G**Damn it!!!
I'm really pissed. Because so many Floridians do not know the details of this man's hypocrisy. His approval ratings are generally high because, let's face it, the majority of Floridians vote party line, and as long as someone is pretty or handsome, or popular or has no overt scandal attached to his name, they will vote.
Please Kossaks. He is not a Democrat. He implicitly and specifically did not say he would caucus with the democrats. So don't let him eat into the democratic votes for Kendrick Meek.
And Meek better buck up here, I haven't seen or heard a peep from him publicly. No ads, nothing. He'd better get a move on and fast!
I've only seen the one post by his staffer right here on DKos.
If you want to see some examples of how Orange Crist shifts with the political tide, see my last night's diary on my page because I don't know how to link.
I'll just sum up though:
SB6 to union bust the teachers and take funding from minority schools and money from our teachers pockets: He was for it, he had a staffer go to the discussions and support it. He told the legislative leaders he would sign it. Then the teachers got into the act and he backed off. He's now getting some very nice tv ads sponsored by the Teachers union. Hmmmm....sounds fishy no?
He signed tax cuts into law that really don't do much, but what they did do was cut education, public safety funding. He had to make that up with federal dollars.
He said he never endorsed the stimulus or asked for it, after he was on umpteen tv shows saying he wants it. After he got flack from the wingers for hugging the Black man, he decided, video tapes do lie after all.
See my diary for more deets.
I'm just really steamed and hope you fellow Floridian Kossaks will support the real Democrat, not the fake n baked one (who hasn't said he wants to caucus Dem either).
Update: Debbie Stabenow just now on Ed when he asked her about Crist going indie said that the Dems are firmly behind Kendrick Meek. I hope to God that's true and they don't throw him over after some back room phone calls and deals with Orange Crist.