The subject of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s impending nuptials drew snickers from the crew at “Left, Right and Center,” my favorite weekly political chat show, which is produced by KCRW-FM, in Santa Monica.
The topic was “veep stakes,” and the moment of mirth came after guest host Lawrence O’Donnell, who represents the political center, asked […]

Photo from the governor’s web site. Caption reads, “Governor Charlie Crist and Carol (sic) Rome with His Royal Highness, Charles Philip Arthur George, The Prince of Wales.”
Floridians who still read a morning newspaper drank their coffee over this bad news.
Florida’s economic slump is worse than state economists had predicted earlier this year, and now they […]

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Another One Under the Bus
The John McCain campaign scrubbed its website today to remove all references to its Alabama campaign chairman, Attorney General Troy King.
King, who has frequently made homophobic statements, including calling gays the “downfall of society,” is the subject of rumors that his wife recently discovered him […]

Troy King, Alabama’s Attorney General as well as the chairman of John McCain’s Alabama Leadership Team* was reportedly caught by his wife in their bed with — naturally — another man:
King, a conservative Republican Christian who has called homosexuality the ‘downfall of society,’ has been caught with his pants down — literally — in […]

Life is just different if you’re a powerful Republican. Or his fiancee.
If it were any other governor traveling with his fiancee, I’d just nod and wink about the possibility of her staying in her own room
At a cost to taxpayers of $255,000, Gov. Charlie Crist embarks with staff and dozens of corporate executives Saturday on […]

The future Mrs. Charlie Crist
Pull out your wallets, kids, and prepare to wager. We’ll need two separate pools. One is for the person who most closely predicts how soon Charlie Crist, 51 and gay, will call off his engagement to Carole Rome, 38 and not quite divorced yet, if John McCain doesn’t pick him as […]

There’s a highly entertaining buzz going on at the Buzz, the St. Petersburg Times’ political blog. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been stepping up his campaign to be John McCain’s running mate, talking partisanship here and piety there. It’s that last one that has Floridians snorffling.
Buzz noticed that Gov. Charlie Crist gave a very public […]

A ladies’ man?
If you’re like most Floridians, when you hear the words, “Charlie Crist” and “sex tape,” you immediately expect to see a little hombre en hombre action. You’d be wrong, at least for now.
As Politics1 points out, however, the timing of the supposed PG (as opposed to the racier PG-13) rated video is highly […]

What’s the deal with Republicans needing to trot out a Democrat at their convention every four years? And what’s up with so-called Democrats who are eager to play the role of the straight-talking, fair-minded bipartisan who totally gets them?
This year’s Zell Miller award goes to Sen. Joseph Lieberman, party uncertain, of Connecticut, who will probably […]