comprehensive health care for every american and every if floridians. i will be the only candidate that is willing to pull back on the top one term of the tax cut and give more to the middle class and small businesses. when you make me appear next united states senator, i will stand up to make sure that you continue to see what you are seeing now, our men and women coming back come to iraq and afghanistan. we will reunite them and continue to hunt for those. i think it is also important to know that anything that came out of this primary, it shows said his campaign has the strength,

integrity, will come and desire to win against the odds. i mean of the goliath before november 2. when november 2 get sick, i am going to still be comfortable playing david. when the polls close, on november 2, i will be the next senator from this state. i want you to know that-my campaign is based on the

struggle of floridians, making sure the children have someone that is going to fight for them. i think what helps them make a decision was the fact that for the heady real florida story. and you are appear in florida. my mother is born here in florida. my children were born here in florida. a group in the public-school system the was diagnosed with dyslexia in the third grade. i kept flying on. i have a single mother. she had three children. she wanted to represent your community. that is where i come from. i did the things that i had to do to understand the needs of

people would a some people call a career politicians. i call a public service. i think it means something. i think it means something. florida, as the march on, as we continue to knock on doors, as we continue to listen as we continue to count all 67 counties in, we will win. when you leave here tonight, i want you to know that hope marches on. believe is not just saa slogan.

thank you very much, florida. god bless you. thank you. i love you. i look forward to being your next united states senator. god bless america. >> this is the continual live coverage of campaign 2010. the polls close in arizona an hour ago. now we will focus on the arizona primary, particularly the john mccain/in davie hayworth of race. we will also look at the primary race between the incumbent lisa murkowski and the sarah palin endorse candidates joe miller. first we have breaking news out of florida. rick scott has defeated bill mccollum for the gop nomination

in the gubernatorial race down 46% to 43%. nearly 90% of the vote has been counted. rick scott is good to be the nominee of florida for governor. >> it is an of said there. it certainly seemed as though the to millionaire funders, rick scott being one of them, it looked like those folks were going to go down to defeat rick scott's win. it changes the story line. they were both losing tonight in florida. one announced a big win. they were backed by a number of republican establishment figures.

mr. romney backed it. >> rick scott dropped about $50 million into this race. alex is the democrat. what do you see as the focus here? >> democrats will head into the fall under the obsession they have a big it vantage. she has been raising money. she is well-established in the state. democrats see here as someone who has a really great argument heading towards the fall. it'll be interesting to see how the establishment relaxes behind her scott. i think the most immediate question is rather bill mccollum, is behind him and

endorses him. i think the speculation was and bill mccollum one, you are not going to see a rick scott/bill mccollum unity rally. is a big question to see what the republican does the does. rick scott can certainly spend a lot more of the money. who is an open question whether they will have it in the fall. welcome again to the campaign 2010 live coverage of the primaries tonight. we are glad to focus now on the arizona primary, part of an early center mccain obverses j.d. hayworth for the republican nomination for senate. the polls closed at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. it was about an hour in seven

minutes ago. no results are out just yet. no winners have been declared. will be bringing you their victory or concession speech depending on who wins. we will bring this to you live. if you like to participate, we are going to put the numbers of on the screen. we have divided them by political affiliation and set aside our fourth line for arizona residents. they want to hear from you and your sense of what the issues are. 202 is the area code. 737-0002 for democrats,737-0001 for republicans.

this race started out simply as a tight contests. in the last couple of weeks a month, senator mccain seems to have broken out according to all the pulls and analysis. do you agree with that? why is that? >> i think the starting point is that center mccain realized early on that he faced a serious challenge. he to get seriously from the very beginning. he spent a lot of money. you realize it does clinton have to move to the right on the number of issues. he knew coastline to get hit by hayworth, particularly on immigration. you saw him make that move and make it early. i think that has cut off some of

the oxygen that he worth could have gotten down the stretch. there were a couple of anna released by the mccain campaign. they are really just killed hayworth. one was over an attack over an infomercial that he had 10 years ago. it absolutely stunned him. he was not able to get any attraction that despite the persistent hits. it is a political opportunity for them. hayward was taunting him. john mccain did everything right in this primary campaign. it said keyword seriously from a star. >> let's show you the bad.

behove-- ad. >> you may think what you heard is too good to be true. let me assure you, it is real. >> well, it was too good to be true. 24 attorney-general condemn them for promising people free government money. then they ripped them off. j.d. hayworth, of lobbyist. character matters. >> i and john mccain and i approve this message. >> a comedown to lying or choosing. i came down to lying. i chose lying. i will protect social security. >> he supported medicare and so security for illegals. >> i chose lying.

>> i made my mistakes, but i approve this ad is i will never vote for amnesty. >> will we see a unity rally? >> i will vote again set. there is no love lost. i think he is all over the last few days. i think it will be an easy win tonight. john mccain really stopped mentioning his opponent the the senator did not speak to reporters i think that senator mccain will want to put this primary behind him. it didn't think he will under his name. >> bid center mccain is the nominee, who is the democratic nominee? all of the tough fought battle?

>> -- will it be a tough fought battle? >> they are banking on one young democrats who they thought at one. could potentially pose a challenge to senator mccain. republicans are not concerned that it is going to be a race come november. it suggests that senator john mccain will not have to worry about a stern genera election challenge. and looks like one to get past the primary, he is going to be able to get back into the senate fairly easy. >> when they speak, we will bring that to you. j.d. hayworth is that the marriott hotel in scottsdale. that is actually the competence -- convention center were center mccain is. that is the speaking podium.

you can see is a small house serving together. we will bring you both the speeches this evening th. the first call comes from portland, oregon. >> thank you for taking my call. i just love what you put on c- span. you do a good job. i am interested in this race. i feel absolutely betrayed by john mccain back when he was during the amnesty, pushing for that would take kennedy. it was outrageous. i remember when his plane got stuck with lightning at thought maybe they would wake up they did not. ted ended up losing his life. we still have to deal. i pray that he does not win. i hope that j.d. hayworth does.

they have voted pass the 1070. to have this man realists -- reelected makes no sense. >> your time of the immigration bill? -- you are talking about the immigration bill? let's get a response. >> some of the anchger were senator mccain j.d. hayworth was trying to channel. the way things play out, he played all of his car drive politically speaking. the ran a good campaign. they ran the right message at the right time. just where it seem like he was catching on, center mccain was able to cut that off. also monday,. ultimately, -- old and lonely, i

do not think they will yield that again senator mccain. hayworth was predicting an upset. i think it is doubtful that we will see that. >> i have been unemployed for a year. i was c-span. i have vince so educated. i am 54. i worked all my life fred. i do not have much believe in john mccain. i am independent. it is unfortunate that we cannot trust politicians would turn the money. this is my real question. why are they not calling percentages like they do in florida? >> we do not have any results

yet. that is why we are not showing it. they are not hiding anything. there will be showing the results shortly. i appreciate your call. >> two things, she talked about incumbency and the cost of campaigns. if you would address both of those. >> tonight it looked like the story line was going to be particularly in florida that the to sell funders selltwo self- funders were going to go down to defeat for their is a different story laemmle said in the primary system from the number have gone down to defeat for the candidates have come and

spend a lot of their own money. they ran in there against a former member of congress. they have been successful throughout the primary season. >> by the way, if you do want to get results, if you can go c- span.org/primarynights. we have results from all five states that have primary results tonight for the in alaska, the poles are still open. arizona has no results yet. florida will give percentages. you also get the raw numbers of how many people voted. those all complete. go ahead and check out c-

span.org/primarynight. what about the gubernatorial race? in jan brewer had a primary, correct? in looked like she was destined to lose. it all changed when she signed arizonas immigration law. since then, governor brewer has become a champion of conservative not only in arizona but nationally. she has been mentioned in a couple of polls as a challenger to president obama in 2012. several months ago, we never would have imagined that jam through where it learned to remain -- and jan brewer would remain in the governors office.

jan brewer has been nominated for the elections. shares fell one and election yet for the -- who is your presumptive nominee daf? >> his name is six k b me. >> he is the attorney general, correct? >> it will play a major role in that race. one of the things that is likely to happen is that republican fund-raising in support from

across the country is expected to pour into jan brewer's campaign in the form of fund- raising from national republicans, campaign businesses and support. all of that is centered upon her signing and backing of the emigration law. >> you are more than more than"the hill" newspaper. >> i have they?

