Florida Governor Charlie Crist

Florida's liberal Republican Governor Charlie Crist held his second annual "Serve to Preserve Summit on Global Climate Change" and alternate energy recently, and I covered it, making the above photo of him

Crist is hard to classify -- but he's a smart politician and he's leading Florida into increased use of alternate energy and a wide variety of energy-saving technologies.

Way different from Bush-Cheney's fossil fuel-centered policy!

Crist also seems worried about what rising sea levels from global warming might do to Florida's 1,197 miles of coastline and the people living along it.

On the other hand, when he came into the spotlight recently as a possible vice presidential running mate on John McCain's ticket, Crist changed his tune on off-shore drilling. McCain is for drilling.

Crist used to be against it; now he's for it.