He's in full campaign mode (more on that in a moment) and so he is watching every word. When he decided to run for the United States Senate, it wasn't really an issue because it was going to be a cakewalk. Now that former House Speaker Marco Rubio is making great strides into closing the gap, and that Charlie Crist is trying to court Conservatives, he is perhaps no longer effective as Florida's Governor.
Let's start with his campaign ad. At best he is showing Florida's voters that he has a bad memory! He's trying to tell us that he's a fiscal Conservative. He's trying to tell the President that the answer to the country's economic woes is NOT spending (and for that please read "PRINTING") more money. What the Governor seems to forget is that he was on stage with the President begging for that same cash for Florida. We can't spend our way out of this? Really? Was that not you on stage with him? And now that you've been caught with the proverbial hand in the cookie jar he's not really sure what he is supposed to say. When asked if he was right to stand with the President, he said the following.
"Yeah, sure it was, sure it was. The man's the President of the United States of America. He's all our President. And when the President comes to your State for the first time after he gets elected, I'm a civil guy, and I'm going to try to do what I believe is right all the time. I don't agree with him on everything. I think that's pretty clear. But yeah, I think it's the right thing to do to honor the office of President of the United States.” I'm not sure he answered anything.
Now we have unemployment in the State running at record highs and we have a Governor who thought he was going to walk into the Senate seat that knows he is in a fight. The result of that is that he's not around much doing the job WE ARE PAYING HIM FOR! Instead, he's campaigning. He's running radio ads almost a year out! And most interestingly of all, he's avoiding YOU.
Regular readers of this blog will know that the Governor was unable to commit to a special radio show on 540 WFLA with Speaker Rubio to take questions from you. It was not a calendar problem because no date was mentioned. Now as a follow up, he has again walked away from an opportunity to answer your questions.
On Friday of this week and Monday of next I will be hosting Bud Hedinger Live on 540 WFLA. I made the request for the Governor to find ten minutes - that's all - just ten minutes to come on the show on the phone and answer your questions. I asked the Governor to find ten minutes and I gave him a six hour window. He apparently was not able to do so.
It's time to go Charlie. You are now clearly in full campaign mode and if you are doing that then you cannot be doing the important job as Governor of the State of Florida.
We are facing serious issues and we cannot have a Governor who is not only thinking about what might be best for the State, but at the same time he's thinking of what might damage his campaign.
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