-- i have a question? [inaudible] >> i do not know the exact number of i know it is six figures. it is above 120,000 for the i do not want to make a fool of myself. i do not know the exact number. >> i think it is around 160,000. >> t have a follow-up question? >> they spent $21 million, the leaders spent $25 million for their have to be stupid to vote for these people.

and going to repeat my money back. >> i think that this certainly been the argument among a number of democrats and the there is a democratic self under in florida, too. all of arizonans have their ties to business. there is been a primary attacks. there is been a $25 million on your own money certainly seemed astronomical. the figures are a drop in the bucket in terms of their net wealth and their ability to spend for their these are folks

that want to spend that amount of their own money. >> 3 and 93% of the vote in. work scott has been named winner of the gop gubernatorial race in florida, beating bill mccollum by three% points, 46 to 43. now back to arizona for them. >> i've voted for john mccain. i'm so glad he won by 30%. >> he is ahead. john mccain has just been declared the winner by the associated press. >> absolutely. you can hear them clapping their hands back here.

we are the largest republic new group here in arizona. we are rooting for our own hispanic republican candidates. >> talk to us about the arizona immigration law. >> what you want to know about it? >> as an arizona hispanic republican, how you feel? >> we feel that law hurts the republican party. what happened in california is going to happen here in the state of arizona. which is why we need to get in here. we need to address this 1/2.

john mccain put out an ad talking about finished the border fence. he concluded by saying just build the same thing. >> j.d. hayworth was here constantly lying in lambasting mccain as being mr. amnesty. that is one of a john mccain on the --i am a better. i swore to protect the united states constitution. >> you are excited by john mccain? >> absolutely.

do you have a website the people are interested? >> is www.somosrepublicans.com. >> what does this stand for? >> it means "we are." we have expanded to texas, california, the midwest, in chicago prad hispanic americans are coming out to us because of our courage. >> the caller hit on tension that will be important for a

number of republican candidates. you can the state of florida. you get in arizona immigrations style. one thing it did was put a number of candidates in florida on the spot in terms of whether or not they support that. marco rubio backed away from them for their -- they both were on the spot. they had to say they disagreed.

this is going to be a attention for some republican candidates, particularly hispanic republicans. >> with 12% of the votes reporting, a center mccain has been declared the winner. this would be off for a fifth term. if he wins the general. the next call, a lafayette indiana. >> please, go ahead with your comment of ths >> i am impressed of the people of arizona for supporting their senator. i am a democrat. center mccain is one of the people in congress to represent the people of this country.

i have a lot of respect for senator mccain. i feel that his voting record is one of the ballast -- best of any congressperson that has supported a bill supporting the people. >> i think it'll be interesting to see what happens when senator mccain -- should he win in november. . .

>> proposition 187 won here in california. we started the thing of doing away with this illegal immigration. i am hoping j.d. hayworth this one but i do not like his right- wing views. those of the politicians -- we need to get rid of. >> in the context of a lot of primaries this season, particularly republican primaries, that drive has come from candidates who have been tea partied back and he tended to be further to the right as the -- than the caller suggested he would like.

it is interesting, the dynamic. we will get to the senate primary in alaska. that is going to be one where the two-party -- tea party backed candidate is a message that will fall short. one of the few times this primary season we have seen that as well. >> before we leave arizona, i want to talk about the third district primary race. leading.le is >> this has been a nasty republican primary. there have been allegations that he wrote contumely on a website that was at one. termed dirtyskill -- scottsdale.

he ended up admitting that he had posted once or twice on the side and it became -- the site and it became the issue. his father, dan quayle said an e-mail to supporters vigorously defending his son. there was that dynamic playing out in the final few days of this primary. also, there was an interesting add that came from dan quayle that some suggested was a diversionary tactic to get off the story about the website where dan quayle called president obama the worst president in american history. that was an attention grabbing at. it has been an interesting republican primary. >> that is the race to succeed

the retiring john shadegg. >> i was wondering if you study economics and if we can compete with 11 cents an hour in bangladesh. john mccain -- [unintelligible] did you ever talk about that all? >> i was not an economics major. >> what about the issue of unemployment and economics in arizona? immigration sucked a lot of the oxygen out of the political 10. >> that will be a major issue not only in arizona but in so many battleground states. we're going to be talking about jobs, talking about unemployment, the economy, particularly in a state like

ohio where you have a high unemployment rate. that is going to be the focus. that is what he wants the focus to be heading into the midterms. in the context of a number of republican primaries and some democratic primaries, there the late issues that have turned themselves taken over the message of jobs in the economy. >> as you know you can participate tonight by phoning in. we will put those up on the screen later. i want to let you know that if you want to continue the conversation, there is a conversation on facebook. facebook.com/cspan. you can participate or send us a tweet.

look in florida. we have charlie crist and marco rubio and kendrick meek. we were talking to [unintelligible] he could see charlie crist sliding into third place. >> i think the first three weeks will be the most telling. from the republican perspective, they were very much hoping that kendrick meek emerge. what we have seen is that the congressman appears to help market rubio -- marco rubio and

that cuold lea -- could leave an opening to run right through and win in november. what is going to be interesting is there will be a battle for support among democrats. gov. crist has been making the hard pitch to major democratic donors to -- and democratic voters. kendrick meek will move from one difficult fight to have to win over democrats in the context of the general election and convince top democrats, particularly donors, to stay away from charlie crist's campaign. >> marco rubio gave his victory speech. we will show you john mccain later. here is marco rubio.

[applause] >> thank you. thank you. night they said would never come. welcome to a moment they said was not possible. 18 months ago, we were confronted with this extraordinary challenge. many discouraged us from doing it. tonight, here in florida, have

-- we have learned that anything is possible, even a candidacy like this one. i began with acknowledging in thanking god that all things are possible. [applause] it is important to remember that the good and bad things come with a purpose and that is something we should never forget as a people, as a nation, and we will never forget as a family. i want to thank my wife who has been extraordinarily supportive in holding my home while i traveled far and wide six days a week. and my children for allowing me the opportunity to this. i joke that early in the campaign the only people who thought i could win were in my home. four of them were under the age of 10. i am grateful to them. they are an extraordinary blessing. i am grateful to my parents who wind -- to encourage me to dream.

my parents have lived a selfless life. even on this very day. i am grateful to them and hope that tonight we will reaffirm that their sacrifices and their hard work were not in vain. i thank you for being part of this campaign. and to my extended family who is here and have been supportive. we have supporters and i am grateful. now for the road ahead. the campaign that lies ahead will be clear. the united states is headed in the wrong direction. both parties are to blame. washington is broken. the road that is taking us is the routfrom rome.

the choice is simple. if you like the direction america is headed, if you think washington is doing the right thing, there are two other people who will be on the ballot and you should vote for one of them. if you are unhappy with the direction that washington is taking america, if you're unhappy with the road we're on, there is one person running and one campaign in florida in 2010 which is offering to stand up to that agenda and present an alternative, that is what we have done the last 18 months. that is what we will do these next 70 days. >> you can watch the rest of marco rubio. john mccain has started to speak. this is live coverage, campaign 2010. >> to cindy and our children who are here. i thank them for their tireless -- [applause] dedication and support.

we won an important victory for which i am truly thankful. i promise you republicans and independents who voted for me and those arizonans who did not, i will do my best to prove worthy of the honor. i will never take your support for granted. this is the great ambition and privilege of my life. i have often said i consider myself one of the most fortunate people in the world. everyone's life has ups and downs but i have had the honor to serve our country in good times and bad since i first sworn oath to defend her as a 17-year-old midshipman at the

naval academy. [applause] i know of no higher honor than that. i think you and all arizonans with all my heart for allowing me the privilege to represent in congress our beautiful state. the interests, rights, and dreams who are blessed to call home. this was the tough hard-fought primary. my opponents and their families and supporters deserve credit for having the courage to enter the arena and give so much of themselves to the candidates they believed in. i wish them well in the future. [applause]

we know this election is not over. we have more than two more months hard campaigning ahead of us. i am sure we will face a spirited challenge of the democratic party's nominee. i promise you i take nothing for granted. i will fight with every ounce of strength and conviction i possess to make the case of my continued service in the senate and the policies and principles i will advocate and defend if i am fortunate enough to be reelected. [applause] this will be a consequential election. no one should have any doubt about that. no one is satisfied with the current condition of our country. i know arizonans, like americans elsewhere, are rightly concerned with the direction we seem to be

heading in. staggering unemployment, a devastated housing market that shows little signs of improvement. our river of red ink that threatens your prosperity and the prosperity of future generations of americans who will struggle to pay the costs of mistakes made before they were born and a government that does not seem to realize the trouble we are in and do what is necessary to confront it forthrightly and fix it effectively. i am convinced that republicans will win in november and we will regain our majorities. [applause] we will win house seats in arizona. we will lead in arizona. [applause]

when we do, we will stop the out of control spending and tax increases and repeal and the police -- replace obamacare. [applause] will keep families in their homes, we will create new jobs and allow our businesses to grow without washington interference. we will secure our borders, defend our nation and bring our troops home from afghanistan with honor and victory. [applause] we must always act only on your behalf. we must share your concerns and understand your frustrations. we must bury your -- barrier burdens, five-year fight, defender rights, and support

your dreams. i will fight to do the one thing every american generation has done. to leave a better country to their children than the one they inherited. americans cannot afford to continue on the course we have been on. we cannot continue to ransom your futures. steal from your children for the sake of a growing government that is beyond necessary or wise or wanted. you should be trusted to make the right choices where families with your own money. your own industry, your own dreams. there are things that only government can do and we must do them better. and at less cost to you. we must trust in the freedom of americans to do those things for themselves that no government could ever do better. we must trust in the principles of free people and for markets to recover the strength and innovation of our economy. we must make it easier, not

harder for small businesses to help our economy grow. we have never confronted the problem we could not overcome. and we never will. [applause] if i am privileged to win reelection, i will continue to work night and day to help arizonans and all americans to overcome our present difficulties and succeed because -- as we always have in building a better country. i promise you i will act always and only in what i believe to be the best interests of the state of arizona and the country and love. i will always be indebted to you for the privilege of serving you. thank you again for your support and encouragement. we have had a good night. now let's go back to work and fight as hard as we can through to november and get our country

back to building a future that is great and honorable as our storied past. thank you and god bless. [applause] ♪ >> if that song sounds familiar, senator mccain is that quite a bit during the 2008 campaign. that was senator mccain.

