Mark Halperin has an article on his Time Magazine blog, the Page, about Charlie Crist's "Big Announcement" tomorrow morning. You can see the post here.
I hate to deflate the excitement, but I highly doubt this announcement will say anything about Meek stepping aside, or Crist deciding to caucus with the dems, or anything like that.
Crist's announcement will most likely be an endorsement from Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson, the "Godfather of Palm Beach County."
Aaronson has major sway over the democratic voters in the retirement villages in Palm Beach. His district doesn't represent a single municipality, but rather an association of communities in the southwestern portion of the County. The voters in these communities are typically retirees from the northeast, and are also predominantly jewish.
An endorsement of Crist from Aaronson has long been expected. Recently, Kendrick Meek scheduled a meeting with Aaronson to discuss a possible endorsement, only to cancel early yesterday after discovering that Aaronson was going to ask Kendrick to drop out (a request made by several prominent Democratic Club leaders in PBC who Aaronson works with closely).
Aaronson's endorsement is good for Crist only if it inspires other democratic leaders to ask Meek to step out of the race.
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