christie whitman would not be giving up her party. participat in this press. we would be supporting a bipartisan ticket. when we look back, when perot did run as an independent and got 19% of the vote, the disapproval rating of both parties in the congress, for example, was 30 to 40 points lower than it is right now. right now it's 91%. disapproval. i think it is because people are fed up with the fighting between the two parties. we're americans first. there's something more important even though i'm a democrat, the's something more impoant to me than thedemoe republican party. it's the united states of america. >> reporter: let me ask you both a few more questions. governor whitman again, the same question, you are a long- time republican. why walk away from your party, potentially your nominee whether it's romney or somebody else. >> i'm fighting for the republican party i knew when i was growing up. i want to see the kind of change in washington that will get us to the point where we start making the big... taking on the big challenges and making the impor

blanch lincoln and christy todd whitman. both are moderates. thank you for coming on. going to step out of the way. i'm just a television commentator. you guys have ran for office. won election. difficult elections. lost some. i don't think christy todd ever lost any. you lost that first one for governor up there. >> no, senate. >> that's right. that was a close one. tell me your views about the two political parties. i know you want to hit both. why is there no room for people crossinging the aisle, making deals with the other side, being close to the aisle so you can be one of those people that helps make those deals work? >> i'll just jump in there. >> go ahead. >> hello, christy, it's great to be with you. >> it's because it's all about politics. it's all about who is going to win and stay in charge. it's not about what are we going to get done and do for the country. that's why it's so sad to see olympia leave. she was amazing. she was always about hard work, solving the problem and getting down to making a difference. >> i wonder, governor, who is supposed to rep

just to reflect some more of the dissatisfaction this week, william cohen, david boren, and christie whitman talked about bringing in a different candidate through a nominating process. when you have people like that speaking out needing a different equation, that's a big deal. >> but that's a democrat and republican saying it. it's a third argument there. >> that's right. >>> all right. we've got a lot to get to this morning. coming up, we'll talk to the ranking member of the house budget committee. also, reverend al sharpton. the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. and chuck todd. up next, though, politico's top take aways from last night's primary. but first, bill cairns with a check on the forecast. >>> we'll talk about the record breaking heat in a second. yesterday afternoon down in mexico, quite the quake. 7.4 magnitude earthquake. not too far away from acapulco. thankfully, not too much damage but it was an impressive quake and very close here to our homeland. as far as what we're dealing with out there today, we are watching temperatures just like yesterday and what a day