live coverage of campaign 2010 continues. senator mccain, 50% and j.d. hayworth, 29%. we are live from washington. we're talking about the arizona primary, particularly in trade we will look at that alaska's primary. our guest is joining us from the russell senate office building rotunda. what did you hear in senator mccain's speech. >> no mention of j.d. hayworth, which is not surprising. we were talking earlier. it has been such a nasty primary between these two. it did not surprise me that senator mccain made no mention of his opponent. i do not think you are going to hear him under his name again -- utter his them again.

you heard senator mccain mentioned a couple of positions he emphasized during the republican primary, repeal and replace president obama's health care law. i think that certainly he burnished his conservative credentials in the context of this republican primary. you will see that through his race in november also. >> he did mention congressman j.d. hayworth and thanked him and his family and led old round of applause. >-- a round of applause. >> i missed that. we apologize if you did not get the in audio. please go ahead. >> i am thrilled that senator mccain won the election. j.d. hayworth, i am shocked that

mainstream media kept saying that senator mccain was afraid of him. everyone knows what a big blow hard j.d. hayworth is. we have an american hero. how many people in their state have a true american hero? i listened to msnbc all week. they beat a john mccain every joe"e day for mournifrom "morng to at night. this is a war hero. when he was in vietnam in a box. chris matthews joined the peace corps. i am so proud of you. i am so sick of these people on these networks beating up a hero. in our lifetime, we will not know that many. you want to talk immigration? he did not change his

immigration thing right now. after it did not work out, he came to arizona and he goes, i did it. it was in 2007. i did it, i understand we need to close our borders and stop it. i get what you guys are saying in arizona. he was trying to work with president bush. i will tell you, all america, you did not think this immigration thing is big? they know that 300 drug cartels are set up through our country. drug distribution centers. they know the cartel in setting up here. when you laugh at arizona and put us down, let me tell you something. it is coming, america. >> we're going to have to leave it there. thank you for your call. >> i think that what the caller mentioned about senator john mccain's biography, it is one that any candidate in the

country would relish and certainly it is one that he talked about throughout all of his races in his political career. no doubt helped him in this one as well. >> sacramento, california. >> thanks for taking my call. i disagree with your previous callers. if john mccain was a leader, he would not have to expend $21 million to be the guy he said was so easy to be. john mccain is a foot locker. he changes his mind about who he is. at the convenience of what he thinks people want to hear. -- john mccain is a flip-flopper er. he was against reform for years. he flip flopped this year. i am also -- speaking against

jan brewer. she is a bigger woman, a racist, and a hatemonger. i know she will be defeated. >> i think again, the caller in terms of what she said about senator mccain and his position about immigration, that was the argument of j.d. hayworth and it was one he thought would catch on among the conservative primary voters in arizona and apparently, it did not, given the results. >> in the arizona results come on the democratic side. rodney glassman is ahead with 31% of the vote. >> rodney glassman is a tucson

city councilman. he is a young democrat. he is one of the party had some high hopes for. there is a latino democrat in that primary. he gave glassman a late challenge. democrats expected that race to be close. it would be an interesting dynamic in the general election heading toward november were senator mccain to face a hispanic democrat and see how the issue of immigration would play out, given that dynamic in the general. >> randy perez is at 12% as 35%.sed to glassman's the four democrats in the race to do not have 400,000 --

200,000 boats altogether. does that say anything to you? >> i think it says that whatever interest was there in the state of arizona tonight was in the republican primary for senate. i do not think it is surprising that there was a stronger republican turnout. you have seen that over the course of the primary season. it is clear that republican voters are more energized this primary season. on top of that, there has certainly been more races that have been competitive on the republican side across the country. this primary season. you have seen a lot of battles in the context of the republican primaries between tea party backers and others who were seen as establishment picks and that has generated more energy. >> all these results tonight our from our website.

c-span.org/primarynight. all the results, percentages, names, and raw votes are there. in the congressional republican race for the third district to replace congressman john shadegg, and quayle at a 11% reporting is at 22%. does this surprise you? >> it is a bit surprising. we talked about the race earlier. it was one of the nastiest ones out there. certainly on the republican side. when you have a race that has that type of dynamic, when there are those sorts of attacks, there is a certain level of unpredictability. we have seen that in a number of

republican primaries on the congressional side. this primary season. it does not necessarily surprised me. surprise messarily a surpris to see what is happening. there is the room waiting for him to come out and we will have live coverage. caller: if you look at jan brewer and john mccain, the thing they have in common is immigration. john mccain admitted that he was wrong -- well, not wrong -- it was a mistake to have amnesty the first time around. for the caller from sacramento,

the race card is getting really old and i do not think it is working anymore. playing that game will not solve the problem. they are always the ones that are wanting change. so i guess calling people racist, a governor of a state that is trying to protect its borders, is a little disingenuous, especially coming from a citizen from a state that is completely broke. host: thank you. guest: again, in the context of governor brewer what you saw it is a candidate that was resurrected by the immigration law. and the republican senate primary, senator mccain was able to satisfy enough conservative critics are based on his positions on immigration. host: well, it's midnight on the

east coast and alaska is five hours behind. in one hour, 8:00 p.m. at their local time, the polls will close. they are is 8 primary going on for the gop nomination. lisa murkowski and joe miller. what you want to tell us about this race? guest: there are a couple of the dynamics -- the sarah palin factor. she endorsed joe miller in june. she has not come in and done all that much for his campaign within the state of alaska. she posted on his facebook page on monday to help them with a last-minute fund-raising pitch

to run a tv ad. but her presence in any republican primary is interesting. it is notable in this republican primary because of the political feud that the former governor had with the burkowski family -- the murkowski. lisah palin defeated lis murkowski's father. she had a strained relationship anwith senator murkowski since then. her husband todd and miller are friends. he did a fundraiser for miller. there are some interesting dynamics and balding sarah palin up there. the tea party express group -- there are so many interesting

dynamics involving sarah palin up there. the tea party has run television and radio advertisements to support miller and it has not seem to like ahead of the primary that the tea party message and the palin endorsement has done much for miller or help them catch on in the state against lisa murkowski. lisa murkowski is quite confident headed into tuesday. they have a her up by about 20 points. there were polls that suggest the raise was that a similar margin. joe miller has not been able to catch the tea party and enthusiasm that other republicans have. host: sarah palin is not as

popular in your state. guest: there was a poll that pegged her disapproval in this state at 51%. her favorable ratings are in the 40's. sarah palin was once an exceedingly popular governor of the state of alaska. obviously, since she was on the republican ticket in 2008, throughout the presidential campaign, of her numbers in her home state have steadily declined after she resigned as governor. those numbers kept declining. it is hard to argue that as a republican candidate in alaska you would really want the endorsement of somebody with those types of approval numbers in their raúl stake hostir home. host: phoenix. hugo.

good evening. caller: i am wondering why no one has mentioned jim deacon. host: who is -- the third candidate in that race. with 22% reporting, he has 11% of the vote. tell us about him, hugo. caller: i am a ron paul guy, and i like a lot of his views. i have never even heard of this sky until the first debate that all three of them had. -- i had never even heard of this guy. he was the only one you mentioned the word constitution. that got me. john mccain says he wants to repeal obama-care, but dr. ron paul came out with a mandate,

and i do not think he has co- sponsored the bill yet. guest: i think that part of the reason that senator mccain and j.d. hayworth have sucked up the oxygen in that primary is they are two enormous personalities. the dynamic that played out over the course of this primary has certainly taken of the attention of the media and the oxygen out of that primary. deacon has not gotten that much of attention and i think it is because of the strong personalities that led that republican race. host: all the primary results from tonight are available at c- span.org/primary night. you will get the raw numbers,

the percentages, all the candidates' names. j.d. hayworth is still due to give a concession speech at th e marriott in scottsdale. you can see the room there. we are waiting for him to come out. in the meantime, john mccain from downtown phoenix, about 20 minutes ago. here he is. >> i am very grateful for the honor of being our party's nominee for re-election to the united states senate.

