He promises to cut class sizes and fund stem cell research and higher teacher pay.
He quotes Robert Kennedy and talks like Al Gore.
He's Florida's Republican Governor.
"It's fabulous," said CFO Alex Sink, Florida's lone Democrat in an otherwise GOP-controlled state government leadership. "Isn't it wonderful to have a governor whose sounding Democratic things?"
She noted that Crist's State of the State Address seemed best received from the Democrats who are assigned seats in the rear.
"I thought it was interesting that sitting in the well, the loudest applause was coming from the back two rows," she said.
Gov. Charlie Crist said he isn't bothered by such praise from left field.
"What concerns me is working hard for all of the people in the state," Crist said. "I have no desire to be partisan."