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'He's no Jeb Bush': Charlie Crist--ambiguous conservative, potential vice president.(THE NATION)(Biography)

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| April 07, 2008 | Miller, John J. | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WHEN the Florida legislature finished its spring session last year, Republican governor Charlie Crist hailed lawmakers for what he considered their most important accomplishment: "You put the nail in the coffin this afternoon on the industry that was hurting our people."

He was talking about the insurance industry, which seems to have chosen an odd way to hurt Floridians. It spent more than $30 billion to meet its policy obligations and help rebuild the Sunshine State, in the wake of seven big hurricanes that smashed the state's shores in 2004 and 2005.

Anybody who has dealt with claims adjusters knows they can be unpleasant. Crist, however, didn't ...

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