thank you. my wife and three of our children are here. i would like to thank them for their tireless -- [applause] dedication and support. >> go, navy! >> the navy one isn't here. we won an important victory tonight for which i am truly thankful. i promise you, republicans and independents who voted fopr me, i will do my best to prove worthy of the honor. i have never taken your support for granted or feel i am entitled to your trust without burning it. for is your trust and that is the ambition and privilege of my life. i have often said i consider

myself one of the most fortunate people in the world. everyone's life has ups and downs, but i have had the honor to serve our country in good times and bad since i first saw or an oath to defend her as a 17-year-old midshipman at the naval academy. [applause] i know of no higher honor than that, and i thank you and all arizonans will all my heart for allowing me the privilege to represent our beautiful state and the dreams of the people who are blessed to call it home. as you know, this is a tough primary. my opponent, jim deakin and congressman j.d. hayworth and their families and supporters

deserve credit for having the courage to enter the arena and give so much to that candidate they believed in. i wish them well in the future. as gratified as i am for the resort -- the support i received, we all of this election is not over. we have two more months of hard campaigning ahead of us and i am sure we will face a spirited challenge from the democratic nominee. i take nothing for granted. i will fight with every ounce of strength and conviction i possess to make the case for my continued service in the senate and the policies and principles i will defend if i am fortunate enough to be reelected. [applause]

this will be a consequence -- host: j.d. hayworth has come into the room in scottsdale. here he is. [applause] >> it i s ss so great. you -- first of all, you should note how appreciative -- you should know how appreciative, for all your hard work and all of your prayers and, yes, even our roads todvotes today were y appreciate it. i just got off the phone with my dad, and he offered his congratulations. i said, excuse me? yeah, son. -man economic0

stimulus package for arizona. and this is the great thing about being a republican candidate who believes in pro- growth economic policies. even when he finished second, you can prompt all sorts of economic activity in your home state and that is what we have done here. in all sincerity, as we look around this room, as thousands more join us via television across the state and country, we want to thank all of those, not only you gathered in this room, but so many from so many different parts of this state and so many different parts of this country. and i would be remiss if i did not thank those who join me here on stage, the lovely miss mary by my side.

[applause] and our children, nicole, hannah, and john micah. as you know, god does not grant us a choice of parents. and so these kids have grown up around these endeavors and my bride has been with me through these years in public life. but the thing i would like to stress this evening is that we may not like the results, we may have wished for something to turn out a bit differently, and that could be an understatement, but we abide by the results. we understand the results, and we believe not only for all bus but for others who made -- not only for all of us but for others who may enjoy these

numbers, under different circumstances, elections are clarifying moment. conservatives and republicans apparently believe that our senior senator will move to secure the border. no, no. let's understand we have to move forward. the time for derision in the campaign is beyond us. it is time for others to move forward with their visions of the future based on what the voters have told us tonight. and so i am offering this to you with all sincerity, without sarcasm or any sense of direction or delusion. we need to understand the results. the fact is, our fellow arizonans do believe the incumbent will be a better custodian of their goals and desires and we earnestly hope that will be the case. now, as we look around this room, we recognize that our

campaign comes to an end, but a fight for constitutional principles and conservative values and never ends. [applause] and for many who gather here tonight, amidst the disappointment, there will be a realization that perhaps your involvement can extend beyond volunteering. perhaps it is time for you to step forward, whether for school board or city council or, yes, perhaps even for the united states senate, you, too, have an opportunity to serve. and we thank you so very much

for your willingness to be a part of this effort. despite the odds, despite according to the latest reports i've seen, $25 billion of spending, we say -- you know what's interesting? there is a story about a member of congress in taxes. he got a call from a gentleman, a well-to-do down a man in his congressional district who said, congressman, i wanted you to know, i will spend $6 million to take you out. and the old boy responded, " well, shoot, i will cut that in half and just quit for $3 million." [laughter] we laugh amidst the

disappointments because this is a conclusion of the campaign, but as i said earlier, the cause cause and a and it is a fight worth having. we will move forward justice our nation will move forward united in the belief -- just as our nation will move forward united america'slieve sucf that best days still lay ahead of her. almost 2000 yerars ago, there was a remarkable man who had a life changing experience and, given his unique role as a tent maker and his insistence on his roman citizenship, he spread a belief that has transcended

the world and transformed many lives, and to fellow believers he wrote "we are hard- pressed on every side, yet not crushed. we are perplexed but not in despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed. " let the second place finish tonight prompt you to rededicate yourself to your first best efforts for our great republic. again, thank you for all you have done. thank you for what he will do in the future. god bless you and god bless the united states of america! [applause]

host: that was live coverage of j.d. hayworth's concession speech from scottsdale, arizona. 28% of the vote counted. 58% for john mccain, 38% at fort j.d. h j.d. hayworth. in the third congressional district, the gop primary to replace john shadegg, ben quayle maintains a lead. go back to j.d. hayworth and his concession speech. what did you hear? guest: there was seemingly an attempt by the former congressman to suggest that, to whatever extent senator mccain was pushed more towards the

conservative side on some things, particularly on immigration, the implicit suggestion i heard from j.d. hayworth is our campaign helped pull the mayor anhim there. let's see if he remains there. host: we have a 10 minutes left. we will close out the evening by looking at the florida and arizona results and looking ahead to alaska where the polls have another 40 minutes before they close. this is c-span's live coverage of campaign 2010. our next call comes from that in a phoenix. -- from matt in phoenix. caller: i voted for j.d. hayworth. i am upset because i feel it was a money issue. with $20 million on the campaign, i feel like john

mccain is an aristocrat. i did not like that. and to the lady there was to slander jan brewer as a hatemonger, i think she is the hate monger because she is calling people names like that. host: what is your main issue? caller: my main issue? i have many different issues. my main issue is the war. i do not agree with the wars. at the same time, i like the constitution, the first and second amendment rights. host: thank you for calling in. guest: the caller mentioned the amount of money that senator mccain spent. he certainly outspent j.d. hayworth substantially, but that was not the only factor there for senator mccain.

as you said earlier, the senator ran a very good campaign. the right things happened at the right time, the right attacks -- the two ads he ran against j.d. hayworth and the hayworth message did not catch on and it was not only because senator mccain was in a position to spend that type of money. host: "mccain has to stay on the strict immigration course and learn from not being a rhino." next call, mount laurel, new jersey. republican line. good evening. caller: i am very surprised that john mccain won by such a wide margin, especially when what we keep hearing is that we want a change. get incumbents out. if the people of arizona did not know john mccain and what he

does, his modus operandi, when ever he votes, he becomes a conservative. the rest of the time, it is hard to tell what he is. i am beginning to think that, rather than get rid of the people in washington, maybe we need to start looking at some of the electorate, because they say one thing and do another. they are as bad as the people in washington, d.c., a gentleman. guest: i think folks are stuck with the electorate. to the other point of wanting to oust the washington insider, the incumbent politician, we do not yet no results from alaska, but the presumption that senator expected tourkowski is win, we could end the night with a narrative that is different

than some of the others we have had so far this campaign season, where the incumbent, the washington candidates, for the most part, do win. host: we will let you go and let you write your stories. what is your lead? guest: look at the two self- funders in florida. we have a split there. broadly speaking, this is not look like this is a night where the outsider candidate is going to trial. triumph. host: tacoma, washington. our democrat line. caller: all this anti-mexica n uglytiment is an derivative of the economic situation we are its and it

sucks. it's an ugly side of people's emotions. guest: in the context of the immigration debate, this is something we will see played out to rob the fall and a number of states, particularly arizona, -- this is something we will see played out in a number of states, to carry arizona and florida -- in arizona and florida. how did they respond to the arizona law in their own primary. host: with 30% of the vote counted, rodney glassman is maintaining a lead for the democratic candidacy fo. meghan are you with us?

please go ahead. caller: i am kathy eden. she is running for the democratic. host: i'm sorry. i am looking right at her. caller: i am all little disappointed you are not covering the democratic race. arizona needs somebody focused on arizona rather than a national race. host: tell us about your aunty kathy. caller: she is an amazing woman from arizona and has arizona first on her plate. host: is she a politician? caller: she has been in politics

for whole life. my grandfather was in politics in arizona. she used to be on the state legislature, worked for governor mofford. she has been working for arizona life. host: she is currently in second place. there has been no declared winner. caller: we are rooting for her. host: thank you for calling in. a call on our democrats line in cape coral, florida. caller: how are you doing? my name is frank. i have three questions. i want to ask, for somebody that will say no to everything, do you think john mccain will work with the president? for me, i feel like every time

john mccain and the president meet together it is like they feel they are still in the campaign. --ant to ask you host: h host: talk about the president and john mccain's relationship and the effect of the president on campaign 2010, particularly in the two states we concentrated on tonight, florida and arizona. guest: on the president and senator mccain, it has not been the easiest relationship between the two. that stems from the 2008 presidential race. on the presidents of effect on 2010, you look at the races tonight, the florida senate race, the democratic primary tonight, i think that is the most interesting. there was this persistent story line is that the white house and

president obama had not been backing congressmen meek forcefully enough throughout the primary. that certainly changed about a week before the election, where you had president obama go down to a democratic fund-raiser in miami and congressman meek got some time with the president, even though the president did not exclusively headline in the event for meek. they went to south beach delhi. i. the congressman got some face time on the airport tarmac when the president arrived. certainly, the white house -- by also should mention that the white house chief of staff rahm emanuel did a fund-raiser for kendrick meek before the

