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The St. Pete Times has a poll pouring water on Florida Gov. Crist's veep appeal:
A new St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 statewide poll shows that despite his bipartisan popularity, Crist would provide only modest help in pulling Florida Democrats over to the GOP column in November.
Three percent said Crist as a running mate would make them "much more likely" to vote for McCain, 6 percent said "somewhat more likely" and 87 percent said it would have no effect.

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