has always been charlie crist.s own guy. he's sort of an independent player out there. he's expressing his views. there's no secret that, you know, he found something in this administration that as governor was beneficial to his state at the time. and you know, look, that's how he feels. he's just one voice out there of ma many. who are for or against the president. i'm not going to sit here and second guess him or judge him on that. that's his choice. we have -- in 2010, we had republicans who supported, for example, former chairman supported harry reid for his election. so that's how that works. you know, and people, you know, vote their interests as jimmy was talking about. and i think charlie crist sees a related interest here. >> how about this, jimmy. i want to talk about the "new york times" blog. it has a new piece regarding the gap between likely voters and registered voter in the presidential poll. president obama has an early lead for registered voters, but it's much tighter for likely voters. they say a

charlie crist now no longer republican.id the republican party-going too far in the right wing direction and thinks the platform of the party about to be approved is an example of that. you will speak next week in charlotte at the democratic convention. give as you tease. >> i will talk about the president. and i'm going talk about the fact that i think he has been a great leader, that he has really led us in a very difficult time, obviously. he inherited a real mess. and the fact that he's worked across the aisle, you mean, i talked about it earlier, that he helped news florida when i was a republican. and didn't really care about, you know, the partisanship of it at all. was very nonpartisan and was a gentleman. one of the things that i really appreciate about him is the demeanor and the way in which he leads. he leads with -- >> this governor have you now here is not at all like that. >> no, he's very different from president obama. >> this guy, rick scott, is -- kind of an unpleasant sort of person, don't you think? >>

teachers like charlie crist. african american voters really like charlie crist. moderates like charlie crist. we will see how it plays out. host: politico has a story this morning. who is on the inside track for the romney cabinet? who is part of his team that the transition into the why house? it also mentions names of other leaders throughout the nation he could pick to observe him. the story mentions governor bobby jindal of louisiana as someone who could be potentially considered the health and human services secretary. it also talks about some senior advisers could lead position in the why house and senator robert portman, republican from ohio, could have a top job in the cabinet. not actually seeing governor bobby jindal attend the convention because of what is happening in his home state with tropical storm isaac. but we are seeing a lot of governors. there is a piece today in "the wall street journal" that says a reform governors who led the way and it picks out these men and women speaking this week, showing that they are helping bring a strong voice to

zell miller was a colorful personality and charlie crist is less so. your week there. jenna: it is certainly no easy thing to put on a convention, it's also very expensive especially for us. both conventions, republican and democrat are expected to cost upwards of $100 million, maybe even more each and we are paying for part of it in fact. both parties are splitting a total of $136.5 million in federal funds. that means $50 million each for security, plus another $18.2 million for things like balloons and funny hats, and campaign signs, and other expenses. more than $18 million for things like transportation, office supplies, certain entertainment and gifts for staff and volunteers. the federal fund don't cover everything we should note and the convention host committees will have to make up the difference. they put out the estimates of what they think things are going to cost but they don't have to publicize that. we just know that more than $68 million of our taxpayer money is going to either convention. in the peen time there is the national debt it

charlie crist, the former republican gov.. >> there had been rumors about this, that charlie was going to have a coming out party. some people firmly believe that crist will run for governor in florida in two years. right now he is not registered as a democrat. he is still an independent. we do not know whether he would change his party affiliation before the charlotte convention or whether he will decide to run as an independent. all indications are that he will run against our current governor in two years. >> there is an interesting tour you give in the local paper. i want you to give it to our listeners around the country. right across from the convention there is an empty lot. >> what i tried to do was give an alternative history of tampa. across from the convention center is an empty lot. seven years ago, donald trump came to tampa and made a big splash and said he would build the tallest condo project in florida. lots of dignitaries were at that press conference. after years past, he never came through with this promise. yet, he is promised as a businessman who always gets the j

but marco rubio was starting to make inroads and charlie crist dropout. there is a democrat african-american from northern florida. he was in the race, too. all three of them being there, they benefited marco rubio marco rubio was able to present himself as the most conservative voice in florida. charlie crist, presented as someone as he was called in a newspaper article -- the most liberal republican governor in the united states. when charlie crist decided to run as an independent, all the independents were able to be split and rubio was able to espouse the race. in the income he ended up winning it by a lot. so all that i knew when i got started on the project. i did not know a man named pedro victor garcia. he is marco rubio's grandfather. a name i never heard before i started research on this project. there have been mentioned a discrepancy among the senators family coming after fidel castro. but i also wanted to know about garcia. and if you speech speeches that the senator had spoken about him -- i begin to study him and see what his life was like.

