Haven't Watched The Florida Gov Race Until Hearing Of The Fan Incident.....

[global1]

Just curious - is Crist explaining to the people of Florida - why he changed parties? Seems to me that would be a very powerful message if he told the people why he felt that the Repub Party didn't represent him anymore.

Anyone down in Florida know if Crist is talking about his Party switching?

[JI7]

1. it all happened in public and they went through it with him

and florida is a purple state so there are more who would be understanding of his switch.

but he was their popular governor who was rejected by the republicans for being too friendly with obama and ended up running independent and now democrat.

[William769]

2. Yes he has.

I want this election here already! The fucking political ads are tv are driving me insane!

[Rod Beauvex]

3. Don't Democrats have enough Republicans in the party?

Why do we need this guy?

[Egnever]

5. He is way better than rick scott.

[madfloridian]

7. He's more of a Democrat than most Democratic leaders in Florida.

[madfloridian]

4. He wrote a book about why he changed. "The Party's Over"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025680394

He has a few choice names for the Tea Party folks

He will be a very good governor. He was before considering he was fighting off extremism at every turn.

I proudly voted for him.

[madfloridian]

6. And from his book some words about Rick Scott

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5681511

http://cltampa.com/politicalanimal/archives/2014/01/20/in-the-partys-over-charlie-crist-says-the-current-gop-has-been-taken-over-by-the-forces-of-intolerance-and-extremism#.VEGCVck1r-Q

In his new book, The Party's Over: How The Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat, Crist details his political evolution from "Chain Gang Charlie" to the politician invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention a decade later.

Several juicy excerpts have already been blogged about in various publications. One of the most interesting chapters is devoted to Rick Scott, the man who succeeded him in Tallahassee and who Crist hopes to replace in November. It begins this way:

Rick Scott didn't only bring a new administration to Tallahassee on January 4, 2011. He also arrived with a wrecking ball. He'd barely unpacked his toothbrush and his custom-made, Florida-seal cowboy boots when he got busy knocking down some of our proudest achievements. Rolling back consumer protections. Reversing the progress on voting rights. Signaling to the oil drillers, utilities and insurance companies that Florida was open season again. In Tallahassee, the whole tone changed. The bipartisanship that had been such a hallmark of the past four years evaporated with the first morning dew. Democrats were still welcome to their opinion — but no one in power had any interest in listening to them. Teachers, minorities, women's groups, and anyone else suspected of being even faintly Democratic — they were back on the please-don't-bother-us-list.