Florida's Only Gubernatorial Debate Didn't Change Any Minds

“I’m a civil rights activist — why are you doing this to me?” bleated a supporter of Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist as security removed him from his preferred candidate’s only debate against Republican incumbent Ron DeSantis last week.

Crist’s unenviable task has been to convince Floridians that they are worse off now than they were four years ago, or to explode some wedge issue that would bring a game-changing eruption to his sagging campaign.

He has also tried to pitch his candidacy as a last-ditch stop to frustrate...