Chris Matthews Claims Oil Spill Catastrophe a Political Advantage for Crist in Fla. Senate Race

Chris Matthews Claims Oil Spill Catastrophe a Political Advantage for Crist in Fla. Senate Race

MSNBC ‘Hardball’ host insists current Florida governor’s stance on offshore drilling will propel him to the U.S. Senate.
NBC's Vieira: "Once Again," Is GOP Too "Intolerant"?

NBC's Vieira: "Once Again," Is GOP Too "Intolerant"?

On the April 30, 2010 Today show, NBC's Meredith Vieira suggested that Florida senate candidate Charlie Crist's decision to run as an independent was evidence that the GOP has "become so intolerant that it doesn't have room for moderate voices."
MSNBC's Matthews Offers Crackpot Reason for Why GOP Selected Tampa for 2012 Convention

MSNBC's Matthews Offers Crackpot Reason for Why GOP Selected Tampa for 2012 Convention

Republicans picked Tampa, Florida, as the venue for their 2012 presidential nominating convention in part because evangelicals hate Mormons. That's the gospel truth, at least according to Chris Matthews, who on his May 12 program went on a loopy rant [...]
MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski Hits Crist With Tough Questions, Joe Scarborough Goes Easy on Governor

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski Hits Crist With Tough Questions, Joe Scarborough Goes Easy on Governor

MSNBC's Morning Joe scored an interview with Charlie Crist on Friday, but only co-host Mika Brzezinski seemed interested in asking the newly independent governor tough questions. Joe Scarborough spun Crist's defection from the Republican Party as one [...]
Vieira to Crist and Rubio: Has GOP Become 'Intolerant' to Moderates?

Vieira to Crist and Rubio: Has GOP Become 'Intolerant' to Moderates?

NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Friday's Today show, asked both Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio if the GOP has become "intolerant" to moderates?
Vieira to Rubio: Are You Being 'Manipulated' By the Tea Party?

Vieira to Rubio: Are You Being 'Manipulated' By the Tea Party?

NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Friday's Today, asks both Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio if GOP has become "intolerant" to moderates. Also asks Rubio if he's "manipulated" by Tea Party.
Fretting Over GOP's 'Stalinesque Purge'

Fretting Over GOP's 'Stalinesque Purge'

MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews claimed that Charlie Crist possibly running as an independent symbolized a Republican "purge" of moderates.
Vieira to Rubio: Are You Being 'Manipulated' By the Tea Party?

Vieira to Rubio: Are You Being 'Manipulated' By the Tea Party?

Both Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist appeared live on Friday's Today show, and both received the same question by NBC's Meredith Vieira, was Crist's departure from the GOP just another example of the Republicans being "intolerant" to moderates? In addition [...]
ABC Thrills Over 'Rising' Star Crist's 'Declaration of Independence' From GOP

ABC Thrills Over 'Rising' Star Crist's 'Declaration of Independence' From GOP

ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday gushed over "rising star" Charlie Crist's decision to leave the Republican Party and run as an independent in the Florida Senate race. Next to a graphic that read "Declaration of Independence," co-host George Stephanopoulos [...]
Norah Crows Crist Cross Could Elect Kendrick

Norah Crows Crist Cross Could Elect Kendrick

On Morning Joe, Norah O'Donnell giddily suggests that Charlie Crist's entry into the Florida senatorial race gives Democrat Kendrick Meek "a real shot."