Reply #65: FLORIDA: Christ and Gallagher are running for governor, not senate. [View All]

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Or will be, if they haven't yet firmly announced.

Katherine Harris is toast; as to the governor's race, I could see Christ having trouble in the repub primary for a couple reasons: as far as I know he is not socially conservative; he also is not a native southerner (if he, he masks his drawl to perfection, not something that is usually hidden in FL politics).

If Crist does win, we have to counter with someone with significant statewide name recognition; he is a well known figure and I'll venture a guess that if a poll were to held based on favorability, he would get high marks.

In other words, Crist has high ID is viewed positively; Gallager might have that in northern/nort-central FL, but is far less visible in South (at least Southeast) FL.

Running against Crist would most likely be more expensive than a race against Gallager would; more money would have to be directed in the "Gold Coast" media market (Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and the Eastern portion of Monroe counties).