charlie crist is a left-leaning program and he probably needs to be over there. i'm a right of center-leaning person and the right of center leaning person, i don't need to be in charlotte i need to be here. >>neil: i caught up with former florida governor about the crist switch, he was very disparaging. i don't how well you can hear. >>guest: i can hear fine. >>neil: this is from governor bush. your reaction, please. what did you make of your successor, governor, coming out, and he will be doing a speech at the democrat convention, and he has thrown his support behind the president. what did you make of that? >>guest: you cannot make it up. you cannot make up charlie crist. he is organized his life around his personal ambition. he ran in a primary where he was the odds on favorite but did not offer a compelling reason to ... and marco rubio cleaned his clock and beat him in the general and he is trying to find a way to get back in the political game and it has nothing to do with principles ored whys but ambition. >>neil: i was thinking, are you going to get the

finally, former florida governor charlie crist says he's supporting president obama in the 2012 presidentialce calling him the right leader for our times. crist first suggested he might support obama on our show back in january. >> consider? sure. i would consider that. i really think he's sincere and genuine. i think we have a lot of time, a lot of issues to talk about. but i think in his heart he's trying to do what's right for the country overall. >> crist left the republican party in 2010 to run unsuccessfully as an independent for the u.s. in the. fun little note -- his republican consultant when he was running for the u.s. senate as a republican for a while there -- stewart stevens. >>> the people needs to win over on thursday won't be there -- they'll be among the millions he hopes will be watching on television from places like -- florida, ohio and colorado. mike murphy, a veteran republan consultant, columnist for "time" magazine. now we can do the schtick. i got the waterproof, man. i am ready for the floods. they won't let me hang on to the wind. i -- >> the um brella being ripped

charlie crist is now speaking at the dnc. bit of information about who used to work for charlie crist and it's a lot of current romney staffers, including andrea saul. does it hurt to have high profile republicans either questioning or leaving the party as mitt romney is its nominee? >> well, it certainly doesn't help. let's start with that basic premise. mitt romney is coming into tampa and you can see there's a whole hub or actually not, of activity behind me. really with the least amount of enthusiasm of any candidate in modern times. and paul ryan, by picking paul ryan, he didn't really do that much to juice up the enthusiasm the way that mccain did with sarah palin, at least initially. if you go back and think about the barack obama entrance into denver and how he stormed his way into there, he was not only captivating democrats, the whole country was just amazed and interested in barack obama. here, you really see the culmination of kind of a shotgun wedding that was financed by the super pacs that supported mitt romney

. >> nbc news can confirm former republican and governor of florida charlie crist is going to speak at the dnc convention after -- >> so i heard. >> after endorsing president obama this weekend calling him the right leader for our times. now take a listen to this. here's what former governor jeb bush who supports romney says about the party. take a listen. >> our demographics are changing. and we have to change not necessarily our core believes but how we -- the tone of our mess annual and the message and intensity for sure. i don't think that's going to have an impact in this election. there's a gender gap in favor of president obama among women in a dead heat there's going to be a gender gap in favor of men for romney. this is going to be a close election, but long term, conservative principles if they're to be successful and implemented, there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than today. >> charlie crist jumping sides we'll put that aside to talk about is this party big enough when we look at the polling numbers, the african-american communities,

they did a big hug that was used as an attack against charlie crist later. it's not all that surprising that the republicans scoff at it >> woodruff: fair to say there's a little bit of bitterness on the part of republicans toward charlie crist >> he's moderate. woodruff: christina you'll be reminding us of all the things we should be watching online >> the effort that you are both participating in, we do the political checklist on our live stream. we have an active twitter feed that's at newshour and then of course just our live stream 24 hours a day. make sure to check that out. >> ifill: everywhere you look woodruff: thank you. so how engaged >> woodruff: how engaged are americans in this summer's political conventions, and what do most want to hear this week in tampa? the pew research center asked those questions of about a thousand people nationwide. for more on that poll, jeff is on the floor with pew's andy kohut now. >> brown: andy, what are people saying that they're interested in, in these conventions? >> well, we did a poll this weekend of a thous

