TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. “The quagmire in Iraq is a distraction that the Bush administration, and the Bush administration alone, has created,” Graham said in 2003. “I learned to respect him even more than I already had, and love him for the good, decent man that he was.” Crist, who has since switched parties …
Bob Graham, a former Democratic senator and two-term governor of Florida, shown in June 2002, has died, his family announced Tuesday. “The quagmire in Iraq is a distraction that the Bush administration, and the Bush administration alone, has created,” Graham said in 2003. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, called Graham “a patriotic American” and thanked him for his …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, who served as Florida governor for a single term before running for other offices, is seeking the state’s highest office once again — this time as a Democrat. “No, friends, it will not be easy, but nothing worth doing is.” U.S. Rep. Val Demings, Agricuture Commissioner Nikki Fried and former U.S. Rep. …
