BLITZER: Let’s get back to the dramatic story unfolding in Florida right now. It’s official. There’s a three-way race for the United States Senate. Infighting among Republicans leads the governor, Charlie Crist, to run for the Senate as an independent. Can Democrats now take advantage?Let’s go to Capitol Hill. The Democratic candidate, Congressman Kendrick Meek, is joining us now.Congressman, thanks very much for coming in to THE SITUATION ROOM.Before we talk, we heard earlier from Charlie Crist. He announced why he’s running now as an independent. Only moments…
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GOV. CHARLIE CRIST (R), FLORIDA: But I first want to thank my family and my god. Thank god first, and to my mother — wonderful mother and father. I can’t thank you enough. Dad, talking to you. And mom, thank you, god bless you so much. To my beautiful wife, Carol, god bless you, sweetie, the first lady of Florida, god bless her. And my amazing three sisters, they’re absolutely incredible and they are truly Charlie’s angels along with Carol.My decision to run for the United States Senate as a candidate without party affiliation in many ways says more about our nation and our…
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KING: We will talk to one of the plan’s authors in just a moment, but first two observations that underscore our changing and more testy political environment. This outline, its authors call it a conceptual proposal is 26 pages long and begins with promise after promise of beefing up border security. You have to go 23 pages in before there is any talk of granting legal status to millions of immigrants already here illegally.In journalism, that’s called burying the lead. In politics, maybe it’s burying the controversy. Two, some pictures are worth 1,000 words. Look at this one…
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