FFS! I don’t think there’s any chance Crist will bolt to the Dems. He’s a moderate, but he has burned a lot of bridges with the Dems in FL. Still, that video is pathetic—let them continue to shred each other. And hey, maybe capitalize on the opportunity the GOP clusterfuck presents by getting your own guy out there acting like a goddamn grown-up!
It looks like Kendrick Meek will be the Dem nominee by default (he’s the only one who seems to want it). He’s a good guy, but he has almost no name recognition outside South Florida. I follow local politics pretty closely, and the only time I’d ever heard of him was when he was a state rep and staged a sit-in in Jeb Bush’s office to protest a plan to end affirmative action on the state level.
Now, I happen to think he was right about Bush’s plan. However, what many people don’t realize is that when you get away from Miami and Disney World, Florida is a lot like Alabama. That episode will not go over well statewide.
Unfortunately, from what I’ve seen, his organization is kinda…disorganized. I filled out a volunteer form weeks ago, and no one has contacted me. Not that I’m some great prize, but Jeebus, the Obama people had that shit down cold—they were on my offer like a duck on a june bug.