an independent if Republicans rejected him during the primary, is of course now running as an “independent”.  Crist only made the promise he did because he did not believe the polls showing him losing to Marco Rubio.  Of course once he did lose to Rubio everything changed and off went Crist to do what he would not do by his own words.

Since that time Crist has been shifting more and more to the left on issues.  He calls it becoming more moderate.  But he is really just showing his true colors as a pandering politician.  Floridians have often accused Crist of being a RINO but he was able to keep up the charade of being a conservative for many years.  Now the mask has come off.

The polls have been tight in Florida.  But the latest on July 6th by Rasmussen shows that Floridians are leaning to the more conservative candidate over Crist and rejecting whichever liberal is put up by the Democrats in droves.

Florida Survey of 500 Likely Voters
July 6, 2010

Democrats are not too pleased seeing these results for sure.  Their liberal candidates are sitting at the very bottom of the race as even Democrats lean towards Crist.  This is for two reasons.  One is that the Democratic Party candidates are so liberal that it hurts.  And two that because many liberals see Crist who has a lot of liberal tendencies as their best chance to defeat Marco Rubio.

It is quite a mess and while things may change between now and the November elections, we are seeing that just because a moderate Republican who is rejected by the Party decides to head off on his own and further his or her own power that is does not necessarily spell doom for the GOP’s candidate.