. >> what do you think of your former governor, charlie crist? used to be a republican, now having endorsed president obama? will speak, in fact, at the democratic convention. >> you know, i've known charlie a long time. >> you worked with him, right? >> no. i was a prosecutor. i knew him when i was a prosecutor. he's from st. pete. i'm from tampa. i've known him for a very long time. i know he calls himself a reagan republican. i know he says he's pro-life. i know he says he's proguns. he says he's pro family. he was one of the strongest advocates against obama care. and he says he's pro business. so this makes no sense to me. frankly, i think it's a distraction. i don't think we should waste time talking about him at the republican national convention. and in the fact of the severe storm about to hit louisiana. >> he's not going to be happy with what you're saying about him. >> no. i've known charlie a long time. that's his platform that i've always heard him say. >> but he is supporting the president of the united states for re-election right n

." >>> another former republican governor of florida, charlie crist, has made a surprise endorsementdent obama. in "the tampa bay times" crist criticizes the gop for being so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they have proven imcapable of governing for the people. >>> check this out, the latest associated press poll finds nearly 1 in 4 registered voters are either undecided about the presidential race or iffy in their support for a candidate. and these maybe voters could decide this election. >>> a new tv ad released by the democratic national committee was inspired by a hit tv show from the '70s, can you name it? the new spot called "the rochlny bunch," much like "the brady bunch," is part of the dnc's digital campaign to counter this week's speeches at the republican convention. >>> and the battle for the white house is now a video game with animated candidates actually duking it out, they're fighting. it is a new app for apple devices. it is called "vote" and you can pick the candidate that you want to control, and for thr

that's charlie crist's decision.s always shown himself to be a somewhat independent person when it comes to the people in florida, in particular, and his view on politics. look, this is the beauty of the american political system. you can have someone do that cross party thing and it's not a problem. i've always been amused that republicans, you know, love it when democrats come out and endorse, you know, our candidates like joe lieberman did, as you recall. but then we get all, you know, put off when a republican sees some virtue of value in a democrat candidate. so, those individual choices and, you know, god bless them, the folks for mitt romney is not whether crist has endorsed him. the focus for mitt romney this week is to make sure america gets to know him and understand his vision for this country. he has got to start speaking specifics. >> he has been running for five years -- >> i get that, i get that. i understand where you're going with that. i agree he has been doing this for a long time. >> it's not like

. >> let me talk about the news, charlie crist endorsing barack obama, your reaction?'t surprised, i think that charlie crist could take a shot and he would do that. >> why. >> i am not sure, ask him. >> of the member of congress running to get his name on the ballot in virginia, a key state. any impression that he could impact ohio and virginia? >> it could take as many votes away from barack obama. i know he's a libertarian type. people are frustrated with this president and many on both sides for barack obama supporters to go the other direction. i am not too worried about that on our side, i think we have done a good job in states like ohio and virginia, educating the voters. that's what we do. if we can't communicate to the voters and drive them to the polls, then we are not doing our job. we know our job and everyone understands this is the difference of the people. >> we will be providing gavel-to-gavel coverage, over next days what are you doing? >> we are running the convention. have a lot of good help and a lot of professional people to do it. i will be condu

. >>> last night on "hardball," the former republican governor of florida, charlie crist, talked to chris math news aboth the gop convention. he's endorsed obama because he feels republicans have moved too far to the right. >> i've seen the party drift to the right so significantly that it's at a point now on the inversion of ronald reagan where i didn't leave the republican party, the republican party left me. and why i've decided to support the president is because he's helpful to all people. when i was a republican governor, for example, he obviously a democratic president, but on issue after issue, president obama was very helpful to us on education, on the environment with the handling of the bp oil spill and so many other issues. >> each night chris plays hardball with some of the nation's most prominent politicians, newsmakers and leaders. be sure to watch "hardball" weeknights at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern only on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> let's get back to that weather, hurricane isaac and check back in with bill karins tracking it. good morning once again. >> just got a chan

