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supporting gay marriage is far left? i would say opposing it is extremely far right.

Too bad he's in the wrong party. ALL republican policies are outdated and proven to fail. So taking a chance that he endorses even a SINGLE republican core principal is too risky.

We need to choose the best candidate, regardless of party. But unfortunately, republican core values ALWAYS suck and as such there is NEVER a good republican candidate.

These guys are a joke so I guess this means Catherine Harris. Is supposed to give a suprise annoucement that she'll be ruuning for governor. We saw this setup coming.

My question for my governor Crist is what have you done for the state of Florida?

He and the Property Appraisers with the help of the tax collectors chose developers / builders over the best interest of Floridians.

Here in Saint Lucie County it is a train wreck. We don't here from these guys until they need our vote. He's washed up before he even starts.

Even though we all know the whole "marriage" thing was a sham to appease the redical right...so that he could 'at least' be considered for the VP slot, I think that he will come to his senses some day and come out of that dusty closet.

Really Governor, come on in...that water's fine!
You can make us all proud...we know that's what you want!

That's not reallly a bad thing. I'm a Democrat, but I'd vote for Crist.

He seems like a good guy but there are secrets that will come out.

Did he say he is running as a Republic or a Democrat?

I'm an Independent that leans Democrat and I like Crist. He should beat out the his primary opponents, and defeat the Democrats by a good margin.

Albeit the fact that I think Crist should stick to his initial occupation, he may be one of the new faces of the GOP, let alone a great senator. I think with him being the next senator, the republicans could re-gain the trust of the American public. However, he'll face many of the Floridian public who disagree with the republicans and are now affiliating with the republicans. With Obama winning Florida in the general election, any republican, let alone Crist, wil face harsh resentment and difficulty with becoming the next senator of Florida.

Very liberal democrat in Florida who is a very big fan of Crist! I feel bad for not having voted for him in 2006, but as of now have no qualms about sending him to Washington.

Marc Rubio is a much better selection for our Senator.
RUBIO 10 !!!!

Not to be alarmist, but whoever runs against him will be the anti-Crist

Good for him. A man with a conscience to do the right thing.

Im a FL resident and liberal democrat & I love Crist! In reality, hes a Democrat who likes to be called Republican andd he's obviously gay. Hes a great guy and I might vote for him... depending on who the Democrat challenger will be.

Crist is consevative, check his voting record. I think he made a mistake by backing the stimulus but I am sure he had his reasons.

A conservative is conservative Republicans, we need not split hairs on single issues when we are headed towards a far left nation.

Ah, one of the good Republicans! He should own any opponent in FL.

Gov Crist will be a fine senator.

With Charlie being gay, maybe he will have the respect for himself and the full gay community and be open about who is really is!

I can't wait to hear how Rush and all his clowns will react when they realize they are supporting a gay man!

McCain might have won the election if he had picked Charle Crist as his running mate. Anyway, it was obvious when Crist got married that he would be running for senator.

You mean the Bushes are not still in control of Florida? What happened?

Governor Crist make decisions that are beneficial to Floridians on a non-partisan bases. I have faith that if he is elected as a United States Senator, he will continue to improve the lives of his constituents and help to repair our nation's economic system.

The party of NO is going get another tanned member. Crist is making a
big mistake. Even though he wants to do great things as a republican
senator, his grand ole party is not going to allow him to have an opinion
of his own. He will not be allowed to offer any 21st century solutions.
He must always vote NO. Now Crist, is this what you want for your life?

crist has made florida dumber... by cutting the source of most county's education budgets.

he may be a moderate republican, but he is still a republican...

for those of you who do not live here, dont be fooled.

Goodby Crist, maybe we will get a Governor that will DO something! This guy hasn't done one thing for Fl, all he does is talk. He wanted to be McCains VP and now he thinks Obama is the best thing since silced bread. A person can be a good politician or a bad politician, is it too much to ask them to be honest? (maybe it is)

Charlie Crist for the third closeted gay Republican senator! Yay!

glad i am moving north. he may be a moderate, but we all know what happens to moderate republicans when they attempt to enter the national stage... (ie. mitt romney, once pro-choice, now claims adamently anti-choice)

Seems fairly sensible–less of a religious nut/foreign affairs paranoiac than most of the few remaining Republicans.

