is he somebody that charlie crist wants to have come down there and campaign for him or is he somebodyist going forward in terms of the governor's race? >> you know florida so well, florida's such an interesting state because there's so many states within the state. the president is a tremendous asset in the southern part of the state, states like dade, broward and palm beach county where former governor crist is going to need to rely on a heavy democratic turnout. he may be a little more judicious whether he wants to trot him out in the northern part or the central part of the state but no question that barack obama is still popular and can be a tremendous asset for crist in key areas of the state that he'll need to win the governor's office back in november. >> i will ask you also the change in the composition of the hispanic vote in florida is an interesting story especially the i-4 corridor. charlie crist did well with hispanics in 2010. >> he did. you see a massive puerto rookie been vote coming online. 250,000 puerto ricans have moved to the orlando area driven by jobs at disney

the head of the republican party, that said the republican wanted to get rid of early voting and charlie cristthat and hugging. >> hugging the president, right. what's interesting about that, it almost goes to what rockefeller was saying, crist understood as the governor of the state of florida what the majority of people in the state of florida would want. he didn't go with the national republican mantra of we're going to cut early voting. we're going to be horrible to teachers unions. he kind of went his own way. so you could make the argument he was doing that because he believed -- he believed in it, but if you're the governor of the state of florida and you know how to get re-elected, you know you can't necessarily afford to play by what the gop in washington is telling you have to do. >> florida is an interesting state. it's a purple state but absolutely 100% run by the republican party. there's the huge i-4 corridor in the middle, a lot of puerto ricans in the jacksonville area. charlie crist is way ahead of rick scott in the polls. we have a quinnipiac poll showing him up 48% to 38. wh

charlie crist won't sugarcoat the problem with race. marked president obama as the enemy from his first day in office but the conflict penetrates deeper than plaque and white. oppression all over the country, the hotbed now is florida, at least one of them. republicans want to ensure one part of society stays down, latinos. republicans actively fought against immigration reform, anti-latino rhetoric is tolerated. vetter suppression efforts target latino communities across the state. senator marco rubio attacked the statement but was rubio understore scored the points. republicans don't want a conversation about systemic oppression. rubio says crist's observations aren't serious. >> democrats will be embarrassed he became a democrat. i never met a single republican activist involved in my campaign that has ever in my opinion ever been motivated by race to state their objections. i think it's absurd. >> you think he's a phony. >> absolutely. >> the senator has no grounds to call anyone a phony. rubio's part through a facade of transition

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whether it is charlie crist here or what i read about democrats in other states. minimum wage is of great importance and they want a turnout for the women's vote. probably were who among the most crucial voting bloc to putting barack obama back in office for a second term. elections, the problem the democrats had is that their days are -- their base are, relatively speaking, that voters. -- bad voters. in florida and 2010 registered outnumber registered republicans by about 500,000, yet every statewide office w as won by a republican. democratic voters disproportionately stay home to conservative voters. southeast florida, palm beach, broward and miami-dade counties consistently underperform in midterm elections. if they perform at the statewide democratn 2010, the would have won by about 250,000 byes instead of losing 65,550. for some reason, democratic voters do not seem to understand that as much as republican minded voters. host: marc caputo with the "miami numberou take the 150 and option the h block, you need to figure out what comes out and 2020.18 the work

whether it is charlie crist here or what i read about democrats in other states.inimum wage is of great importance and they want a turnout for the women's vote. probably were who among the most crucial voting bloc to putting barack obama back in office for a second term. elections, the problem the democrats had is that their days are -- their base are, relatively speaking, that voters. -- bad voters. in florida and 2010 registered outnumber registered republicans by about 500,000, yet every statewide office w as won by a republican. democratic voters disproportionately stay home to conservative voters. southeast florida, palm beach, broward and miami-dade counties consistently underperform in midterm elections. if they perform at the statewide democratn 2010, the would have won by about 250,000 byes instead of losing 65,550. for some reason, democratic voters do not seem to understand that as much as republican minded voters. host: marc caputo with the "miami herald." guest: thank you for having me. host: we continue to discuss ubernatorial races, asking viewers w