the former republican governor charlie crist will be speaking. >> i think they are hitting the bottomrlie crist will do what mitt romney had a hard time doing which is rev us up and get us going to help mitt romney win florida. he is a radioactive figure in florida and nationally and people will be quite enthusiastic about the idea. even now more appealing it is to beat charlie crist than it is to beat barack obama. >> tell us how you really feel. coming up, we'll take a closer look at the security at the republican national convention. there's a lot of it. i'll talk to dan bongino, also a republican candidate for senate in the state of maryland. a lot to discuss with him. >> we are looking forward to that. thank you, john. frorm isaac threatens new orleans and threatens the gop convention schedule as well and could impact what you pay at the gas pumps. christine romans with more on that. for an expanded look at our top stories, head to our blog cnn.com/earlystart. r ] it's a golden opportunity... to experience the largest, most efficient line of luxury hybrids on the road, including

can cha charlie crist help. chris is here to help us figure it out and more.. >> good to be here in florida with you. these are your people. >> loving it. they can be your people as well. they love chris stirewald because you keep it real. the op ed from charlie crist was a republican when was the governor of florida. he has strong words in endorsing president obama saying i share his vision. a lot of folks here in florida say they are not surprised by that. what do you think it means? >> i don't want to be cynical shannon, not in politics, just politicians. crist as we know is widely speculated to be considering a run against incumbent rick scott and this is probably a way to set himself up and he wants to show that he really does like barack obama. but remember, i don't know charlie crist has been a moderate republican. a conservative republican. back to moderate republican. back to conservative. left the party. became an independent. endorsed barack obama. i don't know how much his opinion on this really will sway voters but it may help him. >> shannon: so

trop disk as jeane kirkpatrick former democrat who went to san francisco democrats, you know, charlie crist is coming to the democratic convention. >> ifill: returning the favor you could say. >> former republican going to charlotte. archer davis is a convert. >> ifill: one of the themes tonight is switchers. archer davis leads that group. there are a number of people speaking who say they change their mienltdz. >> ifill: he's african american, he's a harvard graduate. he fan seed himself to be close to broke. he'broke -- barack obama. he's nor valuable in some ways isn't he. >> he's tremendously valuable. harvard doesn't have a voice. and so you know he's arguing for that, being african american and for being you know someone who is close. and you meet people if you cover this race, you meet people every week who said i voted for obama, i'm not going to do it this time. so those people are out there. if romney's going to win he's going to have to get a chunk. >> let's go back to jeff on the floor. a few minutes ago he talked to california congressman kevin mccarthy. he's the republican whi

trop disk as jeane kirkpatrick former democrat who went to san francisco democrats, you know, charlie crist is coming to the democratic convention. >> ifill: returning the favor you could say. >> former republican going to charlotte. archer davis is a convert. >> ifill: one of the themes tonight is switchers. archer davis leads that group. there are a number of people speaking who say they change their mienltdz. >> ifill: he's african american, he's a harvard graduate. he fan seed himself to be close to boke. he'broke -- barack obama. he's nor valuable in some ways isn't he. >> he's tremendously valuable. harvard doesn't have a voice. and so you know he's arguing for that, being african american and for being you know someone who is close. and you meet people if you cover this race, you meet people every week who said i voted for obama, i'm not going to do it this time. so those people are out there. if romney's going to win he's going to have to get a chunk. >> let's go back to jeff on the floor. a few minutes ago he talked to california congressman kevin mccarthy. he's the republican whip

now i think is something that charlie crist will so our humanitarian grounds. to we will give you say. all right greg warren spokesman for the australian lawyers aline's thank you very much indeed for your thoughts here on our team thank you. ecuador says the key factor in its decision to offer a refuge to join a songe was that he might not get a fair trial if he headed up in the us and packing that whistleblower off to america say his supporters is the ultimate objective of the words in both britain and sweden i just marina for now reports on what could be in it for washington. thus far u.s. officials have not made any public statements but we can presume that a lot of discussion is taking place now behind closed doors while julia saunders mother is calling this a victory for her son many see this as a small defeat for the u.s. and that is because many believe the u.s. was hoping that julian assange would be extradited to sweden so that sweden would subsequently be able to extradite julian assange to the united states we have heard in recent years it's no secr

