Florida governor Charlie Crist is hoping to piggieback on Arnold Schwarzenegger's 90-day ban on home foreclosures during the holiday months. Because a lot of people are having a shitty time of it this year, losing their jobs so close to the holiday and all, it would be nice if they weren't kicked out of their house until after the new year.

Says Crist about the foreclosure moratorium:

We've been talking about that for several days — even longer, actually. I think it would be a good thing to be able to do," he replied. "I want to be able to work with the banking industry and do it in a way that is not harmful to them, because we want them to continue to succeed, to continue to lend money, but we want to stop the foreclosures — especially during the holidays."

Which is all well and good for PR and such, but does the maybe-outted Florida governor even have the ability to stop the banks from closing in on people's homes? We're not talking about giving a pardon on the death penalty here…we're talking about the banks.

Asked if he has legal authority to impose a moratorium, Crist said, "Well, I don't know. We'll see. Stay tuned."

That's usually something good to think about before you hold a press conference and announce you plan on saving the family farm for Christmas.