Florida governor Charlie Crist was a veep contender who didn’t make John McCain’s cut, but he’s still working hard for the GOP ticket, according to this report:

“It’s all hands on deck. I am committed to doing everything I can to help [McCain] win,” Crist said aboard a charter jet that ferried him and his entourage around the state.

Doing everything, it would seem, except touting Sarah Palin as much as he might:

I asked Crist if he thought Palin was going to lure undecided voters to the ticket.
“I think we both know the answer to that,” he said. “But there’s no question she fired up the base.”

Could his praise of Palin be any fainter?