Two Florida pols who lost their last elections apparently have been hired to put some lipstick on another election loser -- Charlie Crist.

In trying to build his team in Democratic stronghold Broward County, Crist has called on former state Sen. Steve Geller of Cooper City and former Attorney General Bob Butterworth. The idea is to gussy up the former governor and failed U.S. Senate candidate for a 2014 gubernatorial run against Gov. Rick Scott.

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday announced three appointments -- Daniel E. Nordby, Nilda R. Pedrosa, and Israel U. Reyes -- to the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. In the announcement, he described the credentials of each:

Lest you should think it's only the conservatives who produce fringe kooks, tin-foil hatters and all-around nut jobs, take a close look at Tallahassee lawyer Steve Andrews.

Apparently Andrews felt so intimidated -- got so riled up -- because he was on Gov. Rick Scott's Christmas gift list -- ooooo, scary! -- and the gift actually was sent out by the governor's political committee ... well, he felt the need to run to the Tampa Bay Times to "report" his outrage.

Gov. Rick Scott issued a statement Sunday night, on the death of former Commissioner of Agriculture Doyle Conner. Conner, who held the position for 30 years, died earlier Sunday atCross Landing Nursing Home in Monticello. It was his 84th birthday.

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, immensely forgettable as he is, continues to turn up in Election 2012 memoirs. The latest look-back belongs to editor and publisher Stuart Rothenberg.

From "The Best and Worst of the 2012 Campaigns, Part II," just released in The Rothenberg Political Report, the national political observer and columnist for Roll Call identifies his most and least favorite candidate interviews during the campaign.

Former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, in a press call Thursday morning, warned that if Congress allows the nation to go over the "fiscal cliff" on Jan. 1, Florida will lose 80,000 jobs, 7.3 percent of all revenues it gets from the federal government will be cut and the state will follow the nation into recession.

The power of organized labor in the United States suffered a shocking setback Tuesday when the GOP-majority Michigan Legislature gave its final approval to "right to work" restrictions on public unions.

All of a sudden Michigan, birthplace of the United Auto Workers, the richest U.S. labor union, becomes the 24th state to enact "right to work" provisions.

If the American Conservative Union is going to rank Jack Latvala more conservative than Joe Negron, it's lost credibility with me and I'll bet a lot of other Republicans.

Couldn't believe my eyes. I just finished reading Amy Hollyfield's blog in the Tampa Bay Times' Buzz -- "Charlie Crist, how would you spend that Powerball money?"

I wasn't sure whether to pop a tranquilizer or reach for a barf bag.

It's so hard to believe. Charlie Crist is still -- STILL -- engaged in the deception of telling teachers what they want to hear. Same old baloney, but hey, teachers are one powerful voting bloc, baloney's worked before, so why not?

Sorry, Charlie. No big important position in the Obama administration for you.

Apparently.

True, nobody tried harder than Charlie Crist to suck up to the president during the 2012 presidential campaign. Nobody got more photo ops along the campaign trail.

But if you can believe Democratic National Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- and this time you probably can because she and Obama enjoy a closer relationship since the election -- the former Republican-governor-of-Florida-turned-Independent isn't in line to cash in on all that loyalty.