primary. so the white house is certainly backing meek and, as the primary neared, did so more forcefully and openly. it will be interesting when you look ahead to the general election, because i think you'll see some of those same questions. we talked about governor charlie crist trying to appeal to democrats in the state'. and to what extent does the white house intercede there on the part of some democrats and help the meek campaign? host: our guest is with "the hill" newspaper. thank you for staying up late with us on the east coast to report on west coast races. in a half an hour, the alaska polls will close. we will not be live to cover

that, but you can follow that information and c-span.org on our primary night website. c-span.org/primary night. all results are here. here are a couple of the results. congressman kendrick meek 57% over jeff greene with 31%. he is the democratic nominee in florida. marco rubio is the republican. the attorney general lost to rick scott by three percentage points. rick scott will take on the flrorida cfo. she won 87% of her primary. and senator mccain beat former congressman j.d. hayworth 58%

to 30% in the arizona senate republican race. was nominated for the gubernatorial election in arizona. she will be opposed by terry goddard, the arizona attorney general. ben quayle in the third district in arizona now has a 23% of the vote with 35% reporting. there are eight republicans running for that seat. it is a safe republican seat. it is john shadegg's old seat. there could be another quayle in the house of representatives. that is where his father, dan quayle, started out.

thank you for joining us for coverage. again, c-span.org/primary night, if you want to see the results. we will see you on the next primary night. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tomorrow morning on "washington journal", we look at the economy and home sales. and the president of the american federation of teachers discusses the u.s. education system as children return to school across the country. after that, as part of our series examining defense issues, robert sova talks about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in afghanistan. and the heritage foundation's continues its conference on threats to u.s. security. they will focus on the role the private sector can play in homeland security forces. see that live wednesday morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span-3.

>> this weekend on c-span-2's "book tv," we look at the aftermath of hurricane katrina. a free-lance journalist offers a critical view of talk-show host glenn beck. and on "after words" we go inside hedge funds. for a complete listing, visit booktv.org. >> we now have a generation coming up who did not have the arts in the public schools. these are now the 20-year-olds. it is not clear that when they become up 40 or 45 or 50, they will come to the arts. >> he heads the kennedy center.

sunday night, he will talk about the future of the arts on c- "q&a". t >> it will take a few years before u.s. troops will be able to hand over control to local afghan forces in some areas of that country. president obama has said the u.s. will begin withdrawing in 2011. during this briefing, the general discussed the opposition to changing the don't ask don't tell policy for days and a military.the this is 50 business. minutes.

>> he last briefed this group on december last year. general conway returned from a trip to the central command region. he and his group visited romania, pakistan, afghanistan, and germany. general conway spent the majority of his trip in helmand province in afghanistan. he will retire after more than 40 years this fall. he will give you a briefing on his recent travels and take your questions. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. as the date indicated, it has been many months since i have been before you and also, we did get back from a trip and the theater last night. so if i look a little ragged, i am not getting old. we are just a little tired.

i want to offer a quick statement and i look forward to your questions. romania, afghanistan, pakistan, and we came back through germany. romania is a good ally. we attended a meeting at a port city there. we are reminded that romania stood with us in iraq and is increase our presence in afghanistan to 1800 troops 3 they sustained 15 killed an accident to date in afghanistan, but they are dedicated and it can be rightly said that as a nation we believe we are. -- they are punching above their way. the pakistan in leadership is consumed with the aftermath of the flood disaster. 2200 responding to the crisis. they have delivered more than

650 pounds of cargo. they should be off the coast of pakistan by mid to late september. the involvement of his army will report time ahead of their performing in married a task associated with these station. the number of marines was down from previous date and give our primary purpose for the trip was to visit marines and those that support us. it is not uncommon to find units

away from their operating basis for 30 days at a time. using firepower, i believe that they hold the initiative even in the height of the television fighting season. they are making the enemy reacts to them. morale is high. marines can sense conditions are turning the other direction they reenlisted several hundred marines for them -- marines. they grew value of support of their american. he said in a lead our country go wobbly on us now. the capacity of the afghan army is at a critical stage. we are headed schedule with the infantry company. the quality varies widely. he faces the toughest part. that is to train the aviators in enablers.

the truce will require a higher level of education and skills training for the appeared to have been just right for the task at hand there squarely on the side of their security forces for the ever so slowly, that is beginning to happen. though i certainly believe some units will turn over responsibility to afghan security forces into a dozen loven, i do not think there will

be marines. they are the birthplace of the taliban. i since our country is growing tired of the war. art also " the analysis of one of my commanders. he said we can either lose fast or when slow. i think the first question is year. >> the marine corps is good to be facing some big changes on big front. one would be the discussion of the royal marines play. it also changes to personnel policy.

>> although we have resolved this. we need to take a look at what our post-af figure for purposes of reset of our deployments to a unit in the pacific. we have a fairly sick of them -- they are listening again build up taking place. i will not start any bacof that until this is complete. then i think that would be the first thing. we will obey the law. we are anxious to see what the

survey indicates when it is made public. i caution our marines. if the law charines. if the law changes, we pride our core in meeting these services in many things. there will be 100 issues out there that we will need to solve it the law changes. we cannot be seen as setting our feet or delaying it. we need to get on with it. >> i wanted to pick up on do not ask do not tell. the citadel pick it up next month. you have been followed by other marine generals. you oppose a change in the policy. if you look at the polls done by military times, the marines seemed to oppose any change in

policy by a fairly sick of get margin. what is it above the marines that they oppose? you have been in the core for over four years. you talk to marines. what is it that they oppose about this? >> that is a tough question to answer. i am not familiar with the other services as i am my own accord. we recruit a certain type of young american that is willing to go fight and die for their country the. i look at how we close to live.

i do not endorse it as the ideal way ahead of the i think it has impact on the marine. we will follow the law. >> living in tight quarters, and that the issue you mostly here? >> unlike the other services, we have consciously are built by two. if the law changes, we start out a problem in how to address that. we will deal with it. i do not believe there is money out there to build another requirement for beqs allow marines to have their own room by his or theirself. how we do with that will be an

issue we will have to face. the majority will not like to room with an individual who is overly homosexual. some do not object. perhaps a voluntary basis by the the way to start without violating anybody's sense of perception our concern on the part. i do not know. we are not there yet. it is a hypothetical we will have to consider. >> he said the country's growing tired of the war. you are the first member to openly say that the country is growing tired of this war. how view maintain morale.

whether the concerns for your true if the country is really tired of this? we say you will be there for a few years with a country that this tired. how many years? >> what i am saying to you is what i am reading from you folks, really. those are real public opinion polls. 70% of americans oppose it. i think that is an important factor in this discussion. i think that thwe have to do a better job about talking of the last chapter of this book. i do not think we have done a strong enough job in convincing the american people there are good and just reasons for why we have to destroy the outcry that

in afghanistan. there is no future of opportunity for safe haven. what i just finished telling archer say you need to understand the public opinion in the united states will be whatever if it is. our country has matured to a degree that our fellow countrymen can be against the war is still support the troops. i honestly think it 95% of americans support the soldiers and not support them -- associate them with the administration. >> when you said that the marines or the military will be there a few years, what is your instinct on that? >> i cannot say we will be there for a few years. and what i said is that i think

it will be a few years before conditions on the ground are such that we would expect to be able to turn over to afghan forces. i think there is a mind-set than in still a company that. it may be a while. >> what are you talking about? i cannot say that for sure. things twist and turn. we had intelligence officers in 2006 saying that all is lost. by the end it 2006, we had the awakening. conditions change completely in iraq. i do not see the culture in afghanistan change into something like that. reconciliation could be a game changer. >> on the issue of canal and up, the u.s. position has been to [unintelligible]

japan has wanted to give them that. do you have an opinion? >> the runway was agreed upon. in terms of absolute safety, we still believe that is it is the best way to do things. it is a scenario to be resolved. it is safe for our pilots and air crews. >> how is the command going? kines say that a year from mel will be no withdrawals from marines in helmand? >> -- can you say that a year from now in helmand no

withdrawals from marines in helmand? >> we are dealing with a very intelligent animals here who realizes that marcija has the capture of an international audience. they are not giving of easily. there is not as much fighting as we thought would be the case. if they sensed our ability to disrupt the command control. there is a lot in shaping that had gone into it. they are snapping at mainly, they are intimidating the people.

