FLA GOP Primary: Ex-Past asks "Didn't Crist swing to the right to get the NOM?"

[Suji to Seoul]

And to be honest, why is he 23% behind?

Someone explain this to an ex pat who can't follow as close as he would like.

[csziggy]

1. Crist was actually civil to a Democratic President

And then he accepted Stimulus funds to help Florida out when the economy was at its lowest. Those two things got the ultra-right wing crowd upset. Mostly recently, the Florida Legislature passed a bill that tied teacher's pay and retention to standardized test scores with no adjustments for the level of the students they had at the time. And the bill made it illegal to consider educational level or experience of the teachers when considering raises. Crist did not automatically sign it - he listened to the opinions of the people and vetoed it.

Since that bill was part of Jeb Bush's long term plans, this pissed the ultra-right wing and Crist's numbers, which had been dropping, fell off a cliff.

So now Crist's best chance of getting elected as a US Senator is to run as an Independent. This worries me since I was hoping that Crist and Rubio would use up each other's campaign money fighting over the Republican primary and give Week a chance at the office.

Then there is the slim chance that Crist might consider runnning for another term as Governor. He'd probably win that race without too much trouble, since Bill McCollum, the current Attorney General who is running for Gov. on the Republican ticket, has gone a little too far with his suit claiming the Health Care Reform Bill is unconstitutional. And Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate has been low profile and only started picking up points in the polls since the lawsuit was filed. A lot of moderates and Independents would likely vote for Crist.

Crist is simply too rational and moderate for the Republican party as it exists today.

[glowing]

2. I hope that you mis typed.. Its Meek... not Week.

Alex Sink better start campaigning if she want the gov seat.. but honestly, who wants it. This state has been run into the ground with Bushie policies.

[csziggy]

5. Yeah, MEEK! typing at 1 AM with only five hours sleep

Does not get good typing.

I think Sink has been hoarding her campaign funds for the general election. But it seems that the main thing Democratic candidates had better be prepared to do is to clean up the crap that Republicans leave after pillaging our government at any level. And as we can see with Obama, that is a thankless job. No one will be happy with the results even when we know damn well how much worse it would have been with a Republican in the office.

[JCMach1]

3. It's hugging Obama!

[FrenchieCat]

4. Crist stood on the same stage as the Black Guy.

He must be made an example.