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Gov. Charlie goes to Washington...maybe


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Whether Charlie Crist serves as governor or U.S. Senator really isn't that important. He hasn't exactly covered himself with glory as a leader in Tallahassee, and he's likely to be pretty lackluster in Washington as well.

There is a sense that he's cutting and running (to use a Republican turn of phrase) just when the going is toughest...maybe anybody else would do the same, under the circumstances.

Senators aren't term-limited, and Floridians tend to reelect their senatorial incumbents for life just because they recognize their name on the ballot.

Then, there's the talk about his possible run for the presidency. To me, he doesn't seem to carry the mass for that kind of job. Maybe the new Mrs. Crist, who is rumored to have aspirations to be First Lady, will provide him with the gravitas and "fire in the belly" to lunge for the brass ring.

In any case, he'll look smooth and debonair in a tux at all those Washington parties. That counts for a lot in the corridors of power.

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Why not Charlie Crist for president? It's about time we had a gay man in the white house.


"a job half done", "hasn't exactly covered himself with glory as a leader", "he doesn't seem to carry the mass", "he'll look smooth and debonair in a tux at all those Washington parties"

HE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT OBAMA PRIOR TO AMERICA'S FOLLY!


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Chan LoweCHAN LOWE has been the Sun Sentinel’s first and only editorial cartoonist for the past twenty-six years. Before that, he worked as cartoonist and writer for the Oklahoma City Times and the Shawnee (OK) News-Star.

Chan went to school in New York City, Los Angeles, and the U.K., and graduated from Williams College in 1975 with a degree in Art History. He also spent a year at Stanford University as a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow.

His work has won numerous awards, including the Green Eyeshade Award and the National Press Foundation Berryman Award. He has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His cartoons have won multiple first-place awards in all of the Florida state journalism contests, and The Lowe-Down blog, which he began in 2008, has won writing awards from the Florida Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists.
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