The Democratic Party's best friend . . .

is Republican corruption and stupidity.

Gov. Charlie Crist's handpicked former GOP chairman is the subject of a criminal probe concerning a secret contract that funneled party money to a consulting company he owned, the party and the state's top law enforcement agency disclosed Wednesday.

But the investigation of Jim Greer is complicated by the disclosure that Republican Party officials offered him a severance package at the time of his January departure to absolve him from any financial wrongdoing and pay him $124,000 to remain as a consultant for a year.

The previously undisclosed severance documents, obtained first by the Herald/Times, were signed by top party officials, including current party Chairman John Thrasher and leading lawmakers who helped oust Greer amid intense concerns that he had been using the party coffers as a personal slush fund.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/31/1557840/former-florida-gop-leader-jim.html

If Republicans could just keep it in their pants, and keep their hands off other people's money, and try to abide by the public morality they profess, Democrats would be in big trouble.