very good point. >> i think once people start to focus in and they realize it's the same charlie cristt's running that is the same guy that's been basically on every side of every single issue before the country and the state, i think those numbers will change dramatically. >> how do you classify yourself? i remember in that case tea partiers took a liking to you. many are saying the mainstream republican party, for whatever that's worth, senator, has not taken a liking to them and wants to keep focused on winning. they think some of these mainstream candidates as in the case of north carolina they can do just that. what do you think of that? >> i think a lot of it is a media creation. the media is always looking for conflict. that's what drives ratings, that's what sells newspapers. >> i don't understand what you mean by that. >> not your program, but most programs are about that. but i would say this about it. look, the republican party is the conservative -- it's the home of conservatives in america. it's the home of those of us who believe in limited government and a free enterpris

. >> what's your advice to charlie crist. >> if i was charlie crist we ought to have a ladder in theis truck so everybody that has water in their living wrooirnl can crawl up into the roof and maybe live in the second story. i think that's what governor cot is talking about. he's taking actions and i guess he'll put a second and third floor on his big house there opt ocean. >> climate deniers. amazing story. i want to follow-up on a story we talked about yesterday how the seafood in the gulf has been compromised. we had this story developed by vice over on hbo talking about the amount of shrimp that's coming in because it's not ready for market because it's been compromised because of the oil spill. are the residents of florida experiencing this? >> not yet. i think it will trickle down when shrimp prices go up. residents don't realize it until it hits their pocketbook and then the story comes out and they realize this is what caused our prices to go up. it's unfortunate. something of that magnitude does have to come down to prices going up as the environment changes it probably has

charlie crist who used to have the job, and both trying to curry favor with the pro-marijuana plan.y are in support of decriminalizing or even legalizing for some purposes marijuana. what is now taking place? charlie crist has already said he supports a ballot initiative that comes up in november, one supported by his law partner to actually get it on the ballot to begin with. and so he is looking the drive supporters from that initiative, and now comes rick scott saying you know what, on second thought, i will sign the bill that goes in support of the legal marijuana. you remember the old headline? rick scott would sign the bill in favor of medical marijuana? what i would have written? rick scott hopes to help the voter voters at the polls in november. there are a lot of eager donors ready to get into the 2016 race. the problem is they may have a candidate crisis. one choice is between a scandal and legacy. and you're about to meet stan powers, sort of. you may never have heard of him but he is all around you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ben! well, that was close! you ain't lying! let quicken loans help

according to a new quinnipiac poll right now, it's former governor charlie crist who is leading rick 48-38. the contest is coming down to a fight between personality and popularity and an improving florida economy. so for instance, krifrt hcrist leading, 50% call him more compassionate and only 35% say the same about scott whose rating is fivable in the negative. 48% pick crist, 38% say the same of scott. but here's where scott may have an advantage. a combined 51% in the poll say they are very or somewhat satisfied with the current direction of the state and that's potentially a reflection of the state's declining employment rate and economic outlook. it should be good news for governor scott and it hasn't done much to boost the number. now you know what the campaign will be about. scott's challenge will keep this race from being a personality contest that he can't win against the more charismatic charlie crist and he has to make this a professional contest about who can better manage the state in and out of a recession. that's what the race will come down to. that's it for this edi

charlie crist won't have the money to go toe-to-toe with rick scott. his issue is rick scott is a criminal. he needs to stick to that and stay away from issues like this. he doesn't have the money like you are talking anlt. >> great to have both of you gentlemen with us tonight. preernt it so much. coming up, republicans in search of a scandal. barbara boxer weighs in on the gops benghazi witch hunt. first, operation american spring. tea partiers head to washington with the hope of a revolution. trenders, next. hey! so i'm looking at my bill, and my fico® credit score's on here. we give you your fico® score each month for free! awesomesauce! wow! the only person i know that says that is...lisa? julie?! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card and see your fico® credit score. when folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the unite

