Crist Vs. McCollum

It's always good to read between the lines in Florida politics. The Buzz is certainly doing that in who Chrlie Crist is giving praise to.

Gov. Charlie Crist is really, really grateful to Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson for voting with him last week to restore felons' civil rights.

That left Attorney General Bill McCollum the odd man out Monday, at least in terms of praise from the effusive governor.

Within an hour, at two separate events that had nothing to do with the restoration of felons' civil rights, Crist thanked Sink and Bronson "for their leadership on that issue."

Asked about the highlights of his first 100 days in office, he commended Sink and Bronson for working with him to bring about "justice."

Notably, both events were staffed heavily by the media, armed with recorders and cameras and notepads to record the comments.

The short answer is Crist is going to avoid publicly calling out McCollum and reward Sink and Bronson with positive media attention. Smart move.

The other moral of the story is if you are a politician going against Crist; you are going to have get better allies than Betty "Penis Pump" Sembler.