. >> the former governor of the state, charlie crist, endorsed barack obama.e get a reaction to that? >> i was not surprised. if charlie crist could twist the knife anytime he can come if you would take a shot. >> y? >> i do not know. as kim. >> a story yesterday in "the washington post." a constitution party nominee, trying to get his name and the party in virginia -- any concern that his presence or that of other third-party candidates could impact the state's? >> i think they will take just as many votes away from barack obama. i know he is a libertarian type. people are very frustrated with this president. i think any third-party candidates give an opportunity for otherwise, on both sides, barack obama supporters to go the other direction. i am not too worried about that on our side. i think we have done a very good job in states like virginia, ohio, wisconsin, of educating voters. that is what we do. we are the army on the ground. if we cannot communicate to those voters and drive them to the polls, we are not doing our job. we know what our job is. i thi

. >> charlie crist will return the favor like my baseball card collection.er] neil: just like mickey mantle. [laughter] republicans have to be clear argue against romney who was knocked in-your-face but a ceo. >> he analyzes. >> leaky pipe in the kitchen and you can hire to plumbers. one is charming and cannot sadr. the other is dry but he will fix the dam pipe. which one? >> the guy who will fix it. the country is in such pain that in november they will hire the man who can fix it. neil: john sununu did very loyal ally. but this is a built in loyal crowd. you have to go beyond the crowd that of the from this crowd but also part of the outside crowd. mr. wall street. his suit is my mortgage. [laughter] i am joking. my mortgage is less. talk about how mitt romney closes the gap. >> paul ryan hit a grand slam. grand slam brokers christie was excellent. the message is clear. we cannot have four more years of this administration. this new administration and romney ryan will get americans back to wait -- back to work. >> the next week the democrats will say they

remind us the significant of charlie crist and what this endorsement means. guest: well, former-a governor chris holds a unique place in florida history. he was a republican governor. a very popular one. instead of running for reelection, he decided to run in 2010 for the united states senate. but he also had taken a number of steps, moderate steps that emulated some of the conservatives in the republican party. in the fall of 2009 as barack obama was arguing for his economic stimulus plan. he appeared on stage to support the stimulus plan. it was a famous embrace. so, a conservative challenger, marco rubio a rose and was clearly going to beat chris in the republican primary for the u.s. senate race. crist dropped out and ran as an independent. they condemn him bitterly in speeches at party gatherings. he, meanwhile, has maintained some of his personal popularity, however, and has been edging closer towards the democrats. there has been speculation that he will run for governor as a democrat in 2014. the endorsement of obama, which he announced yesterday, on

john cornyn and mitch mcconnell tried to get involved in primaries in 2009 with charlie crist in floridad stayed out sings. and now they're in a situation like this. although they stayed out in the missouri republican party and they had a clear favorite here. >> it wasn't todd akin. >> i don't know. i'm not sure they could have tipped it. they don't have more control over this guy for having let him win. >> but you can kweez people out of races if you have some type of power. the party is going to do this. what incentive -- why should he listen to people who never wanted him to win the nomination? >> when you look at how the primary went down, it was a three-way race but really an eight-way race. he won 230,000 people. in missouri, that's 3.3% of the population. this guy was not voted in by a mandate. he barely made it in. i'm not sure he was the consensus vote for all conservatives. when sean hannity is calling for you to consider your country and do the right thing, i think it's clear that there's no -- there's no sort of rallying around todd akin. >> but, joy, let's make it clear. the

endorsement in florida, as you may have seen on "this week" former florida republican governor charlie cristacking president obama. in he explains here's why i'm backing barack obama. he is now an independent, he goes on to say the republican party has become so extreme it is incapable of governing for the people. he says look no further than the inclusion of the akin amendment in the republican party platform which bans abortions even for victims of rape. >> that pace been there for 30 years, there are multiple human life amendments introduced, 20, 30 years ago some had exceptions, some didn't. the real point is, we are affirming that we are a pro-life party. >> maybe it has been there for 30 years. but it is time to take it out. the idea that we would put in our u.s. constitution, an amendment that says that women can't get an abortion, even if the -- in the case of incest -- incest and rape is way beyond the mainstream. >> republicans won't have a lot of time to discuss their platform as we said hurricane warnings forced their agenda to compressed to three days. >>> officials in new york