Althouth I am nota big fan of the republicans I like Crist. He is notas radically conservative as many other republicans. I have a feeling he is going to run for president someday and he will be the "new republican." I'm going to wait to see what other candidates are going to run, but so far he's in the lead.

They just keep electing Gays from Florida what does this say about family values?

Is he even pretending to do anything as Governor these days?

He should probably resign as Governor if he isn't going to pay attention to his duties. The election isn't for another 18 months and the people of Florida should have somebody in there who cares about doing the job.

Did he ever get married, or was that just for the VP slot?

Charlie Crist is one Politician that may gain more popularity over the coming years. I have thought many times about Republican moderates and he has come to my mind.
Maybe he is what the GOP needs. They obviously need someone to look to for leadership.

Another closeted gay man, holding office as a "Family Values" Republicanazi. This is becoming get boring.

Crist seems like a competent, capable leader. I'm sure the GOP and Boss Limbaugh will run him out on a rail.

Everything Republicans say makes perfect sense if you bear in mind that when they talk about "we Americans", "us", "our nation", and so on, they mean greedy investors who value dividends over quality of life for all American children.

Hmm.. A moderate Republican? Wow! This might be a novel if not unique experience....

As a moderate Floridian, I would much rather have Crist as senator than Bush. I seriously doubt any Democratic candidate could win against Crist or Bush, especially since the seat is currently held by a Republican. The really good news for Floridians is that with Crist out of the way, we have a good shot at getting a moderate Democrat as our governor. We need a Democrat as governor to offset the gerrymandered majority of overwhelmingly conservative Good Ol Boys in our state legislature.

Jeb Bush was a popular governor, but he benefited from some fortunate economic breaks. The housing bubble filled the state coffers so he didn't have to make any tough choices. The hurricanes of 2004 also unleashed many billions in insurance payouts, which pumped up Florida's economy through 2006. As long as the money was rolling in, he seemed like a great guy. He is a self-righteous ideologue unwilling to compromise, along the lines of Dick Cheney. God help us all if he ever reaches the national stage.

Crist, on the other hand, is much more fluffy. He's interested in his own personal achievement, and will bend to prevailing opinion so long as he keeps floating up.

I love the comments to the effect of "I like him but I won't vote for him because I only vote democrat".

Poor, poor reasoning. Al Franken comes to mind.

Unless we elect the best candidates, regardless of party, we are surely doomed.

Favoring gay marriage is not exactly a moderate postition to take? It is still pretty far left.

He may be an ok guy but haven't we had enough of republicans ruining this country????

He is way too modrate and backed Obama's stimulas, the right wing of the republican party will never back him in the primary.
The party only accepts true conservatives these days, does Crist not know that? Sad but true, that this party has reduced themselves to such a narrow minded set of people and principles. The likes of Charlie would be too good for them to say the least,

This guy single handedly lost the republicans the election with his endorsment of McCain over Romney. He endorsed Obamas stimulas package...which has yet to stimulate anybody's package. We do not need this joker in the senate.

I would rather see him remain our governor. He's pretty much a straight shooter which is why I fully expect the Republican party to shove him out the door in a few years. I would hate to see him become a Democrat but in many ways he already thinks like one. He's got that same kind of warped Democratic idea of compassion, where he's for all kinds of nice to have programs so long as he's not the one having to pay for them. Dems are great at beating the compassion drum until its time to pay up. I am going to laugh my butt off many years from now when the middle class democrats actually have to start sharing in footing the bill for all of Obama's compassion. I love all that Democratic compassion we have locally when the county tries to raise property tax rates to save jobs and many of those compassionate programs. Its funny how the arguement changes from we need these things to we just can't afford them.

I did not think highly of Charlie Crist particularly in his dealings with FL House Speaker Ray Sansom & his approval of a budget that funneled over 35 Million to Florida's Northwest college which earned Sansom a 110K position at the school as a thank you.

