Governor Crist is a new kind of Republican

In our state, as gerrymandered as it is, we don't need a politics of compromise. The majority of our candidates and elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, are such safe partisan seats that it makes no sense to ever compromise on an issue. They should play to the extremes on both sides (the far right and the far left). We have a few D's that will play to the left, and the have a lot of R's that play to the right(the gerrymandering does favor the R's more than the D's, always remember the D's out number the R's in registration)

But then I go read this story about Governor Crist on the Marriage Amendment from the St. Pete Buzz (which I am pretty sure he supported in the Gubernatorial race, or at least the primary):

Crist won't join gay marriage ban campaign
Don't look for Gov. Charlie Crist to trumpet a gay marriage ban in Florida's Constitution. Upon news that the measure's supporters claimed to have gathered enough signatures to put it on the ballot in November (Full story here), he told reporters in Tampa Thursday, "It's not an issue that moves me."

He said he'd rather focus on raising teacher pay, reducing property taxes and combatting climate change.

"I'm just a live and let live kind of guy," he said. Crist has previously asked the GOP to stop donating money to the initiative.

-- Asjylyn Loder

Teachers pay? Climate Change?

Back when I use to work for the Democratic Party I was led to believe that the Democrat is always better than the Republican, but there are days (rare and far between) when I sometimes question that truth. Perhaps electing this very moderate Republican Governor to lead our very Conservative legislature back to the middle as one of their own will pay off in the end. And we will have a better Florida.

We will see...