[KDD]

The religious right pulled out all the stops with such smears against Crist when they were trying to get their preferred candidate Tom Gallagher elected. None of them, including the rumor smear you repeated was ever shown to be true and most Floridians were still PO'd over the Randal Terry sideshow in Pinellas Co. over the Schiavo case. Most Floridians(nearly 80%)agreed with Attorney General Crist that his office had no jurisdiction in the case. Charlie Crist felt that Jebb Bush overstepped his boundaries as Governor in that case. Floridians agreed. Crist won the election over Gallagher by a nearly 2-1 ratio.

Other then Lee County and perhaps a few counties in the Panhandle, the religious right does not exert the political influence here that it does in some southern States. Charlie could help him win Florida. But that won't be enough to put him over the top nationally.

[VeniVidiVici]

The religious right pulled out all the stops with such smears against Crist when they were trying to get their preferred candidate Tom Gallagher elected.

That's fine, Bubba. You can believe what you wish. But when Crist pulls a McGreevey I'll look up this thread and ping you.

[skr]

Mr. Crist was wrong about the Schiavo case and simply took the coward’s way out. His Governor’s Commission on Disabilities includes people with brain injuries, yet, when he was AG, he did nothing to protect a disabled woman from starvation and dehydration for which there was no evidence she would have consented to.

[brytlea]

It’s hard to imagine a Republican winning Florida, but of course, I live here in S. FL—Baja NY. Obama is amazingly popular down here. I have been asking my liberal friends (which means most of my friends) who they like, and they uniformly like Obama, although they all say Hillary would be ok with them too. So, regardless they will be voting Dem. My few conservative friends don’t like McCain (haven’t spoken to anyone who is planning to vote for him, except for Freepers) and they don’t seem to care for Crist, so it doesn’t seem that putting him on the ticket will help.
Of course, that is just here, it may be different in normal parts of the state.
susie

[floriduh voter]

Yes, tell us about F AG Charlie Crist’s CIVIL RIGHTS DEPT. It blew chunks.

[rimtop56]

It’s because of Crist’s not protecting Terri Shiavo that I have only contempt for him. He’s just like McCain, a RINO. You lean on someone like that, you’re going to find yourself on the ground - and all your conservative hopes, too. If McCain picks Crist, he’s an idiot. But it wouldn’t surprise me.

[MSF BU]

Which branch of the military did Charlie serve in? None of his bio’s mention it.