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Governor Charlie Crist will leave office on January 4th, just over a month from now. Today, as Mike Vasilinda tells us, the Governor reflected on the last four years and looked ahead.

Governor Charlie Crist is about to become a private citizen. He won three statewide elections and lost two. The first loss was expected, the second unnecessary. Most believe he could have coasted to a second term.

“How about that. what about that. Well, I know people have speculated about that. I am not so sure,“ Crist said.

Crist says he has no regrets that he chose to run for the US Senate. He blames the economy more than anything for the dramatic change in political fortunes.

“It was a tsunami,” Crist said. “No question about it. I think the President put it well. What did he say–
We got shellacked. So did I. It happens.”

The Governor acknowledged his relationship with the man he appointed to the Senate seat he coveted is strained. He is quoted as saying, “You know he is someone that I talk to on occasion.”

The Governor will spend several nights here in the mansion next week, and then the moving begins. Crist says the everglades purchaseand protecting Florida are his proudest moments.

“Highest graduation rate ever in the history of Florida,” he said.

He will take little time off after leaving office and confirmed he is negotiating with the giant Morgan and Morgan law firm as well as others.

“And I love its slogan. For the people. Fortunately, I have received a lot of kind offers and I am grateful for that,“ Crist said.

Asked if he had any regrets, he says it was not marrying wife Carole sooner. Crist and his wife of two years will live in St. Petersburg.