Why Charlie backed McCain
January 30th, 2008 by Wayne Garcia in Presidential PoliticsOK, considering the source, gotta take this with a grain of salt, but I have heard similar buzz over the weekend:
McCain came out of his South Carolina victory 10 days earlier with a Florida lead, but Romney was pulling even until the endorsement for McCain by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. The word in Florida GOP circles was that Crist resented unofficial support for Romney by Crist’s intraparty rival, former Gov. Jeb Bush.
When viewed through the prism of the Crist-Bush rivalry, as well as the former gov facilitating Romney’s quick machine ramp-up here, Crist’s risky last-minute endorsement of McCain makes a whole lot more sense. The risk paid off.
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January 30th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Wayne,
I made mention in my blog this afternoon about speculation already going around about maybe Crist being rewarded, if not with a spot on the ticket, then a position in a McCain administration. I’ll ask you the same question that I’m putting to my readers:
Now, getting to my question…Would YOU want to call Jeff Kottkamp GOVERNOR?
Hmmmmm…
January 31st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
1. I can’t see Charlie being the choice for McCain’s VP because FL is already in the R column.
2. Why would Charlie want to move from the spotlight of Governor of FL to some deputy secretary in Washington? He’ll show up on Fox News more as the “Guv” than as an administration worker bee.
3. Being an administration worker bee doesn’t hold much clout when running for office. Ask Frank Sanchez. “Governor” is much more impressive on the resume when asking people to vote for you again!
But then again . . . I said that Amendment 1 wouldn’t pass. What do I know?