“We have a common vision as Floridians. …Clean rivers, beautiful beaches and coastlines free of oil drilling.” (2007 Inaugural address, 1/2/2007) Click Here to Read More

“I think that’s a very good place to be. Not having that blanket moratorium and letting states’ rights be recognized is certainly appropriate.” (Palm Beach Post, Jun/18/2008) Click Here to Read More

Crist cheering Palin as she says “Drill here, drill now.” Click Here to Read More

Crist at Panama City Chamber of Commerce meeting: “I would support it as so long as it is safe enough, far enough and clean enough.” Click Here to Read More

Announces he now opposes offshore drilling "I've made some tough decisions as your governor, and they all haven't been popular, but I've done them because I think they're what's right for the people and what's right for our state, whether it's offshore drilling, whether it's -- and stopping it, whether it's fighting for our teachers and our children and education." It was the most revealing line of his speech. Click Here to Read More

Crist said in August 2006, "I'm pro-life. I don't know how else to say it. I'm pro-life, pro-family, pro-business, pro-Republican." Crist responded to a questionnaire in the Tampa Tribune by saying "I am pro-life. I support limiting abortion to cases of rape, incest or where the mother's life is in danger." (St. Petersberg Times / Tampa Tribune, Aug/18/2006)

Crist "has promised no dramatic changes to current state standards regulating [abortion] and ducks questions about what he would do if the landmark Roe v. Wade decision is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. ‘I'd rather change hearts than law,' Crist said last week. During a television debate with Gallagher in August, Crist also dismissed Gallagher's attempt to make him commit to a future abortion ban, saying, ‘While I am pro-life, I respect those who may have a different point of view,' Crist concluded. (Orlando Sentinel, Oct/9/2006)