Charlie Crist (D-FL) 2020 Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee or 2022 Democratic US Senate Nominee.

[nkpolitics1212]

Charlie Crist former Republican Governor turned Democratic US Congressman from Florida as a 2020 Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee to Kamala Harris (D-CA) or Cory Booker (D-NJ). Democrats pick up FL and PA-a state Crist was born in.
Crist could also run for the US Senate in 2022 against Marco Rubio.

[Sanity Claws]

1. I am really into recycling

But can't we get new younger candidates and stop recycling the old ones?

[Lochloosa]

2. Lost lost lost

No thanks

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. No. No fucking former Republicans.

Crist has never seemed anything but sleazy and opportunistic to me. Don't saddle any Democratic presidential candidate with him.

[janterry]

4. Florida isn't nearly as fond of Crist as his credetials imply

He's seen as an opportunist - and while he has some support (obviously)
he's certainly not respected enough to ensure a FL victory

[vi5]

5. Well, he now has a D after his name so I guess that's all that matters, right?

Never mind that he's not all that popular, he's been both a D and and R so.....Bipartisanship yay!!!!

What about Joe Manchin?

[csziggy]

6. Crist was also an Independent until he realized there wasn't any money to be had

So he changed to a Democrat since he knew the Florida Democratic Party would support anyone OTHER than a real progressive Democrat.

[genxlib]

7. Crist is the poster child for the Overton Window shift

Politics has tilted so far to the right that Crist is now seen as a moderate Dem. No thanks.

I am all for accepting refugees and allies where we can find them but we should not make them thought leaders or standard bearers for the party.

[csziggy]

8. If the DNC suppports Crist I will consider dropping out of the Democratic Party

I stopped supporting the Florida Democratic Party when they put him in as a candidate against a REAL Democratic candidate.

I will NEVER support Crist for any office. He was a Jeb Bush crony who continued Bush policies during his four years as the Florida governor. He has not changed at all. Sure the increasingly radical Republican Party will no longer provide him with the money to run for office - but that does NOT mean that Democrats should do so.

As for thinking that Floridians would vote for a ticket that includes Crist, look at the FACT that he did not have support to run for re-election as governor, and he lost the primary race against Marco Rubio and then lost as an Independent in the general election which voted in Rubio as senator. Then he lost to pRick Scott in 2014 running as a Democrat. He did manage to beat David Jolly- a moderate Republican - for a seat in the US House in 2016

Florida voters don't like him very much and I doubt putting Crist on a ticket would sway Florida or any other state.

Remember, Florida went for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012. The 2016 United States presidential election in Florida was just over 1% difference between Trump and Clinton so it was extremely close.

Florida is a swing state, but a DINO will not swing Florida to the Democratic side. Give us a REAL Democrat and fair elections and we will go Democratic!

[n2doc]

9. How about neither?

Tired of this loser mucking up elections in Florida. He needs to do the right thing and stay away.

[shanny]

10. F@ck NO

[Demsrule86]

11. How many times has he lost? He should run for a house seat maybe.

[JCanete]

12. I don't know that his star is rising any higher, and I don't know enough of about his politics, but

I do remember that while the GOP in general was trying to oppress the vote in Florida, Crist was one of the lone Republicans who didn't go along,(maybe not in all cases because I don't know his full history, but at least in a couple) so I give him props for that.