If Crist is willing to stay in the House for six years and run for Governor/Senator in 2022, I don't mind. I do mind a one-term Congressman immediately running for something he lost four years prior to that.
I think he wants to use the House as a stepping stone back to the governor's chair to prove that he can still win elections. He will try to enter governor's mansion in 2018 again (and probaly lose).
I hope Gwen Graham runs for gov and beats him in the primary. She's such a better candidate in almost every possible way.
Absolutely not. She's a fantastic candidate if you look into it. Also very well known. She's a perfect fit for a statewide run.
Of course she's not going to run in 2016 for Senate against Murphy, that'd be dumb. The idea is to get her to run in 2018 for Governor.
If she plans on running for Governor, she probably will just retire from the House in 2016 rather than waste resources in a race she isn't favored in.
Also you cannot seriously think the reason Allen West would be a bad statewide candidate is because he lost in 2012. Regardless of your opinions on Graham, putting her and West in the same category is insane.