let me make it clear purda. i cannot say they will be in the marines are not for the -- are not there. >> do you anticipate u.s. troops in canned a heart -- and can the hearth -- kandahar for a

few more years? >> if you look at a number of attacks in casualties and the focus, the fight is in the south. >> how many insurgence are left in marja? >> i do not know. i will put it in a couple of hundred freudenthal it is not significant. it is makes it tough to root it out. >> emitting conditions is the key to deciding whether to its

concerts are pulling out. what conditions would you look >> a military force shapes the informant. we cannot fix the economy or the government. what we can do is affect the security. but for all intents and purposes, we shape the environment that allows these other lines operation to take place. initially, in iraq and afghanistan, we have had to do that and start by ourselves. but increasingly, our doctrine calls for turning that over to host nations. that is why we are partnering right now almost on every patrol with afghan security forces when we go out. that is why we want to posture the police so they can be

successful. the shipping operation is a transition. transitioning host nations to the point where they can do those things. that is what we hope to a accomplish. when we have sufficiently beaten down the insurgency in built up the afghan capability of what is there, then i think we have done the essence of what we were sent there to do. >> the general briefed us yesterday and one of the things he mentioned was the afghan security forces show signs of drug abuse, four out of five are illiterate, desertion is a problem. is there any indication to you that these afghan security forces are going to improve such that if we get the number we want, they will be the quality we need it? >> the biggest problem i think

we face in all of that is the literacy issue. as i said in my opening statement, as we continue to build a force, it will be more important. these people are fighters at heart. they are every bit as good as the iraqis, in some ways, even more so with regard to their willingness to mix it up. they are quite effective when a partner with us. we of had to fire some police because of corruption -- have had to fire some police because of corruption. but most that we train our pretty good, but they need to understand that they will be supported by the afghan army in the u.s. marines. so we think there is a good construct their that is working. and again, it is never going to be -- british royal marines we are training, but they only need

to be better than the insurgency and we think we can achieve that in a reasonable period of time. >> two of the most controversial programs. the v-22, how well as a performing in afghanistan in terms of readiness rates? then i had a follow up on another system. >> readiness rates are about what we would expect them to be for the aircraft. we thought we have learned all we needed to know about harsh environments in iraq, but the environment in afghanistan is a little different. so we have other parts that are causing us issues. but those parts having been identified and put into the system, we are seeing a slow but steady increase in availability. as we apply those parts, are mechanics are getting better and faster and they can find shortcuts to apply proper safety

procedures. it is our new medium lift helicopter. it is involved in some of these insertions be on the enemy, in resupply, and transfer of equipment, and personnel. has been shot at and hit a few times. so all those things that we would expect, and as it is doing them in ways that still have us in terms of how to best employ the state of the art equipment. they have ospreys on board. that is the one that will arrive in september. we offered to have the aircraft itself as a ploy to pakistan from the east coast. -- self-deploy to pakistan from the east coast.

the new centcomm commander sees it as a marathon and not a sprint. >> what is the biggest acquisition program? do you sense support for the program starting to wane within the navy and the office of the secretary of defense? >> the program is under continuous scrutiny. at this point, everybody

>> when you leave, it is going to come hard and heavy. >> i hope not. it is incredibly important to us. >> let me add to the future. the secretary has done two things. talked about the review. [inaudible] he has questioned how much the amphibious capabilities you need. that becomes a navy ship building problem. are you concerned? >> no, i am really not. any person that takes a look except our dominant theory of forward deployment, in gauging away from united states.

it is able to do whatever has to be done out there for them predict out there. there is a lot of instability out there. although we have been fortunate the last couple of times our nation has -- there are not lead places like that. i think that it is an asymmetric advantage. it is pretty much laid out by a previous behest qdr that says we will have 2 brigades. to be augmented by all the other services. it is not just in marine's lies in a thing. the other would be deeply engaged. i think they deeply believe it

is the capacity the nation needs a burda -- needs. but i want to ask about to challenges the marines face. one is above the emphasis on avoiding civilian casualties. the debate challenge is that for marines getting the job done? the other is a perception issue. the president's day for the beginning of the withdrawal and a ability to effect that has some local afghans. does that make your job more difficult? >> the answer is always the same. it does not bother us much. we understand the nature of the afghan culture and society. we accept that if you want to conserve enemies coming need to avoid civilian casualties. conceptually, we are there for

them. and execution, we are good. that is who we are. our communication is good. we have tactical patients to make this work. at every level, we are ok. in terms of the july 11 issue, i think if you follow closely, it is giving our enemies sustenance. he made the same the way of intercepted communications that say we have to hold up for so long. what is the in me going to say?

what is he going to say where you have your leadership outside the country trying to direct operations? it is to gain is for them to be there. >> is a reconciliation process to get going? >> we visited with of the runs in afghanistan. it was really interesting to talk with them about the friends from our enemies getting tired. they are getting hammered.

is this all worth it? they are asking themselves that now. it is certainly not all going to be done in a month-to-month agreement. maybe this will not in love. >> how does this look in afghanistan? [inaudible]

you can learn from this. >> i miss the first question. will you please state it? >> it is not helpful to the degree that i think our partners are concerned we could have such a serious breach. at the same time, i have not ask anyone to examine all the documents. i do not think it is being held tactically. i do not think the impact is severe for the there is the theater reserve for the commander. he has chosen an elected to

commend their and the feature for a time for the investor some of the capability to respond elsewhere. there is no impact. we are relying in the common process -- in the helmand province. in terms of iraq, we are out of iraq for all intents and purposes and have been for a better part of a year. we have a different culture and environment for them we focused on the delta.

the focus on the third reserve and the -- that is working for us. the marines back in the 20's learned many of these lessons in terms of the transition process we talked the the emanuel has really been our meeting for the way ahead. >> troops are watching the ups and downs. [inaudible] >> i emphasize to them the number one concern on the part of american troops is the country behind us. i will tell you. i am so proud of our american public. regardless of how they see what happened in iraq war of

afghanistan, they support the troops. that is a message they get from me and they see when they come home. in that regard, i am impressively -- incredibly proud of our country. >> he mentioned the leadership is outside the country. why are we still there? why do not we focus for the leadership is? >> first of all, it is not a black and white situation. to begin elements are out of the country, and not susceptible to the day to day contacext. it is noted by the but soldiers we think there is a senior valley probably can exploit.

>> some marines equated with the efc platform . do you agree to they run the risk of cleaning to the. clinging to the platform? >> it is not the platform. it is the capability. it is the only thing out there that gives it the capability for their when the secretary made the determination to trim away the ef22. there were another of aircraft that could perform that function, maybe not as well, they could still do it. this is the only capability that exists out there to get this from over the horizon. we are going to have to come from over the horizon. you are over the horizon, you are at least 12 or 40 miles out .

i would be hesitant to put some of those vehicles at sea. it is not necessarily made by general dynamics. it is the capability that we need to be cognizant of. we would still be looking to come up with that capability. it is essential to the way we do business. >> mention small wars. what do you think? what is the state of the readiness? how should the shape to meet that. do you agree they have to worry about that? >> citigroup we put together a said almost the same thing.

they said the most likely conflict is what they call hybrid warfare, a regional conflict. we have to have a marine corps that this bill toward that. we have an expression that we do windows of whatever the nation asks us to do. at the same time, said terry gates has said that i support that. that is my belief. there is also a routine element of surprise where we fight the battle will not do we were not prepared to engage in. our guide and has them what it always has then. we need to be to fisted fighter. we need to be able to do what we are doing in afghanistan. need to be able to do what we did in 2003 will me cross the iraqi border.

we are trying to build boats. it takes away from some of the core competencies. >> eiffel marines of the in helmand. [inaudible] >> that is the key. one we are home from 14 months, we can do a lot that type of training from >> they destroyed quite a number of the operating basis aes.

are they tactically doing the job in the right way? >> they will not be replaced is our understanding. we have a little bit of a different approach from the marines. we believe that the nea to challenge the enemy. -- challenge the enemy where we think hata strength. we are less prone to move into a 14 today for the operating phase. we hope you will stay with force to bill behind us with -- forced to go behind is a transition for

their epic a minor difference in operating philosophy. there are some minor differences in how we approach that. >> you have to have a place where you can go back to at least rest and resupplied this type of things. most of the places will have a secure a helicopter pad. we do not want our helicopters to fly in the plays that are not secured th. we do believe in the bases. you have to have a security force. you have to protect it. that each of manpower. we want to have a minimum of those contingent with the thought you can get out and roam

the countryside, and trying to suppress the insurgent of the army is beginning in of all. >> we have been looking at hours for a long time. we are assessing the effects on the -- >> we are a rifle marine corps. we believe in long-range shooting skills. they are not as as resident of a are in the service but if that is not to say we do not use it.

