From a Florida conservative, re: the Senate appointment:

It’s an outrage. Completely selfish on Crist’s part. Impossible to say that it’s in the public interest. LeMieux is smart and ambitious, but he’s essentially nothing more than a former staffer who’s spent the last two years cashing in on his Crist connection. On the issues, LeMieux is a liberal Republican, as close as Crist could’ve come to just appointing himself.
Crist has once again proven that there’s nothing he won’t do.