Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) has been trying to downplay or even deny his past support for the stimulus package, which has been used as a major wedge issue in his Senate primary by the more conservative Marco Rubio. Now Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson digs up some further evidence against Crist:
“Most revealing, he told CNN on November 4th: “I didn’t endorse it, I didn’t even have a vote on the darn thing.”
But when I interviewed Crist this spring for my piece The GOP Jihad, here’s what he told me he’d have done had he had a darn vote:
Rolling Stone: Just a final question: Had you been in the Senate, would you have voted with the other Republicans for the stimulus package?Crist: Absolutely.