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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist today sidestepped criticizing the harsh tone that some of John McCain's Republican supporters are taking in the presidential campaign against Barack Obama.
But he did say that he prefers to focus more on what McCain has to offer.
“My take is that I like to talk about John McCain. I’m a huge McCain fan,” said Republican Crist, during a conference call with reporters.
“I think he’s a great man, a true American hero.”
“That’s what I spend a majority of my time talking about,” said Crist.
The conference call, arranged by the McCain campaign, came after reports that Crist hasn't had much use for the attacks from many McCain supporters that Obama is advancing a "socialist" agenda.
He was quoted as saying earlier this week: "I imagine different people have different definitions. I don't think it looks that way to me."
During the telephone conference call today, Crist said he does believe “there’s a time to contrast and compare” the two presidential candidates, and that he thinks tax policies is one of the strongest areas to contrast.
“John McCain will cut taxes and make sure taxes will stay low.”
Crist then repeated that the way he chooses to talk about the campaign is to talk about the great leadership experience of John McCain.
Crist also said the McCain and Obama campaigns are both establishing good election “ground games” in his state.
“I think the ground game is going very well here in Florida, frankly, on both sides,” said Republican Crist, during a conference call with reporters.
The Democratic Party, Crist said, “to its credit, has had a tremendous voter registration effort.”
But he said it comes down to who actually shows up to vote. And Republicans, he said, have good mail and phone strategies to get their voters out.
-- Billy House, Media General News Service
But he did say that he prefers to focus more on what McCain has to offer.
“My take is that I like to talk about John McCain. I’m a huge McCain fan,” said Republican Crist, during a conference call with reporters.
“I think he’s a great man, a true American hero.”
“That’s what I spend a majority of my time talking about,” said Crist.
The conference call, arranged by the McCain campaign, came after reports that Crist hasn't had much use for the attacks from many McCain supporters that Obama is advancing a "socialist" agenda.
He was quoted as saying earlier this week: "I imagine different people have different definitions. I don't think it looks that way to me."
During the telephone conference call today, Crist said he does believe “there’s a time to contrast and compare” the two presidential candidates, and that he thinks tax policies is one of the strongest areas to contrast.
“John McCain will cut taxes and make sure taxes will stay low.”
Crist then repeated that the way he chooses to talk about the campaign is to talk about the great leadership experience of John McCain.
Crist also said the McCain and Obama campaigns are both establishing good election “ground games” in his state.
“I think the ground game is going very well here in Florida, frankly, on both sides,” said Republican Crist, during a conference call with reporters.
The Democratic Party, Crist said, “to its credit, has had a tremendous voter registration effort.”
But he said it comes down to who actually shows up to vote. And Republicans, he said, have good mail and phone strategies to get their voters out.
-- Billy House, Media General News Service