Who Flips for Charlie Crist?

If the Clintons are the penicillin-resistant gonorrhea of American politics, then Charlie Crist is the athletes’ foot of Florida politics — irritating, embarrassing, and kind of gross, whichever side he’s on.

Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida, now wants to be the Democratic governor of Florida, having switched parties after losing a 2010 GOP Senate primary to Marco Rubio and then running against Rubio as an “unaffiliated” candidate in the general election, pulling away from Republicans as Republicans pulled away from him.

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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If the Clintons are the penicillin-resistant gonorrhea of American politics, then Charlie Crist is the athletes’ foot of Florida politics — irritating, embarrassing, and kind of gross, whichever side he’s on.

Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida, now wants to be the Democratic governor of Florida, having switched parties after losing a 2010 GOP Senate primary to Marco Rubio and then running against Rubio as an “unaffiliated” candidate in the general election, pulling away from Republicans as Republicans pulled away from him.