(08-23-2022, 08:40 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote:

(08-23-2022, 08:30 PM)mikesez Wrote: Literally the only reason to vote Crist at this point is if you hate or are scared of DeSantis.  
And I don't think enough people feel that way.
I can only imagine one path to victory for Crist, because DeSantis has stolen key issues from Democrats by increasing teacher salaries and everglades funding. Also DeSantis is slow-rolling his opposition to abortion so you're not likely to see the pro-choice backlash like we saw in Kansas. The Governor is really, really shrewd to have positioned himself this well on state issues.
The only thing Democrats might have left is rent.  If they can find a way to convince voters that Republicans don't care about rent prices while Democrats have a credible plan to stabilize rent, that could be trouble for Republicans.  
Crist might be smart enough to do that.  But that's not the type of campaign that he's run up to this point.
That's the campaign Alan Grayson ran.  And he lost.
Instead, Crist is more likely to take all the bait that DeSantis has left out there with his national-level trolling on issues of race and gender.  If Crist tries to be the "I'm going to stand up for trans kids" candidate or the "I believe in systemic racism" candidate he will go down in flames with much weeping and gnashing of teeth.

My main point with this guy is that he is the extreme version of standing for nothing more than what is politically expedient at the time.  If Floridians were pro-beastiality, he'd be doing adverts with sheep and German Shepherds.  He's proven that over and over and over again during his career.

Agreed.  Charlie Crist is more an attitude than a policy stance.  And the attitude has always been optimistic and Mr. Rogers-esque.  That used to be right at home in the Republican party.  And maybe in 10 years it will be again.  
Even if the 2022 Florida voter was looking for that attitude in a governor (and I don't think they are) it would still be really really hard for any Democrat to knock off DeSantis.  One of the cabinet positions might go to a Dem, as they have before, but not the governorship.

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