Enough of the speculation about Gov. Charlie Crist’s chances to be John McCain’s vice presidential running mate. And that includes trying to interpret the environmental tea leaves over his comments about oil drilling off the coast of Florida and any calculated offset by the state’s purchase of U.S. Sugar and Everglades’ restoration. And it also includes critiques of Crist’s California stump speech from hell.
There won’t be a Vice President Crist, even if McCain secretly thinks Dan Quayle was the best veep choice ever.
Crist would be a fatal distraction, just the sort of thing a poll-challenged candidate trying to find a niche – other than faux maverick and conservative light – couldn’t live with. Crist’s track record as governor would be scrutinized – and then everyone would know that on the two biggest Florida issues — property taxes and insurance — he had turned into a glib empty suit, albeit a well-tanned, bi-partisan one.
And that bachelor status — and all that can connote — would be an affront, however outrageously unfair, to all those GOP evangelicals who block vote.
Charlie needs to concentrate on his day job – and worry more about a Gov. Iorio scenario.