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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 10 Questions for Charlie Crist [Watch (HLS stream): 10 Questions for Charlie Crist](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XFUhYIl7.m3u8) (5:38)  _Published 2010-06-10. Florida Governor Charlie Crist recently announced that he would leave the Republican Party to run for U.S. Senate as an independent. Governor Crist will now take your questions_ --- Jul 27, 2023 2:16 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [What You Need To Know About The Charlie Charlie Challenge](/video/8fZFk56Q/) ### What You Need To Know About The Charlie Charlie Challenge [Charlie Crist Campaign](/video/qYzP7BuG/) ### Charlie Crist Campaign [Crist Tackles Likely/Unlikelys](/video/yXv0BhFv/) ### Crist Tackles Likely/Unlikelys --- ## Transcript >> Hello. I'm Tim Padgett from TIME Magazine and we're joined today by Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who recently left the Republican Party to run as an independent for the US Senate this fall, and who like other Gulf state governors is battling the oil spill this summer. Governor, thanks very much. >> It's good to be with you Tim, always a pleasure. >> Thanks. Our first question comes from David Hutchinson of Kansas City, Kansas, and he wants to know how difficult was it for you to leave the Republican Party. >> Well, it's not the easiest thing I've ever done. I mean I've been a Republican in my entire life and so when you make a decision like that, it's not something that you do likely, you know, the Republican Party is a club. The Democratic Party is a club but when you get to the primaries in both parties, it's sort of a club within a club, if you will. And is it right and just to let a club within a club determine for all the people of Florida who are choices are gonna be for US Senator and their conclusion are reached for us now. It's not appropriate to do that. All the people should have the chance to weigh in and so it became very easy at the conclusion to do that. >> About the oil spill, Alora Matias of Sydney Australia asks, do you think BP will do what's right to fix the damage they've caused? >> My hope is that BP will do what is right. Obviously, they didn't or we wouldn't be where we are right now from the beginning. We don't want the spill. Nobody does. It is a catastrophe. And to be in that position and to witness it as a Governor of the State as beautiful as Florida is very disturbing for me and it's frustrating and it creates a lot of anxiety. I mean this past weekend. I spent the entire Memorial Day weekend in the Panhandle Florida, where some of the most beautiful beaches on the planet exist and the notion that that oil would come up on those beaches is the last thing I wanna see or anybody else to that. >> Has the reason oil leak in the Gulf changed or strengthened your views on offshore drilling and how? >> Well, I think it probably has strengthened everybody's views and that is that we need to be very cautious about how this is done if it all going forward. I mean, my preference would be that later, maybe this summer we held a special season to give the voters of Florida the opportunity to ban offshore drilling. It's already banned in Statue, which is fine. But I think the people oughta have the opportunity to make that call to be able to put it in to the Florida Constitution to ban offshore drilling so that we don't have this calamity that we're having to deal with today. >> Is the space program in need of saving? >> It is in need of saving, in my opinion. And I think that, you know, while the shuttle program is being phase out, it's important that we go on to the next program. There are about 7, 000 jobs at stake directly on the space coast. These are some of the best and the brightest minds in our country-- in the world frankly as it relates to issues dealing with space, science, exploration. And I think that what we need to do as Florida, first and foremost, protect those jobs especially in this economy. But secondarily, and just as important I think to America, to continue to reach for the stars. I mean that the side benefits alone are extraordinary as to what they do in terms of exploration. New ideas, new inventions and so I think it's very important that we continue. >> Elis Johnson of Detroit asks, do you still consider your support for the stimulus to have been the right choice? >> Without a doubt. You know, the stimulus program was brought to bear during a real economic calamity and, you know, people at that time or fear of our entire economy, you know, falling off the cliff. And we had to do something to sort to give the patient a jolt, if you will. As you know, my Dad is a family doctor in St. Pete and so a lot of times I looked through things in that view. And, you know, if America's economy was a patient, it needed help and it need a drastic help. And it has helped our state. I mean, hundreds of thousands of people continue to have employment because of this stimulus-- 20, 000 educators. And so it was exactly, I think, the right thing to do. Was it perfect? No. But I think having that infusion of dollars to be able to prop up our economy and save jobs was vitally important to Florida and America. >> Finally, from your hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida-- Charlie. Why won't you support same- sex marriage and a repeal of Florida's Defensive Marriage Act? >> Well, I've always felt that, you know, as it relates to same- sex marriage. Marriage in my view is a traditional sense between a man and a woman. You know, I think that if you wanna have, you know, couples or partners who want to reside together, I don't have a problem with that. And I think that it's important that, you know, you have a live- and- let- live attitude. As it regards adoption, I think probably the best decision- maker would be a judge. Currently, we have a law in the books in Florida though that precludes that from happening. I'm sure that a future legislature and maybe the next governor might address that [ unk ]. >> Do you support the legislature-- putting it in the hands of judges? >> Well, I think that might be a way to go and I think it's certainly something we have to look at. >> And to clarify regarding his question, do you support civil unions then? >> That's correct. I do. You know, I've always support civil unions. I think that's a good way to go and I think marriage in a traditional sense is what I believe. >> Governor, thanks very much for taking our readers' questions. We appreciate it. >> Thank you Tim. Great to be with you again. My pleasure. Thanks. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Questions for Charlie Crist","description":"Florida Governor Charlie Crist recently announced that he would leave the Republican Party to run for U.S. Senate as an independent. 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