we are dealing with an automatic rifle as opposed to a machine gun. they are going to come back and give as an appraisal. we have looked at a 726 system. we've looked at another that interchangeable perils and receivers. before we would go to something like that in a completely new rifle, which to be fairly expensive for us, we want to make sure we are getting all we can as the fire out of the five by six. >> when will the rivals the going forward? but pretty soon. probably toward the end of the year. >> we have time for one or two more. >> after the structure review is done, do you have any doubt the

marine corps will be less capable? >> that is certain not the intent of venice today in tent. been time after in a canister, 202,000 marines is probably too many. people are expensive. madonna the would it keep them constructively occupied. in the end, we will probably take the options by this review group. we will make some assumptions as to the climate. we will try to come away with an option that allows us to look toward that figure in terms of the requirement. we need something out there. in no way would we expect to

build a less capable 1. >> she wanted to be optimized that still have to sacrifice during capabilities? >> no. i do not think we will eliminate any of our capabilities. that is the only way we will be less capable predict -- less capable. the took some losses early on for some very awkward snipers in

marja and some other places. the best counter-sniper system is another sniper. are snipers are very good. we had taken down that debt significantly. secondly, we are impacting supply lines. but our read is that the enemy is having a tougher time getting the elements into place the dough it will be able to attack is through the system. security has not turned sufficient you got it. we have the momentum. we have the initiative. that is different from declaring the security conditions have changed magically. >> you said something that i

like to ask you what he meant -- you meant. you talked about the moral perception that marines have with people serving in the marine corps. what do you mean by more perception? >> we have some people that are very religious. in some instances, we will have people that say that homosexuality is wrong and they simply do not want to room with a person of that persuasion. it should go against their religious beliefs. that is my belief about some percentage of marines and our core. >> if that is the case and the law changes, as a senior commander, volunteer force that should those people leave? should accommodations be made?

what do you do about that? >> i've the commander, you try to satisfy the requirements of all your marines. if the law changes, we will be as concerned about their rights and privileges as you will marines who feel differently about that whole paradigm. local commanders will be required to assist us in making sure that every marine is provided for in this focus on it. >> one more? you said kandahar and helmand are the birthplace of the taliban. it is also the center drug production. what is your sense of of the

production process of opium in and from helmand? >> it is a dramatically reduced. it to be further reduced in the future. we have reports said the drug trafficking walk to the taliban. this summer between $70 million a year of the way of 24 under million dollars a year in terms of resources. it allows them to buy the tools of war and use them against us. we knew we had to use them to attend to beat that back. it was our perception that the farmers in and around marcia gambled and lost. they put a copy in the ground when the governor told them not to do that. -- marja gambled and lost. they put poppy in the ground

when the governor told them not to do. you know about people. in many instances, we gave them just a subsistence to burn their own fields. the production this year was very much a destructive. in the meantime, we know you'll treat inmates if the take away the ability for a man to feed his family. it is through instruction on how to create a different crop after trying to make sure that the infrastructure is there at harvest time. you are not good to have five guys come in there and pick it up for you. through the afghan government, we will give them another way to be a productive and successful farmer. the russian wheat will be less available on the market. there is the pakistani wheat fields. they will be problematic.

we think that the price of wheat will fare pretty well. in that regard, we could be fortunate that we are of to the afghan farmers. >> he did not preserve the senate in my job. thank you very much. take care. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> up next on c-span, and its beaches from primary races in florida and arizona. first marco rubio who won the republican senate nomination in florida.

then congressman kendrick meet. and after that, to arizona from the incumbent speech from john mccain who defeated challenger j.d. hayworth in debt senate primary race. -- in that senate primary race. if tomorrow morning, jim mctag ue will set the economy and -- will look at the economy and sales. after that, as part of our week- long series examining defense issues, colonel robert sova on the aerial vehicles in afghanistan. a week long conference continues on homeland's security. it will focus on the role of private sector in security

forces. see that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> we are all pawns on the chessboard. we're playing our cards and a drama that is neither fiction nor unimportant. >> i come before this body to personally express again my sincere regrets about the encounter with a capitol hill police. >> i cannot walk away and had you guys do your campaign because i am annoying. >> delivery of paula's in explanation directly to their colleagues on the for the house. what's more on line and read about them at c-span the video library, if all searchable and free. it is washington your way. >> former florida republican house speaker marco rubio won his party's senate nomination. he spoke to supporters in miami. mr. rubio now faces independent candidate governor charlie

crist and democratic primary win a congressman kendrick meeks. this is 20 minutes. >> thank you. >> welcome to the night they said would never come. welcome to the moment they said was never possible. 18 months ago we were confronted with this extraordinary challenge and many discouraged us from doing it, but tonight here in florida we have learned that anything is possible in this great nation of ours, even a candidacy like this one. i began by notching and thanking god through whom all things are possible. [applause]

it is always important to remember that both good and bad things come through his hands and for his purpose and that is something which should never forget as a people, as a nation, and we will never forget, as a family. i want to thank my wife annette who was an extraordinarily supportive in holding our home together walleyed travel 6.5 days a week and mike four children for allowing me the opportunity to do this. i've often just that early in this campaign, the only people who thought they could do this live in my home and four were under the age of 10. and i am grateful for them. they are an exporter blessing and a lot. i am grateful to my parents to encourage me to dream and that made it a mission of their life to open doors for me that did not even exist for them. if my parents lived a selfless life and have sacrificed tremendously for me throughout even on this very day and i'm grateful for them and i hope that tonight is the beginning of continuing to reaffirm that the

sacrifices in their hard work were not in vain. i thank all of you for being a part of this campaign. so many people have supported me from the beginning of my career in public service and even before, if my extended family is here and had been supported who find it hard to believe that actually people like you turn out to cheer me, but it is true that we have supporters and i'm grateful for all of you for being here today. and now for the road ahead, because the campaign that lies ahead will be a very clear one in florida. if by now the united states of america is headed in the wrong direction, and let's be frank -- both parties are to blame. if washington is broken and the road is taking us on right now is the wrong road. in florida that choice that our people are going have is very simple. if if you'd like the direction that america is headed, if you think washington is doing the right thing, then there are two other people that are going to be on the ballot in you should vote for one on them. but if you are unhappy with the direction washington is taking

america, if you're unhappy with the road that we're on and there is only one person running, falling one campaign in florida in 2010 that is offering to stand up to that agenda and in its place present a very clear alternative, and that is what we have done the last 18 months, and that is what we will do these next 70 days. [applause] i know that in every campaign they tell you the same thing -- this is the most important election in a generation, the most impact shock -- most important election in our lifetime. this one truly is. we as a nation and as a people are on the process of crossing the line from which we may not be able to return. if we arrest the point for decisions are being made in washington, d.c. that may be irreversible for my children and for your children and grandchildren and that is what this election is about, more than anything about. if it is not a choice between

republicans and democrats. it is not a choice between liberals and conservatives. this lesson is nothing less than a referendum on our identity as a people and as a nation. and that is what is at stake these next 70 days. and for us, as we campaigned, the most important thing we must do is offer a compelling campaign up -- vision of the future. i am not running to be the opposition. i am not interested in running to be just simply against people. i believe there is a better way to do things and said it is a much garden retreat a majority of americans. here in florida, we're going offer them the opportunity to vote for someone who has clear ideas about how america can once again reach embrace all the things that have made us exceptional and unique in the history of the world. [applause] tonight i want to be brief in my remarks for a couple of reasons. out of respect for your time and

all the other people running tonight, and we're interested in all those fascinating races that are happening throughout florida. my children, we're starting to get to our limit here, so -- [laughter] this morning i woke up like i do pretty much for the last 18 months to a campaign routine, a schedule that told me where i needed to be. this morning was different. after dropping my children off at school, i went to vote. and that was something i knew i was going to do today and i was taking it for granted until i got there. when i pulled up, and was immediately confronted by seven cameras at the same polling precinct that i have been going to for years and going to vote for other people. and then i realized, if you're running for the united states senate. your name is on the ballot, and god willing if things go well tonight, you will be the republican nominee for the united states senate. if and i realized something else. i realized that i am just a generation removed from a very different life.

my parents grew up in a very different society and we are proud of our heritage. but the place they grew up in was very different than the one i grew up in. if my parents grew up in a place like almost everywhere else in the world, where what you were going to accomplish and the like and how far you can go is decided for you before you were even born. think about that for a moment. in almost every other country in the world, what you're going to be when you grow up is decided for you by who your parents are, by where you come from, by his you know. it does not matter how smart you are or how hard you work, how it treats -- how big your dreams maybe, in almost every other society in all of human society, if how far you can go in life is not to you. it is decided for you. and that it is almost everywhere else on this planet. except for one place -- the united states of america. a place where anyone from anywhere can accomplish anything. a place where it does not matter if you were not born into a big

family, that you do not run in the right social circles, if you have a good idea and a willingness to work and pursue it, you can accomplish anything. sadly i think some of us born in this country take that for granted. we believe that that is the way almost everywhere else in the world. it is not. now maybe that is a lesson i learned yawn because i have been raised in a community of exiles. men and women who know it is possible to lose your country and everything you hold dear. of people who understand that this place, this nation is unique, that there has never been anything like this in the history of all mankind, and even now, even today, with the challenges that we face, there is still no place on earth that you would rather be, no country on earth that you would trade places with, but what we must always remember is that this exceptional country of ours, it did not happen by accident. this extraordinary country we

have did not just happen because. it happened because the people who were here before us did what ever they had to do to ensure that their children inherited a better life. this country is exceptional and extraordinary because the men and women who stood where we stand now confronted the great challenges of their time and in so doing to ensure the next generation was better off. over the last two and a 30 years, we americans had built a society unlike any other in all of human history. and now it is our turn to keep it that way. that is the issue of our time. the choice of forces there is simple -- what kind of country do we want these countries -- these children to inherit question a place like everywhere else, or a place that was left was? are we prepared to go down in history as the next generation of americans who did what we had to do to ensure this exceptional place remain that way, if or

when we go down as the first americans ever to leave our children worse off? i think i know which choice americans and floridians are about to make. every single one of us here today in track our lineage back to somebody who came from somewhere else. maybe it was just a generation ago. maybe it was four generations ago. but every single one of us descended from somebody who could not be to god meant them to be in the nation of their birth, and so they came here. to the only place in human history with anywhere -- anyone from anywhere can do anything. and the great cause of our time is to preserve the station for the next generation in that way. and that is what this election is about. if we stay on the rug that washington has on right now, we will lose our exceptionalism. this is not about who is in charge from a personality standard.

