President Obama plans Florida trip Thursday; Crist has no plans to attend
by Michael C. Bender | January 22nd, 2010
The White House announced Thursday that President Obama will travel to the Tampa-St. Petersburg area on Thursday, the day after his first State of the Union speech.
One person who probably won’t be in the audience: Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, who has been under fire for supporting Obama’s stimulus package.
“Right now there is not any plan for him to be with the president,” Crist spokesman Sterling Ivey said.
(Meanwhile, the Crist campaign sent out this press release today saying that Obama has done nothing to help the state’s 11.8 percent unemployment rate.)
Crist is planning a road show over the next two weeks to roll out his state budget proposal. The tentative plan includes an education budget press conference in his hometown St. Petersburg on Monday and a full budget roll out in Tallahassee on Friday.
The following week, he’ll be on the road Tuesday and Thursday to highlight budget proposals, including his ideas for economic development. On Wednesday, Crist is in Tallahassee for an annual Associated Press editors meeting.
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January 22nd, 2010 at 12:52 pm
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January 22nd, 2010 at 12:56 pm
from the very beginning the republicans HATED Barack. I have never seen such hatred in all my years. I am 75. This is so sad and I am ashamed of USA. And I am a republican
January 24th, 2010 at 7:18 am
It will soom be Mr. Crist and he will not be asked to attend anything