Posted on 02/08/2008 4:12:39 PM PST by varina davis
Is Crist in McCain's future? Friday, February 8, 2008
Gov. Charlie Crist, rear, helped Sen. John McCain win the GOP Florida primary. TALLAHASSEE (Bay News 9) -- A month into the primary season and the GOP is close to having its candidate.
Arizona Sen. John McCain has racked up enough victories to claim the party's presumptive presidential nomination. Now his big decision is who to pick for a running mate.
Governor Charlie Crist likes to say everyone loves Florida. Possibly the only man who loves her more than Crist is McCain, whose triumph in the Florida primary was due in no small part to Crist's endorsement.
It may have propelled him to victory on Super Tuesday as well, when he all but locked down the nomination. The payback could be that McCain names Crist his pick for vice president.
"I have no idea, that's up to the Senator, and I'm focused on Florida," Crist said.
State GOP Chair Jim Greer called it only logical.
"The Republican Party doesn't have many stars nationally," Greer said. "For our party to continue to grow and prevail in elections, we have to have new leadership, new energy, and we have to put the people first and partisan politics aside and lower the rhetoric, and Governor Crist has certainly demonstrated that approach to governing."
The speculation about Crist has been brewing for months, and with a McCain ticket the odds seem to improve that Crist goes to Washington.
Not all political insiders agree it'll happen, however.
"It's a fun parlor game for people in Tallahassee to talk about, but I don't think it's going to happen," St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau Chief Steve Bousquet said.
Bousquet said not all Republicans are happy with what they view as McCain's moderate record. A record similar to Crist's, especially on topics like the environment.
That's why political pundits said it makes more sense to pick a more conservative running mate.
"This is a national political office, governor of Florida," Bousquet said. "And, is vice president better? Well, I suppose in some way. But vice president also means you get on a plane to go to Provo, Utah, to give the dinner speech on a Saturday night at the Republican womens' club in the middle of February. Charlie Crist has got a pretty good job right now."
and a Global Warming nut as well.
Oops. As I read the Headline, I thought is said “Is CHRIST in McCain’s future? One can only hope.
If he is...big mistake.
Charlie Crist would definitely carry FL for McCain but that choice would do NOTHING to endear McCain to the Conservatives.
Sheesh. Why not. He might as well ask Olympia Snowe.
Chalie Crist is a fake. He has libertarian tendencies, but only when it benefits Charlie.
I do NOT believe McCain can afford to put another white guy on his ticket....although Crist looks darker (Greek background) and is only 51 I still think they have to LOOK MUCH younger, and maybe be a minority....like J. C. Watts (age 50) (as another freeper said elsewhere)!
No
McCain will have the worst Admin. appointments in history!
Charlie might not be popular with conservative Freepers, but he’s a pretty popular governor generally speaking.
Yeh? Everyone I know...who voted for him, won’t next time.
They feel betrayed by Crist on several counts.
Believe me Crist would be a deficit.
His last minute endorsement was pretty icky.
He is a RINO lib...global warming kook
I’d like to see him pick Lindsey Graham. Then encourage them both to resign their senate seats (like Bob Dole did) so they can run full-time. Win or lose, we’d at least unload two lousy senators.
I’ve heard him. Sounds good. Don’t know much about him on issues though.
Maybe he wants to try to out-pander Hillary and Obama - Charlie is very good at that.
Conservatives in Florida didn't really like Charlie very much.
Then he got elected and they got to know him better.
Now they despise him.
Crist is the Republican governor who wants to give convicted felons in Florida the vote. He would be one more nail in the Republican coffin as far as I am concerned.
I’ve heard rumors that Crist is a closet homosexual. If true, that isn’t the way to win over conservatives.
Same rumors perhaps?
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