Here's another GOP cat fight. Seriously, you know things are tough for the GOP when the day before the elections Karl Rove is bad-mouthing a top Republican candidate:
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove expressed frustration Monday over Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist's decision not to appear with President Bush at a rally in Pensacola.Let's review. In Florida, the GOP's candidate for Governor, Charlie Crist, invited the leader of the nation and his party, George Bush, to campaign for him. Bush said yes. The entire machinery of moving the President of the United States, no small undertaking, made all the necessary plans to get the President and his massive entourage to Florida for the event. Then Crist threw a hissy fit, said never mind, and blew off the President like some kind of cheap date.
"Let's see how many people show up in Palm Beach on 24 hrs notice versus 8 or 9,000 people in Pensacola," Rove told CNN referring to a Crist rally quickly organized by the campaign after the GOP gubernatorial candidate canceled his appearance with the President.
Roves (sic) comments came even as even as other Senior White House administration officials tried to downplay the cancellation, noting Crist is campaigning in more moderate regions of the state as he tries to pick up independent voters on the final day of his campaign.
"We were invited by Crist and had been working with them on this, but his campaign made a late decision that they had opportunities in more contested areas of the state," a Senior White House official told CNN Monday."
No wonder Rove is pissed. Here's a question: Who is paying for the trip? Better not be the taxpayers.
(Hat Tip Think Progress)