The budget also included a 6 million dollar tax payer gift for the construction of an airplane hanger at the school . A exact match to a previously submitted & declined request by one of the largest donors to the RPOF, Jay Odom. They even used the same engineering company that drafted the plans for Odom's version.

All with Charlie Crist's approval.

New wife, New life? LOL As democrat voted for him for Governor and I've been happy with him. A moderate republican. he should do a fine job in the senate.

Once crist gets to the senate,he would swich to dnc. Big win for barack

I want to see his birth certificate. I hear he's a Buddhist. Seriously, though, if he's a moderate republican I wish him luck. Have a nice day!

The show that never ends, Who will bring the popcorn. We get to watch the GOP take ech other apart for the next 3 1/2 years only to elect a Dem to office. The last election here in Florida shows that the state is no longer Red.

Charlie Crist was not a good fit for the governor position even though he has high approval ratings. I doubt he will be a good fit for a senate
position either or god help us, a president.

I like Crist, but I won't vote for him. I will continue to vote Democrat, because Democrats have brains and actually use them.

and with any luck the independants will rise to take their place

It would be great if when he got to Washington he came out and actually voted for some gay rights issues

Crist Boss Limbaugh and Cheney aint Having it your a Moderate therefore you are not Welcomed in their party!

I've met Charlie. Personable Guy I think he is one of the few chances that the Republicans had of retaining Mel Martinez's seat.

The question is who will the Democrats run against him?

How long will it take for Alex Sink to announce that she wants to be Governor?

Also if he gets elected how long will it take for Rush to go after him for not being a “Real” Republican?

It's to bad the Far right Extremist will choose party over country. The Far right will parade some ultra conservative Bible toting canidid to try and win the reppublican nomination and do damage to Crist.

he should join the dem party, easier on gay rights........

Whats this dude great ambition to do in the Senate for the American people.?..... smaller government to fight the WARS... smaller government to fight the Recession?... Does he want to get the 50 million USA people who have NO health insurance now... get health insurance?.. Just what is his plan besides sitting in the swivel chair and sliding through his Senate work day.......?..working for the people or working for himself?

A 'moderate' Republican fills Mel Martinez' seat? A win for Democrats.

Is he running as a Democrat? Crist is a RINO. See what Dick Cheney said yesterday; you're either with Rush or you're with the terrorists.

I am not a big fan of republicans but I will give Crist some credit he seems to be moderate and compassionate.

It's nice to see a gay Republican running for Senate. Maybe he can help turn around the Republican Party's misguided gay rights policies.

I sure wish he stilled in PA....Upstanding, smart, intelligent man.

Oh lord, I wonder who will be running for governor here. Let me know how terrible they will be so I can try to choose what state I will love to!

Not surprising. Gov. Crist basically 'checked out' about the time his name was mentioned as a possible VP candidate for the GOP. Considering he hasn't really been much of a governor since then, I don't think we'll miss him when he leaves Tally to run for the Senate.

As a Floridian, I would rather see Charlie stay governor. I hope he doesn't change his moderate stance just to win the nomination. Since none of the Democrats listed are familiar to me, I could almost see myself voting for Crist.

Cutting and running when things are getting hard huh Governor!

Let's see how long Mr. Moderate does on the campaign trail...if I hear anything Kantor-esque or Shelby-esque, then we know the bad guys got to him!

May Jesus Christ bless Crist and May he win! He is a rare GOP breed who actually is a good guy.

I'm a Democrat and I certainly would have liked to see the Democrats pick up that Senate seat, but if it has to be a Republican Crist would certainly be my pick. He is a class act and he has done a terrific job for Florida as Governor –especially considering the terrible job Jeb Bush did.

Oh swell. Arlen Specter with hair and a tan. We finally get rid of one RINO and now we're getting another to replace him. Well, at least as a US Senator, he can't do as much damage as he can (and has done) as governor.

Good for him. That is why I voted for him for Governor. He is a good man and will do great things in the senate.

Charlie may have a chance of winning since he supported the stimulus bill. He seriously needs to consider switching parties.