charlie crist independent and now a democrat. if you look at kentucky what you are struck by is matt bevins doesn't have a good issue against mitch mcconnell. he has 87% conservative rating by the club for growth. one of the main groups attacking him. so, when you are attacking the guys with you 87% of the time, i think you can declare victory. i think that's really the striking thing about this race. >> it's a little weird that the candidate for senate, pediatric neurosurgeon has got the stalking charges. i don't know but but i think that's a little weird. >> a little weird is exact ely right. what's key here is this was a huge republican opportunity someone talking up. this seems like a clinical democratic attack. we know from reporting out of the oregonian. >> i'm sure democratic attack. none the less, still a little weird. not just one stalking, it's two. ex-husband. >> that's right. three different police reports. >> the boyfriend has now made amends. >> that's right. we will see if she can overcome. this six months to make

. >> you know, governor, former florida governor charlie crist, he talked yesterday about why he left the republican party. i want you to listen to this. >> they are perceived now as being antiwomen, anti-immigrant, antiminority, antigay, antieducation, antienvironment. i couldn't be consistent with myself and my core beliefs and stay with a party that was so unfriendly towards the african-american president. i'll just go there. you know, because i was a republican and i saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me. as i told you before, my mother and father taught my three sisters and me to treat everybody well. we're all children of god, and i saw how the party, some of them, were treating the african-american president, and i couldn't take it anymore. >> what do you make of that, governor? >> i think charlie's being very sincere, and it is true. i mean, it's unbelievable when you think about some of the attitudes, not all republicans, but on immigration reform, for example. immigration reform, we should have immigration reform a year ago. the house should ha

> he's in fear of charlie crist, frankly, in fear of democrats i think. he's in fear of everybody kpecht the tea party. i think he realizes he's put himself in a narrow box. the problem with rick scott and we talked about it, he's going to spend more than $100 million in his campaign and his problem is that he's already been very well defined from the perspective of florida voters. and he's not like the polls continue stand lip indicate. for him to change his image would cost a lot more than the $100 million he'll spend on advertising tearing down democrats and trying to build himself up. he has an image problem no matter how much money he raises it can't cure. his image has been set in concrete now. i think he has a significant problem. he knows it and he doesn't know where to turn. >> where does jaeb bush go on climate change? is he going to be a denier like the rest of them annette? >> i hope -- he tends to be better on some issues and certainly from the hispanic perspective, he's been better on immigration. but he hadn't said anything yet. i don't kno

charlie crist, alison grimes, michelle nunn, they're at the top of list of democrats that say, does the white house listen to that or does it say, as it often says, you call to the white house and they say you don't get this, the media is hyperventilating. democrats in congress, they're panicking. >> no. the answer is absolutely not. i spent last week in kentucky covering mitch mcconnell's race. this story penetrates everywhere. the va is a sprawling bureaucracy. it's not just hospitals. it's outpatient facilities, retirement homes. there are families involved. it's not just debts. there are many things in health care surgery ts, whatever, routine health care things. this affects everybody. it penetrates everywhere in this country. do a google news search for va hospitals now. you see stories in miami, portland, texas. this is everywhere. >> it will affect the president in the sense he's been trying to get his approval rating up. democrats are desperate for him to get his approval rating up. now he's at 43%. think if you walked into a hospital room and saw that on your chart. that's tro

