GOP recruiting Crist; "seems to be leaning towards running"

[Landslide Lyndon]

If Crist runs, he wins. Simple as that. If not, we're looking at a very competitive race.

I said it to another thread. The Democrats should be rooting for Charlie Crist to enter the race.
Sure, he will probably scare away every respectable opponent, Republican and Democrat, and will be the heavy favorite to win.

But at the same time, there will be an opening for Alex Sink to win the governorship. And with the 2010 census and subsequent redistricting just around the corner, I bet the Democrats would happily trade a senate seat for having a chance to reverse the republican imposed gerrymandering. Now that Florida is projected to gain two more seats, it is even more urgent.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Crist has done enough already to rile the conservative base. Just read Mark Sanford's latest attack against him.
I think he tries to carve out a niche like John McCain, and hopes that by 2016 the GOP will have moved to the center. Thus it will be more plausible for someone like him to win the nomination.

Yet, I will believe that Crist will enter the race only when I see it. And let's not forget that Democrats will be ecstatic in that case, because they will have a clear shot at the governorship and the redistricting.