Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party; the party left him. I can certainly relate. I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me.

You can trust Charlie Crist.

President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes.

I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me.

When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill.

I'm not a scientist either, but I can use my brain, and I can talk to one.

I'm pro-life. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family. And I'm pro-business.