As the prospect of a primary fight between Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio comes into view, the Orlando Sentinel’s Mike Thomas can imagine the contra-Crist campaign ads. (You can read today’s NRO interview with Rubio here.)

Look for Rubio to wear out that film footage of Obama and Crist appearing together in a rally supporting the federal stimulus package.
Envision an ad, with a slow-motion image of a smiling Barack Obama on the screen. And then the announcer says:
Barack Obama isn’t raising raise taxes all by himself. He has help. He isn’t building the largest deficit in history by himself. He has help. He has the help of Charlie Crist. (screen image expands to reveal Obama and Crist together, ending in embrace) Can we afford to send Crist to Washington to further the Obama spending agenda?
Here is another spin off the same concept:
Announcer: Barack Obama wants to join with the United Nations to tax your electric bill, to tax your car, to tax your lawn mower, to tax your barbecue grill and to tax your employer. Trillions in new taxes aimed at the unproven theory of human-caused global warming. Obama has the support of radical environmentalists who will push this agenda no matter the cost to you. And now he also has the support of Charlie Crist. Can we afford to send Charlie Crist to Washington to further the Obama global warming agenda?