Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is not bitter about losing his Senate bid to Marco Rubio. No, not at all. “Bitter” itself doesn’t even begin to describe how he feels. He is extremely bitter about losing to Rubio.
He vented his fury in a column in the Tampa Bay Times in which he announced his support for President Obama:
As America prepares to pick our president for the next four years — and as Florida prepares once again to play a decisive role — I’m confident that President Barack Obama is the right leader for our state and the nation. I applaud and share his vision of a future built by a strong and confident middle class in an economy that gives us the opportunity to reap prosperity through hard work and personal responsibility. It is a vision of the future proven right by our history.
And also ripped his former colleagues in the GOP:
But an element of their party has pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they’ve proven incapable of governing for the people. Look no further than the inclusion of the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims.
The truth is that the party has failed to demonstrate the kind of leadership or seriousness voters deserve.
The truth is that the party has failed to demonstrate the kind of leadership or seriousness voters deserve.
You might call this burning your bridges but Crist already left them smoking ruins in 2010 when he refused to accept a primary defeat by Rubio. He instead quit the party and ran for the Florida senate seat as an independent. Rubio crushed him 49-30%.
