Senate Minority Leader Steve Geller and Incoming Gov. Charlie Crist were once in the same political party. That would be the United Seminoles.

Geller said in his speech to the Democratic Caucus on Monday that the two went to FSU together, and Geller "recruited Charlie to run for student government on our slate. For at least a while Charlie and I were both members of the same political party."

Also, the day after Crist won the election, Crist and Geller talked, and Crist asked Geller if he was going to be in St. Petersburg any time in the next few days. Geller said: Nope. Crist said he would come to Geller then. Last Monday, Crist and incoming LG Jeff Kottkamp flew to Broward County and talked with Geller for 45 minutes in Geller's law office.

"Charlie, Jeff, you could not have been more gracious to me, than you have, and I thank you for that," Geller said to the pair who were sitting in the Senate Chamber listening to Geller's speech.