Former Fla. governor Charlie Crist endorses Obama
Former Republican Florida governor Charlie Crist, writing in Sunday's Tampa Bay Times, endorsed President Obama, calling him "the right leader for our state and the nation."
Crist lost a bid for the Senate two years ago to tea party favorite Marco Rubio in a bitter battle that divided the state's Republican Party. The moderate Republican ran as an independent in the general election after polls showed him losing the GOP primary to Rubio.
In his endorsement, Crist continued to criticize what he says is a Republican Party "pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they've proven incapable of governing for the people."
Crist also brought up last week's GOP crisis over comments made by Senate candidate Todd Akin (Mo.) about rape and abortion: "Look no further than the inclusion of the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims."
A draft of the platform calls for a constitutional amendment protecting human life, but includes no specific language about exceptions for victims of rape.
Read Crist's full op-ed piece here.
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