By Mary Shedden
The Tampa Tribune
St. Petersburg
Shorlty before 8 a.m.

Most candidates head to street corners on Election Day, vying for the attention of passers by. Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who started the final day close to his St. Petersburg home, doesn’t have the space or time to wave to drivers heading to work just before 8 a.m.

Crist, in a crisp white polo shirt, spends his time at 4th Street and 22nd Avenue North talking on a cell phone and answering questions from a slew of media crammed on the sidewalk. When a mini-van driver stops the flow of traffic to greet the Republican nominee, Crist keeps his cell conversation going as he steps into the road, sticks his arm out and shakes hands with the van’s passenger. When he hangs up the phone, he immediately turns his back to traffic and answers questions from the media horde.

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