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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 l

taking kearns straight concerns top and getting quite a response.ople that maybe watched that virtual address, what about hearing the president say twice two different times he wanted to see a copy of your husband's engineers resume. >> well i feel bad for the other participants after me, because i think i lost my hearing. i was really trying to make sure i wasn't making up what he said in my mind. >> when we talk about the fact that you specifically asked the president point blank about why h1v, allowing hiring foreign workers with specialized skills to come into the country and have american jobs. you wondered why these visas are granted currently with so many americans out of work? do you feel the president answered your question? >> he answered it as expected. he gave a general answer without knowing what type of engineer my husband washgs and then when i quickly let him know, semiconductor, he kind of recanted and as you can see, the that's when he offered to take a look at the resume. >> when we talk about what's going on in your family life,

he could go 0 for the next 6, going into super tuesday, and that's a problem. >> meantime, doris kearnssident, president obama who got into the game big. when you are president you can give the state of the union address and reach 40 million people, even if the numbers are down. here is the cover of a magazine, and it shows president obama watching the super bowl and it's gingrich and romney tackling each other. what kind of week did president obama have in unveiling his campaign strategy? >> well, a good week. the more course the language between the republicans the more they lose as a brand for the party. it's the worst that i have seen in a while. it is. not as bad as van buren, they have not descended to that. sarah palin is an issue that goes to hearts. and the idea that brought immigrants to the shore, if you worked hard you could have a decent life and move up, people sense that that has been lost, and he said that's what he is going to fight for, fairness, because the system is rigged against ordinary people. >> joe, you talk about this all the time on "morning joe," the problem

. >> 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

senator klobuchar has joined us and senator kearns has joined us. the order on our site is senator franken, blumenthal and koons. senator franken. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i noticed that her former congressman, jim landsat is here. i would like to recognize him, too for his leadership and mental health. he and any parity for treatment of addiction. minnesota has been a leader in addiction treatment and we are very proud of that. in minnesota, we have seen drug courts do pretty good -- do very good things. we talked to you return on investment, both in your opening statement in response to senator kohl. and part of this is recidivism. we found a minnesota that drug cards are less likely to be arrested for another client has offenders prosecuted in traditional court and this of course with an equivalent kind of arrest senator. i want to after seeing that trend nationwide in terms of recidivism. >> with respect to recidivism. one of the primary things that make them affect what is the impact on me or just depends. and so 84% of graduate school of co

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