this is a -- nothing personal. but the people running this in washington, d.c. are wrong. the road they have a song is the wrong road. our economy is not creating jobs. politicians cannot create jobs. jobs are created by everyday people from all walks of life to start a business or expand an existing business. if the job of government is to make it easier to do that, not harder. but that is not what they are doing. our government cannot continue to spend more money than it takes and orson we will face a greece-like day of reckoning. the road that washington has is on right now will rob us of these things. i in where i began this speech, by telling you what the choices are here in florida. if you like the direction of washington is taking us, i am not your candid. i am running for the u.s. senate

because i think washington is wrong. i want to stand up to what they are offering and i want to offer in its place a clear alternative, a clear alternative that will leave my children and yours what they deserve, and what they deserve to inherit, what you and i inherited, what every american before them has inherited, if and what we will make sure the next generation of americans inherited -- if the single greatest society and all of human history. i need your help to get there. [applause] [inaudible] thank you. [laughter] a few words in spanish, if you will indulge me?

>> por favor. >> thank you. we're going to skip portuguese tonight, if you'll forgive me. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish]

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[speaking spanish] let me end by saying this in english. 70 days from today we will be back here or maybe in a bigger room -- [laughter] and god willing, on that day we will be able to announce that we of one the u.s. senate.

-- we have one at the seat for the u.s. senate. [applause] and let me tell you what that will mean. that will not be the fulfillment of some personal childhood dream of mind, nor will it be the end of a political campaign. it will ensure least one thing, that there is least one washington boys will stand up to is the agenda and said that we must again get back to the policies that allow the private sector and the job creating sector to be creating jobs, it will be your voice in florida. if there is one voice this says we cannot continue to borrow money from our children's future upon the the bad ideas of today's rulers, that voice will be from florida. if there is one washington voice saying clearly that the world that is a safer and better place when american are the strongest country in the world, it will be your voice and florida.

there will be at least one person in washington, d.c. standing up to this agenda an offering in its place a clear alternative, it will be me, your voice from right here in florida. if we have 70 days of work left to do. i am confident the next time we're back. together, if it will be claiming victory once again. thank you. ♪ ": " i've got a feeling playing] >> the democratic senate race was also denied it -- decided tonight. kendrick make one tonight. he spoke with supporters at his headquarters in hollywood, florida. this is 15 minutes.

-- kendrick meek won tonight. he spoke with reporters at his headquarters in hollywood, florida. this is 15 minutes. >> thank you so very much. hello, florida! >> you ok? >> i want to -- >> kendrick meek!

kendrick meek! >> all right, all right. first of all, i just want to thank god for this victory. [applause] i am truly humbled by the people of goodwill in this great state of florida. i want to thank all of florida for believing not only in my candidacy, but putting me on the ballot by signature, the first time the in this state that that has happened. i want to thank everyone that works every day. i want to thank the school bus drivers that i greeted this

morning at 4:30 a.m. that know what it means to live by paycheck to paycheck. i want to thank them first. i want to thank our seniors who went out and voted and cast their ballots early this morning at 7:00 a.m. looking for representation. i want to thank all of those individuals, the first-time voters that voted in the last election for the first time, they voted in this primary for the first time. i want to thank president obama. for helping me with this victory. i want to thank president clinton for coming down here.

bill nelson and alex sink, who is going to be our next governor in the state of florida. to the campaign, to all the volunteers, all the people that can believe in, for all the people who win the times got wrapped in this campaign, if there those that canada's out but you counted us and, and i want to thank all of you for doing that. i want to thank my family, my wife, leslie meek. my daughter in law and my son, kendrick. and my mother, u.s. congresswoman. ladies and gentlemen, our

friends that are part of organized labor throughout the state worked very, very hard. i want to thank them. i want to be sure to night. -- short tonight because we have so much work to do. there are so many floridians that are counting on a real leader to be the next united states senator, and tonight floridians spoke. i always said that i was the david in this race. if we just kept the faith and kept marching on and kept knocking on doors and kept making bond calls and kept putting out yard signs and kept putting bumper stickers on the back of the cars and we kept listening, and if we just kept listening, we would be victorious on this night. and i want to thank every already in that cast a ballot in the primary election to make me the democratic nominee and to be

the next sinister -- the democratic nominee to be the next senator from the state of florida. i made the case that i and the real democrat in this race. -- i am the real democrat in this race. i also made the case that i have the will and the desire and the energy to pull a double shift to get florida back to work to make sure people have health care, a major that we protect our environment. -- to make sure that we protect our environment. ladies and gentlemen, i am sorry to have you waiting for a little while because i had talked to someone and thank him for a great campaign. i had an opportunity to speak with jeff greene. jeff greene gave us his blessing and he looks for to campaigning with us, and i want to thank him for that phone call.

one thing that we have to keep in mind, ladies and gentlemen, this election is not about those that are running for office. it is about the people of this state and we have to continue to keep that focus on people that are in rural florida, and folks that are in rural florida, all the way from northwest florida, northeast florida, central florida, south florida, a southwest florida, southeast florida but we root -- -- will be represented to the most southernmost point in key west florida. i am prepared to work for every vote in the state of florida, be it republican, democrat of, or in the senate, because i know what it means to punch in and punch out every day. i think anything -- if we learned anything in this campaign, the people of the state had the opportunity to see them moodiness of politics. but let me tell you something,

ladies and gentleman. when you're dealing with the of light, you can count on me. i will not leave you behind and i will not start changing on you when you need me. and because the people of the state of florida stood with me, ladies and gentlemen, for $26 million, we made history. the state of florida was not for sale, will not be for sale, and we will stand up and continue to deliver. now let's talk about the business. >> kindred -- kendrick meek. >> thank you, thank you. endrickrick meek, kin

meek! >> i wanted to leave here and know what we stand for. -- i want you to leave. now what we stand for. i am running against two conservative candidates who are running with similar records. it's important that everyone in this room know that by electing me to be year united states senator, i will be the only candidate who was at this offshore oil drilling before and after it failed to protect the environment. i'll be the only candidate, the only democratic candidate, ladies and gentlemen, that has always consistently been against the privatisation of social security and fought against it in the u.s. congress. i will be the only candidate,

ladies and gentlemen, that stood in their with just as suddenly or when she was up for her nomination. i stood up and said she was the right selection and she would make an out storming supreme court justice. i am the only candidate and will be the only candidate that will stand up for a woman's right to choose what they do with their body. i will be the only candidate, ladies and gentlemen, that thought, legislated, and continue to work for comprehensive health care for every american and every already in. -- already in -- floridian. i'll be the only one to pull back on the 1% of the bush tax cuts and get mortages malt businesses.

-- and pull back on the small businesses. when you make me organize a state senator, i will stand up to make sure that you continue to see what you are seeing now -- our men and women coming back home from iraq and afghanistan. that is important to military families that we recognize them and continue to hunt for those that harmed our country. it is also important, lettuce and gentleman, to know that anything that came out of this primary, it showed that this campaign has the strength, the integrity, the well, and the desire to win against the odds. i may not beat goliath before november 2, but when november 2 it's here ladies and gentlemen, i'm going to be comfortable playing david. we know that when the polls closed, ladies and gentlemen, in

this great state of florida on november 2, that i will be the next senator from this state. >> kendrick meek, kendrick me ek! >> i want you to know that my campaign is based on the struggle of floridians. my campaign is based on making sure that children have someone that is going to fight for them. and i think what helps floridians makes decisions in this election was the thought that i have a real florida story. i grew up here in florida. my mother is born here in

florida, my children born here in florida, grew up in the public school system, diagnosed with dyslexia in the third grade, kept plowing on, single mother, three children on her own, divorced twice, wanted to represent her community. that is where i come from. attended florida a&m university. became a state trooper. changed car tires in this state. did the things that i had to do understand the needs of people, served as a skycap at the airport. a service worker in the state. when on to serve the state in the state legislator and in congress. some people call a career politician. i call a public service. i think it means something. i think it means something.

so, florida, florida, as we march on, as we continue to knock on doors, as we continue to listen, as we continue to count all 57 counties in, we will win in november. and when you leave here tonight, i want you to know that help marches on -- hope marches on, believe is not just a slogan, and the dream endured. that is so very much, florida. thank you, thank you, i love you, i looked lord if to be near knox to united states senator -- i looks forward -- i look forward to being you're next in that state senator. >>hn