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host of msnbc's "morning joe, " joe scarborough will be here, and presidential historian, doris kearns goodwin will be here, as well as our nbc political chief collector, chuck todd. >>> good morning, the final 48 hours before republican voters go to the polls in florida, and this is how the race now stands in the sunshine state. mitt romney going away, a 15-point lead over gingrich. we will go through the final arguments with john siegenthalesiegenthale siegenthaler -- john mccain. first, let's go in with chuck todd. >> we asked folks what is the most important quality in making your division. electability, can beat obama 41%, and mitt romney has a larger lead over newt gingrich. but romney leads in all of the categories, and in fact experience to govern can beat obama more than a majority, and that's where mitt romney does best. this issue of electricitiability showed up in the poll. mitt romney performed best of the three candidates. but look at this. rick santorum does better against president obama against newt gingrich, and we saw the same thing in the florida numbers, and this long camp

joining me the political director for nbc news, chuck todd, and doris kearns goodwin, and host of msnbc'sjoe scarborough. and the race is 42% to 27%. how has romney done it? how has he put himself in a position to make florida the rebound state for him? >> you don't have to ask me. just ask his advisers who are spilling their guts telling the world it was not the candidate that turned things around, it was their own brilliance. i find it to be one of the most fascinating articles that in the middle of the campaign you would have. one was to make newt angry and mitt romney look tough. and we were all saying, florida is a big state. you win by having lots of money and having 30-second ads and having the wind at your back. these advisers can take all the credit they want in the end. >> look at the money. you put it up on the screen. it's quite striking. $15.7 million between the campaign and the super pac dw f dwarfing gingrich. >> and this is the story. it's the money. it's surprising to see all of these strategists take credit in the "new york times" without giving their candidate credit a

. >> rose: joining me now from florida is doris kearns goodwin, she is a pulitizer prize winning presidential historian, mark halperin, sr. analyst for time magazine, kurt andersen and author and host of 260 and service employees national union, now at columbia university brett stevens from washington my political partner al hunt of bloomberg news, i am pleased to have all of them here, an interesting group of people to talk about, this may be the first big speech for the president for the coming political year as they thinks what the country is and where it ought to go. al hunt, your assessment? >> charlie as you know i have seen a lot of these, usually a state of union speech is about 70 percent political in a reelection year it is about 90 percent this was 99.5 percent political. i thought it was way too long, i don't think he is -- he is more inspirational speaker than bill clinton but not as entertaining a speaker as bill clinton, clinton can get away with a longer speech better than obama could, however i think he set smart predicates for the election and i think interestably the tax is

let's hear a clip of "meet the press" on nbc, historian doris kearns goodwin talking about how candidates are reliable. [video clip] >> teddy roosevelt was in the rough riders. fdr had polio, which took him out of the privileged life and allowed him to connect to ordinary people. the problem with romney is that maybe he had those expenses, but it does not show when he says he wants to make a $10,000 debt, or makes $24,000 in speaking fees, small change, or "i like firing people." that shows that his experiences have not connected him empathetically. we care if somebody understands our problems and can empathize with us. host: we are asking which candidate in the republican field you relate to. which of their stories speaks to you, what about their family and values, morals, political convictions. edward in miami, florida, on the independent line. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i cannot vote for any of them, but i connect someone with newt gingrich because of the grand ideas and whatever. as far as romney, he is a corporate raider. ron paul scarce me. -- scares me. thi