Florida Governor Charlie Crist is expected to announce he is leaving the Republican Party today, and begin campaigning for U.S. Senate as an independent. He is likely to promote himself as the moderate candidate.
Joining us to shed some light on the election issues in Florida are Sergio Bustos, political editor for the Miami Herald, and The Takeaway’s political correspondent Andrea Bernstein.
Rumble in the Sunshine State: inside Florida’s primaries
On Tuesday, Florida’s voters head to the polls to vote in primaries for U.S. Senate and governor. Our guests describe how the races have been shaping up and what we can expect on Tuesday.
This week’s agenda: Goldman Sachs execs to testify, Charlie Crist may leave GOP, Kentucky Derby
We take a look at what’s ahead this week, including the immigration bill in Arizona, financial reform, the film remake of ‘Nightmare on Elm Street,’ and the Kentucky Derby.
Carl Hiaasen on the deteriorating state of Florida politics
It may be a swing state, but Miami Herald columnist and author Carl Hiaasen says that if the nation’s politics follow the same path as his home state of Florida, we all might as well move to the Bahamas.
Haitian airlifts have resumed, but they’re still flying almost exclusively to to Miami’s overburdened hospitals. The state has taken more than 500 injured evacuees from the Haiti earthquake since it struck three weeks ago.
