. UNITED STATES: STATES: FLORIDA: POLITICS: Crist Announces Independent Bid for Senate Crist Announces Independent Bid for Senate By DAMIEN CAVE Published: April 29, 2010 New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/politics/29cristcaucus.html>MIAMI Gov. Charlie Crist announced Thursday that he will run independently for the United States Senate, giving Florida a race that will once again make the state a gawk-worthy stage of American politics, where the country's desires, fears and conflicts play out.
Mr. Crist told supporters in his home town of St. Petersburg that his decision to leave the Republican party is "the right thing for America" and "the right thing for Florida."
"My decision to run for the U.S. Senate as a candidate without party affiliation says more about our nation and our state than it says about me," Mr. Crist said. "Unfortunately our political system is broken. I think we need a new tone in Washington."
In a six-minute speech in which he was accompanied by his family and about 250 supporters, Mr. Crist acknowledged that he was in "unchartered territory," but even the most experienced strategists here are uncertain about what to expect. Perhaps never before, they say, has there been a three-way Senate race in a major swing state, with each candidate well financed, and so much at stake in terms of the balance of power in Washington.
The usual campaign script with candidates playing to their base in the primary, then moving to the middle in the general election arent relevant anymore. The winner in November will might need as little as 34 percent of the vote, and with only 22 percent of the Florida electorate registered as neither Democrats nor Republicans, the most vital question of the race will be: How frustrated are voters with their own party, and how many will stay loyal?
Both parties have to go out and secure their base to win, said Steve Schale, state director for the Obama campaign in 2008.
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