florida's republican governor charlie crist announced that he will be among the speakers at next week's democratic national convention. the move came after he officially endorsed president obama yesterday, a former governor cited the president's support for programs in florida as part of his endorsement. he withdrew his republican affiliation back in 2010. stay with us for continuing coverage of the republican national convention, we will have live reports throughout the weekend as always you can find the most up-to-date information on cbs sf .com. >> low-lying parts of louisiana west of new orleans under evacuation orders tonight as is it nears the gulf coastline. neurologist think it will be category one, possibly category 2 by the time in his landfall tomorrow. currently isaac on a similar path to hurricane katrina. with new orleans and its sights and people in louisiana were divided on whether they should stay or leave today. >> we went through katrina and had a bad experience with that. >> it worries me but i think i will stay. >> if isaacs' stays on course the storm will make land

charlie crist became an independent and challenge marco robbia for this 70's says he is now backing thesident. he says president obama is the right leader for our times and that he served as the nation's called during a historic the turbulent storm. crist says some republican party members have moved so far to the right that they're incapable of governing for the call. two different seven newspapers consider kris is considering to live to the democratic party. >> disclosure forms 5 and 23 lawmakers in san francisco posting signs of visitors that they do not accept gifts, only three actually follow the band. the rest received gifts from special interest groups, last year one travel to china, wine, tickets to sporting events in disneyland. the state law does not allow lawmakers to accept gifts of no more than $10 from lobbyists and other sources if the value is not over for a $20. nearly 30,000 students in the oakland school district are starting school again tomorrow. how many of those students and teachers are going back to adjust to new schools because there was some staff reshuffling

. >> your former governor charlie crist not only endorsed president obama and is a former republican,at the democratic convention. how do you feel? >> he has his right to change parties and do anything he wants to do. he is running out of parties to run under. i think he has any choice to make and that's fine. it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. what we stand for and at the end of the week, what will be clear to the american people is we offer a vision that will return us back to the exceptional policies that made us. >> are you finished with the speak you will be delivering introducing hit romney? >> i hardly ever write the speeches and go in with notes and talk, but it's important that they are written. i am confident about the man i am introducing and what he will do and i am honored to do it in front of so many friends. >> give us a line or two. a preview. >> no. you have to come thursday. >> we will watch it. >> that's a veteran move. >> give us a little flavor. >> journalistic jujitsu. i won't give away my lines. i will be giving a speech about 15 minutes long. >>

former governor charlie crist.i don't think that's going to have an impact in this election though. >> this is going to be a close election. but long-term conservative principles, if they're to be successful and implemented there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to much broader audience than we do today. >> like women for example? >> sure. >> hispanics. >> stephanie: yes. >> people making less than a gazillion dollars a year. >> stephanie: you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome. >> caller: yes, i would like to make a couple of points. one, i would rather have a beer with obama due to the fact that romney is not allowed to imbiden and another one is that ex-communication is a punishment for women divorced in the mormon faith. they denounce women and families who feel like spousal abuse has gone too far. there are plenty of problems that people don't get along but the religion condemns them for parting and another thing is all of the variety of women issues, i swear it is drumming up for a million wo

next week, the democrats aring to return the favor with charlie crist, the former republican governor, of florida, making a speech on behalf of president obama in charlotte, north carolina. so you see the switching back-and-forth quite a bit at conventions but it is getting more attention because moments of the switches lately have been former democrats to the republican convention among the more prominent ones. but a businessman in high regard, he does not focus on who is aligning with the at this time you just what the ticket means to business. he is c.e.o. of variety wholesalers big in raleigh, north carolina, which is a couple of hours from charlotte, right? ing three hours. >>neil: north carolina was a state that tipped out of the blue to the president, no one expected that. how do you think it looks now? >>guest: it wasn't totally out of the blue. north carolina is a purple state. we have had democratic governors and legislatures for years but it was a vice when president obama won the state by only 14,000 votes. >>neil: is that how close? >>guest: 14,000 votes. now it is still

they hated charlie crist. governor crist and i were considered moderates.easonable republicans. but, you know, they've tried to discredit me. they forced me out as chairman of the party because they wanted someone who fit their views better. they were successful at that. the republican party right now in florida and unfortunately a lot of parts of this country is being run by pitch fork, torch bearing mobs looking for frankenstein. and anyone who gets in their way or any law that gets in their way to winning elections, they're going to try to push it aside. that's not what it's about. >> i know we had one segment, but i'm going to break rank here. stay with me. i want you to stay with me. we'll be back with more from you right after this. jim greer on "politicsnation" with al sharpton. we'll be right back. [ donovan ] i hit a wall. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelo