The Passion Of The Crist ?

What about the Bush/Republican/McCain/ neocon connection to Charlie Crist of Florida , and the impact on the divisions of the Democratic primary race ?

2008 presidential election

Crist campaigned frequently with John McCain during the Florida primaries and gave the Arizona Senator his endorsement. Crist has been mentioned by the media as a possible running mate for McCain and McCain himself has praised Crist.A McCain-Crist ticket may help McCain to secure the 27 electoral votes from the state of Florida. Perhaps heightening the speculation, Crist, along with Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and former contender for the GOP Presidential Nomination Mitt Romney, are scheduled to meet with McCain on Friday, May 23, 2008 at his home in Arizona, according to Republican familiars with the decision.

Crist has said that he is willing to support a do-over of Florida's Democratic primary in order to properly assign the delegates, so that they may be counted at the 2008 Democratic National Convention but opposes using Florida government funds to cover the expense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Crist

WMR has also learned that Crist's fraternity brother at Florida State was Brent Sembler, son of major Bush and Crist financial backer Mel Sembler. Sembler, who served as George W. Bush's ambassador to Italy and Daddy Bush's ambassador to Australia, was the brains behind the founding of SEED, Straight, Inc. and the Drug Free American Foundation (DFAF). Straight and SEED have been accused of abusing teens undergoing drug rehabilitation, including subjecting teens to brainwashing techniques. And what doctor served on the advisory board of SEED and approved of such techniques that subjected underage teens to brainwashing? None other than Dr. Charlie Crist, Sr., the father of the man who seeks to replace Jeb Bush and Governor of Florida. And why has Bernie McCabe, the State Attorney for Pinellas County, never brought charges against SEED, Straight, and DFAF for child abuse? It might have something to do with the fact that McCabe is a campaign contributor to Charlie Crist.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1315.shtml

After his Senate service, Governor Jeb Bush appointed him as Deputy Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. In 2000, Crist became Florida’s last elected Commissioner of Education and in 2002, he became Florida’s first elected Republican Attorney General.

http://www.local10.com/politics/9945437/detail.html

The change was pushed through by Republicans, who hold a majority in both houses of the Legislature and will suffer less serious penalties. Under Republican National Committee rules, Florida will lose half its delegates to the Republican convention.

But State Representative Dan Gelber, the minority leader, said Democrats’ opposition would not have made a difference. Besides, he said, many of the state’s 4.25 million registered Democrats wanted an earlier primary."

So a Florida legislature , controlled by a Republican majority, and lead by someone with close ties to McCain (so much so he's a possible VP pick) , and to Jeb Bush, magically decides to alter the Florida primary date.

A decision that barely impacts the Republican primaries, but throws a major problem into the Democratic one.

Crist: Florida "more and more relevant" to Hillary

The Republican governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, makes the case for his state's relevance to my colleague John Bresnahan Amie Parnes:

"It'’s almost ironic to me that-- in coming from a state like Florida on the Democratic side, where every vote must count, and was such a big deal in our state-- that you have this notion where just because you go a little bit earlier, that your delegates may not be seated at the convention whether it’s Denver or Minneapolis,he said, praising Senator Bill Nelson for pressing to have the state's delegation seated.

He added: "As you know, Sen. Clinton did very well in Florida and as things are moving forward, that becomes more and more relevant to her odds."

And guess who is fueling Hillary's divisive tactics with his support ?

Anyone else see anything wrong here ?