At least one prominent, Florida GOP insider thinks that if Gov. Charlie Crist were on the John McCain ticket (instead of, say, Mitt Romney), it would actually backfire here in the Sunshine State.
The sense that Crist hasn’t meaningfully dealt with the state’s major issues, property taxes and insurance, and the understandable perception that he has spent an inordinate amount of time courting the veep slot, will boomerang on the Republicans, he says.
In short, having a blatant opportunist on the ticket, bipartisan, nice-guy persona notwithstanding, helps no one — but Barack Obama.