by Michael C. Bender
April 28th, 2010
Gov. Charlie Crist will announce tomorrow he’s running as an independent for the U.S. Senate, according to FOX News and the St. Petersburg Times. Campaign officials are denying Crist has made his decision.
While it would be huge news — many say this gives Florida the most interesting Senate race in the country — it would not be a major surprise. Crist recently has been signaling this could be his direction.
What is surprising is that both reports came this afternoon within minutes of Crist denying to the state capital press corps that he had made up his mind.
Asked, at 12:29 p.m., if he risked appearing dishonest if ran as an independent, Crist told Tallahassee reporters, “If I were to, I’d say what I said the other day: Things change.”
Asked if could explain what changed, he said, “Later. If it did.”
At 1 p.m., FOX News cited “Crist allies” as their source. The Times, Crist’s hometown paper, reported at 1:11 p.m. that Crist already is informing key financial backers.
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