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Crist on stimulus: ‘I think it’s pretty clear I supported the concept’
by George Bennett | November 12th, 2009
JUPITER
— Gov. Charlie Crist today defended the “concept” of the $787 billion
federal economic stimulus bill, saying it has saved about 20,000
teaching jobs in the state, but said he would have supported a
“different form” of the legislation if he had been in the U.S. Senate.
Crist’s stimulus stance has been a hot issue in his Republican Senate primary against former House Speaker Marco Rubio.
Crist enraged conservatives in February when he stood with President
Obama at a pro-stimulus rally in Fort Myers. But Crist recently told
CNN “I didn’t endorse it. I didn’t even have a vote on the darned
thing. But I understood that it was going to pass and I wanted to be
able to utilize it for the benefit of my fellow Floridians.”
http://www.postonpolitics.com/2009/11/crist-on-stimulus-i-think-its-pretty-clear-i-supported-the-concept/