caller: mr. armey, thank you so much for being available here. this is a different question of where you left off, but out here in the republin desert of metro denver, we have had a tea party candidate at t governor's level where there was a divisive party, and now we ha a democratic governor. what do you suggest be our remedy for off-year elections in not gatring dust in gathering not just the conservative perspective -- ingathering not just the conservative perspective, but -- guest: this is the problem that you have always. you had in colorado the same situation. you basically had three candidates on the ballot, two of whom split their ballot, leading to one person that neither one of them agreed with. in florida you had a situation where charlie crist said i'm going to run as an independent, and as an independent he looked more like a democrat than he did a republican. in the end in florida, marco rubio did. in the final analysis, if you are the candidate and if you are, in respect about the circum

caller: mr. armey, thank you so much for being available here. this is a different question of where you left off, but out here in the republican desert of metro denver, we have had a tea party candidate at the governor's level where there was a divisive party, and now we have a democratic governor. what do you suggest be our remedy for off-year elections in not gathering dust in gathering not just the conservative perspective -- ingathering not just the conservative perspective, but -- guest: this is the problem that you have always. you had in colorado the same situation. you basically had three candidates on the ballot, two of whom split their ballot, leading to one person that neither one of them agreed with. in florida you had a situation where charlie crist said i'm going to run as an independent, and as an independent he looked more like a democrat than he did a republican. in the end in florida, marco rubio did. in the final analysis, if you are the candidate and if you are, in respect about th

caller: mr. armey, thank you so much for being available here. this is a different question of where you left off, but out here in the republin desert of metro denver, we have had a tea party candidate at the governor's level where there was a divisive party, and now we have a democratic governor. what do you suggest be our remedy for off-year elections in not gathering dust in gathering not just the conservative perspective -- ingathering not just the conservative perspective, but -- guest: this is the problem that you have always. you had in colorado the same situation. you basically had three candidates on the ballot, two of whom split their ballot, leading to one person that neither one of them agreedith. in florida you had a situation where charlie crist said i'm going to run as an independent, and as an independent he looked more like a democrat than he did a republican. in the end in florida, marco rubio did. in the final analysis, if you are the candidate and if you are, in respect about the ci

caller: mr. armey, thank you so much for being available here. this i a different question of where you left off, but out here in the republicadesert of metro denver, we have had a tea party candidate at the governor's level where there was a divisive party, and now we have a democratic governor. what do you suggest be o remedy for off-year elections in not gathering dust in gathering notust the conservative perspective -- ingathering not just the conservative perspective, but -- guest: this is the problem that you have always. you had in colorado the same situation. you basically had three candidates on the ballot, two of whom split their ballot, leading to one person that neither one of them agreed with. in florida you had a sittion where charlie crist said i'm going to run as an independent, and as an independent he looked more like a democrat than he did a republican. in the end in florida, marco rubio did. in the final analysis, if you are the candidate and if you are, in respect about the circums

is that one of the places where republicans will hold the line, mr. armey? >> i think everybody is realistically aware of that. the debt ceiling must be raised. that's a fact that derived from past fiscal imprudence. i would think with the small government conservatives in the congress would say is, all right. we'll go work with you on this. but we do need to have some demonstration on your part of a renewed commitment to fiscal responsibility going forward. >> okay. >> they can work that out some way. >> dick armey, james carville, thank you very much. robin? >>> another story out of washington. there may be a new sniper in that area on the loose and targeting military sites in virginia. officials say a shooting at a coast guard recruiting office was done with the same gun used in four other attacks. including one at the pentagon. pierre thomas in washington has the latest on this. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: hi, robin. we have a mystery unfolding here in washington. while no one has been hurt, it's a dangerous situation. the mystery rifleman struck