Charlie Crist’s metamorphosis for political expedience is finally complete.

Fighting a campaign against Ron DeSantis, his back against the wall somehow even before election season begins, Crist has already dropped legalization in an attempt to stay relevant. And by even the most passing judgment, he needs it.

Crist has tried to paint himself as a serious challenger for months now and has ended up looking increasingly desperate, a man possessed on a quest for relevance. Begging for retweets every other day, making the classic mistake of believing that millions of people are single issue voters who care more about weed than anything else on the planet, swearing that he’s always been some kind of progressive hero while almost every article written about him reminds people that he’s not, Charlie Crist is perpetually stuck in 2010.

And despite all this, despite being associated with and possibly contributing to the so far greatest Democratic loss in recent Florida history, Democrats are once again rallying behind the man.

It’s such an obvious question, but no one has really asked it yet, so I will. Why? Why Charlie Crist? Is it because Florida Democrats haven’t won in so long that they don’t even know what it looks like anymore? Is it because Crist is the only guy left who will hire the consultants who half of Florida Dems believe have destroyed the party’s chances indefinitely? Is it because he kept asking and they just gave in, like the parents of a five year old child?

Is this really the best the Dems down here can do? What are they smoking?

Once more, the Florida legislature will have an opportunity to pass legislation allowing cameras to be attached to school bus stop signs. Just do it already.

A society is only as good as how well it protects its children from its worst elements and how well it keeps them safe as they learn and grow. There is no debating that. There is no valid argument that actually it would be easier to just let the kids fend for themselves. Literally the absolute least we could do is keep our children safe.

This is the third year Democratic state rep. Slosberg has introduced this. If this had passed the first time, children’s lives could have been saved from the kind of hit and runs that are the stuff of parents’ nightmares. The ten year old girl killed on September 23rd might still be alive. Now the state has an opportunity to make that right. There is absolutely no excuse for not passing it this time. Especially since this time Slosberg is joined by Republucan rep. Altman.

This is one of those things that shouldn’t be political, period. Yes, it means we have to concede that a Democrat in Florida had a good idea. That’s rare. Hell these days it’s rare that a Republican has a good idea, either. But if there is anyone left in government that is in government to serve their constituents instead of to have their ego stroked by an ever growing list of volunteers and activists, let them demonstrate it by doing the right thing and supporting whatever is necessary to prevent hit and runs that kill schoolchildren.

Sometimes, it’s pretty easy to believe that the works today is totally FUBAR. But if we want that to change, we have to acknowledge that change is going to come from our children. And it would help if they didn’t get run over before they had a chance to change the world.