. >> charlie crist running for governor has fully embraced the health care law.'t apologize for it, it is the right thing to do, we are hearing this more and more. >> used to be a republican. >> to be honest democrats are standing by the complaints that are popular, per existing conditions or preventative care. we don't want repeal, we want this law fixed. they stood behind this law for so long to kno what are they gog to say? all they suddenly had a change of heart? >> i just wonder what this be effective? this is still negative campaigning. they went on the offensive trying to convince the other side will do some things. they have to prove, that could easily backfire. the other thing is look at the timing of that. didn't the administration just say we would stop giving enrollment numbers on a monthly basis? we will pull away some of that information to know would be a good time to get on your positive campaign. >> if they had a war against women and if they say you are against obamacare, against birth control, against the right of a woman to face legal abortion

he's in this hard campaign against charlie crist.they were both against giving the dreamers in-state tuition. now they are both in favor of it. i don't know if it changes the dynamic very much. >> what does crist say about this? is he facing his own questions about it? >> exactly, they are both being questioned. we both know that christ is a flip-flopper, he was running as republican now he's democrat. he's also been in favor ar stand your ground laws. it may be too little too late, for an election that's not that far away. >> republicans generally have a lot of work to do. do you see this as a trend in other states? >> well, it is. you've seen this happening in places as far as utah and virginia. you know republicans are sort of coming around. but here's the problem. if you keep treating me bad for years and then you show up to my front door with flowers it doesn't mean i'm going to let you in. latino and african american voters, they come up with these symbolic policies which are helpful but they have bad record on some issues like

s is charlie crist who is running against the first latino lieutenant governor as a ticket, you know,t florida has ever had with a hispanic as the lt. governor in florida. >> so they are partisan. not really name partisan. >> would you be content or happy if they didn't call themselves nonpartisan? >> yeah, here is what we are doing. at the republican national committee and i think republicans out there in general, just kind of sick and tired of our party sitting around and doing nothing about the fact when people are purposefully and very openly lying about what they are doing. putting front groups out in front of entire country. claiming that they are for everybody. when, in fact, it's just a democrat front group. look. do you think they mentioned in their releaseds and in their documents the fact that the only two hispanic governors in hurricane happen to be republicans and martinez in mexico and brian sandovol in nevada? did they mention the two most popular hispanic politicians in our country right now which is ted cruz and marco rubio? no. >> why is it this is a part san group.

a number calling for shinseki's resignation, including charlie crist, alison grimes in kentucky and michelleemocrat running for the u.s. senate in georgia. shinseki says he has no plans to resign over the alleged coverup of v.a. wait times. cnn has been at the forefront of this story. we were the first to report that 40 veterans have died while waiting to be seen through the v.a. system. later, president obama defended the record vowing accountability but only after the investigation is concluded. let's bring in dan ball, chief correspondent at "the washington post." thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> a senior democrat told me this week that he thinks shinseki is toxic if he's still in his job by november. this democrat says it could cost democrats the senate. is that too stark? >> probably a little too stark. we're in the heat of this moment and things always can be described in the most dire, possible ways and we're several months away from knowing that that is the case. he's toxic and we can see it in a number of candidates running for office, running away from him and calli

. >>> charlie crist is speaking about his big reason for leaving the gop.pose president obama because he's black. he says, "i couldn't be consistent with myself and my core beliefs and stay with a party that was so unfriendly toward the african-american president. i'll just go there. i was a republican. i saw the activist and what they were doing. it was intolerable to me." republicans say the former florida governor is playing the race card. >>> clay aiken continues to hold a slim lead is in his bid for congress. the "american idol" star turned congressional hopeful has almost 41% of the vote. his opponent 39%. a slim margin. if that holds up, he'll exceed the threshold needed to avoid a runoff. he told supporters he was confident his campaign would be victorious. i said earlier tonight i preferred when they just opened the envelope referring to his days on the "american idol" stage. that would be a different kind of election, wouldn't it? >>> coming up, sweaty hands and a bundle of nerves. that's what usually a person experiences when they ask someone out

