Florida's Charlie Crist plots political comeback as Democrat

[Tx4obama]

Fla.'s Crist plots political comeback as Democrat

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Nearly three years after losing a U.S. Senate campaign to Republican Marco Rubio and leaving the governor's mansion, Crist is plotting a political comeback that seems fantastical even by Florida's stranger-than-fiction standards.

The man who once identified himself as a Ronald Reagan Republican is preparing for another gubernatorial bid, this time as a Barack Obama Democrat.

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Democratic officials, looking for a candidate to lead them back to power in Florida after 15 years, have embraced the convert.

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Democratic leaders, who have spent much of the last decade on the sidelines of a GOP-dominated Legislature, are excited by the prospect of nominating Crist.

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Long article here: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/flas-crist-plots-political-comeback-democrat

[newfie11]

1. Big deal

Another blue dog dem.

[Hosnon]

3. I'm represented by one.

His politics may be wishy-washy but he votes for a (D) speaker and majority leader. Sometimes, you have to see the big picture. Would you prefer an (R)? 'Cause that is realistically the only alternative.

[mgcgulfcoast]

2. excited about nominating a backstabbing bastard?

i prefer someone that has walked the walk. I pass.