Charlie Crist's independent Senate run poses key dilemmas for GOP (The Newsroom)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/yahoonewsroom/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100429/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1862"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100415/capt.dff5a9041ec0462196b9c1bbc4fba069-dff5a9041ec0462196b9c1bbc4fba069-0.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=W5YnkoMojidNw10pZkdBxg--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Gov. Charlie Crist announces his veto of Senate Bill 6 concerning teacher tenure and merit pay on Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Tallahassee, Fla. Already trailing terribly in the GOP Senate primary race, Crist further alienated many powerful Republican and business interests Thursday by vetoing a contentious teacher merit-pay and anti-tenure code they pushed through the Legislature. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)" border="0" /></a>The Newsroom - Today's announcement from Florida Gov. Charlie Crist that he's running as an independent candidate in the Florida senate race came as no fantastic surprise. Nearly every poll showed him losing terribly to his conservative primary challenger, Marco Rubio.</p><br clear="all"/> More information: click here