Charlie Crist, in February:

Crist took to the stage here to help Obama stump for his stimulus package — making him a rare Republican willing to come forward and publicly back the $838 billion measure.

Charlie Crist, today in the Tampa Tribune:

I oppose the president’s budget proposals, in particular his willingness to increase the top tax rate on personal income from 35 to 39.6 percent. I am publicly asking him to withdraw these tax increase proposals, considering the structural damage higher tax rates will do to the long-term growth potential of our nation’s economy.

What’s happened between then and now? Oh yeah, Crist has declared his candidacy for the Senate, and he faces opposition from conservative Marco Rubio in the Florida primary. To be fair, Crist mentions his support for the “stimulus” bill in the Trib op-ed. Yet his newfound concern for how “the president’s plan will severely increase our national debt” induces dizzyness.