And this is how the Democratic party gets pulled ever further rightward.

[madfloridian]

66. The Democratic party moved rightward all by itself in spite of many of us pleading and begging.

Charlie Crist had nothing to do with that rightward movement. Can you say DLC, Third Way think tanks and gullible leaders who feared losing campaign funds?

Charlie Crist vetoed SB6. The bill that would have put Democratic policies in place in Florida education....such as eliminating tenure.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/article1087675.ece

" Under the bill, half of a teacher's evaluation would depend on students' learning gains. Good gains would equal positive evaluations and pay raises, which teachers said failed to factor the work that doesn't show up on tests — and ignores other forces that affect kids.

Tenure would have been out of the question for new teachers, which Crist highlighted in his problems with the bill. "

So if he vetoed Democratic education policies, what does that say about Crist and about our party?

Now there is no more tenure in Florida, and merit pay rules supreme. And Arne approves.

There is no Democrat waiting in the wings in FL who is very much to the left of Crist.