repeal of the 17th amendment is being spearheaded by republican senatorial candidates like michigan pete hoekstra, todd aiken and indiana richard moore dock without want to go back to the good old days when senators were appointed by state legislatures, a process the senate's own one site says was marked by deadlock, intimidation and bribery. in other words, exactly as it is now minus all that stupid voting. i mean after all, why should i have to vote for my senator. i already voted for my state senator. he knows what i like. let him order for me it makes me feel patch erred. you know, order me something nice. but remember, i'm allergic to shellfish and black people. now decides-- (laughter) >> the founders of in country meant the senate to have a completely different constituency. as moore dock explained the house of representatives was there to represent the people. the senate was there to represent the state. yes. the states need their own chamber of congress where they won't be bullied by the people who live in them. i mean the people are the problem. why do you think florida is so screwed up

former michigan congressman pete hoekstra won the republican nomination for u.s. senate. this was overcoming a challenge from two republicans who questioned his record as a conservative. hoekstra will face democratic incumbent senator debbie stabenow who is seeking a third term. and to missouri congressman todd akin won the republican primary for the right to face incumbent democratic senator claire mccaskill. among those trailing akin was former missouri state treasurer stair ra steeleman who had been supported by tea party favorite former alaska governor sarah palin. >>> well, to arizona now where the man accused of shooting former congressman gabriel gafrd and 18 others last year outside a tucson grocery store pleaded guilty at a federal courthouse tuesday. government doctors pronounced jared loughner mentally fit and in court the 23-year-old told the judge he was the gunman who opened fire. nbc's jay gray reports from tucson. >> reporter: he was rushed back to the federal courthouse in tucson behind the tinted windows of this suv. once inside the courtroom jared lough

kind of want to invalidate their own senatorial election jeff flake was a congressman in arizona pete hoekstra another congressman in michigan these guys are all running for the senate now. with todd akin running in missouri another congressman they've all come out and said that things were better before the seventeenth amendment when state legislatures elected people elected senators directly and there's been other people antonin scalia the supreme court justice has also voiced some support here along with rick perry who has lots of wonderful views on the constitution and i think this is this new wave is kind of about the tea party you know revisionist history and this kind of fetishisation of the the founding fathers and going back to how things were ignoring all the problems that there were in the original constitution and the original founders ideas yeah it seems strange that you're going to be running for senate trying to vote by telling people they should have a right to vote for you but you can't i guess understand the way the tea party operates but we've seen with the tea party this sa

. >>> in michigan former congressman pete hoekstra winning a gop primary there. he will face democratic senator debbie stabenow. >> new information about the gunman and the deadly temple shooting in the state of wisconsin. 40-year-old wade michael page had a history of alcohol abuse. that drinking apparently costing him his military career and recently his job as a trucker. in the meantime the community of oak creek came together at a candlelight vigil. hundreds saying prayers. hundreds died including page. >>> jared loughner admit to do going on a shooting rampage in tucson, arizona. it left 15 people dead and 15 wounded including his intended victim gabby gifford. >> overnight earthquake rattling southern california. a 4.4 magnitude quake was centered and felt through out the entire los angeles area. no reports of any major damage or injuries. >>> take a look at this. nasa's curiosity rover sending back first color photos from the surface of mars. is it really red? this one shows the north wall is a little murky because of all of the murk. they are hoping to ha

. >>> in michigan former congressman pete hoekstra winning a gop primary there.will face democratic senator debbie stabenow. >> new information about the gunman and the deadly temple shooting in the state of wisconsin. 40-year-old wade michael page had a history of alcohol abuse. that drinking apparently costing him his military career and recently his job as a trucker. in the meantime the community of oak creek came together at a candlelight vigil. hundreds saying prayers. hundreds died including page. >>> jared loughner admit to do going on a shooting rampage in tucson, arizona. it left 15 people dead and 15 wounded including his intended victim gabby gifford. >> overnight earthquake rattling southern california. a 4.4 magnitude quake was centered and felt through out the entire los angeles area. no reports of any major damage or injuries. >>> take a look at this. nasa's curiosity rover sending back first color photos from the surface of mars.

i see pete hoekstra over here.eed to send him to the united states senate so we can turn that place around as well. we will lead. we will honor you, michi- ganders, by giving you a choice of two leaders. we will not -- the issues. we will take responsibility. we will not transform this country into something that it was never intended to be. we will reapply our founding principles. over the last few years, we have seen a pretty good glimpse of what the president thinks, of what he believes, where he thinks the country should be. do you remember joe the plumber? it is a belief that the economic pie of life is fixed, that someone's gain comes at someone else's loss. that is not true. we do not think that the job is to re-slice the pie. we want to grow the pie so everybody has a chance at the american dream. there is no other system in the history of earth that has done more to help the poor, that has done more to give the people the right to rise, and we do not want to replace that. we want to renew that. remember fo

less spending and more liberty. [ cheers and applause ] >> ali: in michigan, former congressman pete hoekstrae. >>> jared loughner pleaded guilty to a shooting last year. six people died. in a statement, gabrielle giffords' husband says gabby and i are satisfied with this plea agreement. avoiding a trial will allow us to continue with our recovery and move forward with our lives. now to the latest fallout from that temple shooting in wisconsin. police have arrested the ex-girlfriend of the gunman on unrelated gun charge. misty cook lived with page until june when he moved out and they apparently stopped talking. we're also learning that page had a history of alcohol abuse. his drinking costing him his military career and more recently his job. meanwhile, the community of oak creek coming together last night at a candlelight vigil. hundreds saying prayers in memories of the victims. seven people, including the gunman, died. >>> talk about being unfit for the job, overweight doctors are more likely to give their patients inferior care. one stunning example, 93% of doctors admit they only diagno