according to a new quinnipiac poll, it's charlie crist now running as a democrat. a 10-point lead over crick scott. it's crist, 48, scott 38. we'll be right back. >> oklahoma's botched execution haez reopened the date over the death penalty. in this case, claude lockett was accused of a murder of a 19-year-old twhom he kidnapped, sexually daukted and murdered after a home invasion. and then his accomplices buried her alive. most would expect a perpetrator of a crime so heinous would receive the death penalty and he did. during a botched execution he remained alive for 43 minutes after being given a supposed lethal injection. >> we have a fundamental standard in this country that even when the death penalty is justified it must be carried out humanely. and i think would recognize that this case fell short of that have standard. >> carney also reiterated obama's support for the death penalty. >> what i can tell you is that he's long said while the evidence suggests that the death penalty does little to deter crime, he believes there are some crimes so heinous that th

candidates incumbents, like pryor, begich, landrieu, and, of course, andrew cuomo and perhaps charlie crist. there could be a sweeping democratic victory in these races i'm talking about, if you get out there and fight and let them attack you and fire back like she just did, that is the m.o. for victory. let them belittle you, then overpower them, stick them at their own game. thank you, david corn. i love the guests tonight, joy reid. good luck with your afternoon show. we're always there. >>> coming up, chris christie's problem just keeps growing. new testimony provided what many have suspected, a direct link now, a missing link between his government and his campaign operations. the whole idea of checking out who's with him and putting in the punishment. >>> plus, for the first time, president obama speaks out about the va scandal and this is no phoney irs or benghazi nonsense, this is a big deal. the president is going to have to get on top of it. we'll see. so far, no one is fired, that could be the problem. >>> also, the primary day story you might have missed, how did biker candidate

according to a new quinnipiac poll, it's charlie crist now running as a democrat.over crick scott. it's crist, 48, scott 38. we'll be right back. stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare explaining my moderate to severe so there i was again, chronic plaque psoriasis to another new stylist. it was a total embarrassment. and not the kind of attention i wanted. so i had a serious talk with my dermatologist about my treatment options. this time, she prescribed humira-adalimumab. humira helps to clear the surface of my skin by actually working inside my body. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance. and the majority of people were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, a

, no, it's not an accident these folks, alison grimes, running in kentucky, against mcconnell, charlie cristida, and michelle nunn, trying to pull off a win in that state. frankly, it's a question of accountability. if you're protecting the president at this stage of the va scandal, it looks like you're a lock step democrat. >> john hints at something here, which is these candidates may actually be looking for subjects to distance themselves from the president on. i'm wondering if there will be more democrats who sees this as an opportunity to create some space from the president, when the president is not polling well -- >> i think you can look at senator pryor in arkansas and these other key swing states up in november. i think it's very, very likely. it didn't need to be this way, john. i think the president, by waiting a month to speak directly to the issue, and by letting the secretary sort of be out there, but really it fell on deaf ears, his very tepid testimony. by not tackling the situation much dlocloser to when it happe, it's become this political football. everyone is going to no

i know charlie crist is a big public school advocate.e teachers union big-time behind him. how's it play out? >> well, it's definitely going to be up for discussion. we have a governor who over the last four years has fast tracked more school reform or privatization efforts both within schools, within the correction system than any other governor we've had in the past. and so it is going to be a central issue in the governor's race and one that governor scott is going to have to answer for when he's running for office. or running for re-election. >> it just seems to me that all of these charter schools, where they're flourishing is where you're going to find a conservative state legislature and a conservative governor who just can't get enough of this stuff because i think the root of it obviously is to make a dollar, but the other part of the equation is to get rid of the teachers unions, which of course is very effective in every state in the union when it comes to getting things legislatively done. state senator dwight bullard and als

