Florida Republicans continue to pound on Charlie Crist

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The video release comes on the same day that the RPOF, along with the Republican National Committee, named John Vinson as the Republican National Committee's state director for Florida, Tim Saler as the deputy executive director for political strategy, and Andrew Abdel-Malik as the director of digital strategy


"I am thrilled to announce that John will lead our Florida team heading into the midterm elections," said RNC Chair Reince Priebus in a press release. "We're moving ahead with the recommendations of the Growth and Opportunity Report to have a constant year round presence in communities across the country and I'm confident John will build a formidable operation."


Vinson, a native of Tarpon Springs, is responsible for directing field operations in the 2014 cycle. He was deputy victory director in Florida during the 2012 presidential campaign, regional victory director in Wisconsin for Scott Walker's successful 2012 recall victory, and a field director in Iowa for Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign.

This morning, as many Floridians slowly got back into the groove after the Fourth of July weekend, the Republican Party of Florida came charging out of the gate with personnel news, as well as resumed their daily bashing of Charlie Crist, who they expect (and possibly fear?) to be Rick Scott's opponent in next year's gubernatorial election.

Despite the fact that Crist has yet to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor, the RPOF has relentlessly bashed their former standard bearer with daily press releases, satirically naming them "this day in Christ-ory."

Today's release is a video that juxtaposes Crist's recent statement that he wants to be judged by his deeds and not his words, by displaying statistics of Florida's struggling economy during the former governor's 2007-2011 tenure.

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