Posted on 08/28/2009 11:38:25 AM PDT by La Lydia
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on Friday named one of his closest confidants to fill out the term of resigning Sen. Mel Martinez (R), assuring that he will have an ally serving as a caretaker senator as Crist seeks election to the seat himself in 2010. Crist named George LeMieux, a lawyer and Crist's former chief of staff, to serve the final 17 months of Martinez's term, ending several weeks of speculation about how the governor would deal with the politically tricky issue of appointing someone to a job he wants for himself...
LeMieux, 40, will become the fifth senator, and the first Republican, to take his seat this year through appointment. The election of President Obama and Vice President Biden and the confirmation of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar prompted the other appointments.
"I will seek to be a problem solver in Washington, D.C.," LeMieux told reporters....Democrats immediately raked the governor for his choice.
"Charlie Crist came as close as he could to appointing himself to this position," said Eric Schultz, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee....
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guess that’s The Best he can do?
Wasn’t it rumored that this guy is Crist’s gay lover?
No idea.
So far I think Crist could have been wAy worse than he turned out to be.
another Melhmnan?
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