. >> this seems a problem -- >> david, you know it's a political problem when you lost charlie crist,read anything other than polls. >> okay, thanks to you all. but before we go to our break, our powerhouse puzzler. check out one of our favorite moments this week from george's "gma" interview this week with angelina jolie. >> back in 2005 you spent a day in washington, i asked you then, would you ever think about going into politics. you said no, no, i have way too many skeletons. >> i wonder if i know my skeletons are out. they're probably all out. i don't know if i have any left. >> you know, it's almost ten years, could you reconsider now? >> you know, if i thought i would be effective i would. but i'm not sure if i would ever be taken seriously in that way. and be able to be effective. >> so, we don't know if angelina will run but we do know her her father jon voigt played a senator in a 2004 movie? name that film. back in two minutes to see if the roundtable, and you, can guess the answer. guess the answer. was pregnant.. i got more advice than i knew what to do with. what i need

scott., governor rick he is facing former governor charlie crist, a former republican governor of thestate, now running as a democrat. it will probably be one of the most expensive and nasty races in the country. it is one the democrats really want. ever since a katherine harris 2000 president election days, symbolic oflmost what both parties want to win. it was--versus kind of one of the beginning fights between the establishment and the antiestablishment crowd within the republican party. the independent is trying to get elected very i think democrats are excited that he is on their to take this back in and you are in the very extensive state -- a very expensive state. he sees this as a passing back to higher office. as we do, we are opening up our phone lines. open, 202 nathan gonzales at the rothenberg political report. republican top targets. >> i think the first one is arkansas. republican senate primary, but the front runner is former republican asa hutchinson. there is a recent democratic poll last week that came out where president obama's job approval rating was 33%. is a lo

the latest from democrats alison lungren grimes in kentucky and charlie crist in florida. correspondent michelle kosinski joins me with more on this. good morning. >> good morning. cnn broke this story and for six months has tried to get shinseki to do an interview and address the issue. shinseki would not sit down with cnn, would not take questions. he has now answered one reporter's question only to say that he has not offered his resignation. he has now addressed veterans across america. he did it in writing. the tough talk is coming from capitol hill. >> these are men and women who served our country, and we can't just let them down. we've let them die. this is awful stuff and somebody ought to be held accountable for it. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner in his strongest statement on this issue speaks for the veterans affected by the scandal, 23 of whom the va said died because they remained on waiting lists for medical care. >> i have not called for general shinseki to resign although i have to admit i'm getting a little closer. here is the point. this spt abil

you talk to voters here, mcconnell never made the mistake like charlie crist, he never hugged obama.poll today that shows, asks people do you think mitch mcconnell has been in washington to long? i'm experienced. you don't want to trade him in for a rookie. the majority agree with mcconnell, it's more valuable to have an experienced senator than he's old and been there too long. >> so, how do we interpret what happened on tuesday. say mitch mcconnell wins on tuesday and we seen the story now in a few primaries where you have the quote unquote established candidate and the tea party candidate. the republican candidate learned how to nip the tea party things in the bud, did they learn to assert themselves? mitch mcconnell is not too conservative. he's not tuch for republicans. is there a case to be made as well, the establishment has sort of been so afraid of the tea party, they adopted all the tea party views and rhetoric and there's no difference between them? >> i think both those cases are right. the first thing is, mcconnell knew there was a chance for a primary and he avoided the

remember when charlie crist ran in florida, he famously supported the stimulus talking about how great's not made that kind of mistake. they basically have the same views on every issue. it is hard to say we have to throw out mcconnell to be a mr conservative person. mcconnell's done a good job of proving he's pretty conservative. that's really helped him in this campaign. third thing is mcconnell's made this argument over and over again, i need experienced guy. you don't want to throw me out and replace me with a freshman because i am a powerful person in washington. people in kentucky like that. this state doesn't have a lot of influence otherwise. they have a little bit of pride in having the number two man in the senate there. >> little pride and a little pork. always a tough day on the campaign trail when you have to explain why were you at a cockfight, too. perry bacon on the ground for us in kentucky, thanks. >>> i'll see you next saturday, 2:00 eastern. right now though -- "disrupt" with karen finney. >> hey. coming up this hour, karl rove is still trying to brain his brain inj