I just found out the reason that Governor of Florida Charlie Crist hasn’t been resoundingly endorsed by every Republican voter and politician for the vice president spot. Far be it from me to judge a guy by this criteria, but it will be a big factor when looking for a candidate that appeals to family values voters. Charlie Crist married 28 years ago, and got a divorce 1 year after that. He then never got married again. He has to contend rumours of being either: a) a homosexual, or; b) a cad. Neither go down well with the voters that he will be needing to bring in.

I’m not condemning the guy for being anything, just talking about the facts. It may be that neither of those are the case, and that he just is a career-devoted guy. But regardless of what I think, I suspect that the jury is still out on Crist for VP among the McCain campaign. This explains a little anyway – why not choosing him as VP, but still using him as a surrogate in Florida, which has been done to this point in time, is a better course of action. I guess we’ll see how this unfolds, but if Crist isn’t chosen, I expect that the main reason is because of this information.

Thomas.