. >> your former house colleague, robert wexler, recently endorsed your opponent charlie crist as did the state senator. our recent poll shows that charlie crist is drawing more democratic support then you are. how you explain the democrats' soft support for your candidacy and embrace the man who a few months ago declared him to be the true republican in the race? >> recent polls have shown that the governor and i are neck and neck in this race. the goal is to be the next united states senator. we cannot allow marco rubio to be federalized to represent this state. he does not carry the values that this state needs in the united states senate to put people back to work. robert wexler is a personal friend and left office in the middle of his term, came back to florida to endorse the governor. i have a lot of democratic supporters and independent supporters. this race is far from over. the governor says he is the only one and marco rivera says he wants to bring about change. i am the only one sitting here at this table that is willing to stand up to special interests and have a track rec

robert wexler went to charlie crist's wedding, hiss inauguration, he said that george lemiex who was the campaign manager of the charlie crist, here's the real issue here, wolf, we're going to get down to the nitty gritty on who marco rubio is. marco rubio got his birth from a group of very extreme individuals who want to privatize social security. >> he's way ahead of charlie crist and you. >> because charlie crist, he allowed him to take over the republican primary, he was able to go out there and raise a lot of money, he was able to get high up in the polls, charlie crist decided to fight me in this race, for democratic votes, versus fighting for the votes of florida. charlie crist has been a lifelong republican. marco rubio has been a lifelong republicans. these are not bad ventures. >> have any democrats ask you to drop out of this race and give charlie crist -- >> i'm the person who's nominated by hundreds of thousands of floridians, charlie crist all he did was walk down to the state elections office and became an independent. what it's going to take to beat marco rubio is con

and i went there with robert wexler, whose support i'm proud to have in this race for the u.s.a great former congressman from south florida. >> let me then move you to afghanistan, where we're now learning that president hamid karzai is talking to high-level representatives of the taliban in afghanistan, for an overall peace settlement. now, these are the same people that the u.s. went in to drive out of afghanistan. now the person that we are protecting and backing up and a lot of people have real questions about hamid karzai. i mean, even his mental stability has been questioned. whether he's really up to the job of putting together at government in afghanistan, in question by u.s. officials. and now he's talking to people that the u.s. within the in to drive out. is that acceptable? if there were a peace agreement between the taliban and the government in afghanistan, is that an acceptable way for this war to end? >> first, let's define what the role of the united states needs to be in afghanistan and what i think victory lacks like and how we need to define that. victory fo

it is important figures understand we are talking about to prepare i am very proud that robert wexler endorsed my campaign. he is in my friend for a long time. yes sir the people well. and in grateful to him. -- he has served the people well. i am grateful to him. i think it is important that you understand that only did robert wexler endorse my campaign, i am also supported by robert dole, a former united states senator, great american, and true hero. it demonstrates the kind of candidacy but i putting forward. we can bring the bipartisanship together to try to fight for the people of florida. george washington address this. it is punishing gridlock is going on in washington. he was the first and last independent president of the united states. in that address he said if we continue to have this partisanship and make the parties is stronger in we may cripple the country we have started. look at what is happening right now? the democratic president has proposed tax cuts. the republicans of all people will not do it. >> my values are pretty straightforward. i know job secreted by every

it's important to understand that not only did robert wexler enjoy it -- indoors my candid it see, i am also supported by robert dole. a true hero, a great american. it illustrates to the people on the kind of candidacy that i am putting board. there is a better way. it is supposed to be of the people, by the people, and for the people. george washington address this problem. this partisanship gridlock going on in washington. in his farewell address, he was the first and last independent president of the united states. he said, if we continue to have this partisanship and make the parties get stronger and stronger, we may literally cripple the country we have just created. we're there. washington is crippled. they cannot get anything done. they cannot get anything done on tax cuts. the democratic president of united states has proposed tax cuts. and the republicans of all people will not do it. >> first of all, he talked about my values. they are straightforward. jobs are created by everyday people. the job of government is to make it easier for to do that, not harder. washington is

it is significantly important to understand i am proud that robert wexler endorse my campaign for the u.s. senate. he is a friend, and has been for a long time ago is a great public servant who has served the people well, especially those in southeast florida. he understands the issue of israel very well. it is important to me. the first trade mission i took as your governor was to israel because i understand the in the bond between not only florida and as your, but our country. so much so that i married a nice, jewish graves. not only it robert was an endorsement, but robert dole, a true hero, a great american also endorsed me. it also show the type of candidacy i'm putting forward. we can bring bipartisanship together to fight for people of florida. it is supposed to be a of the people, by the people, for the people. george washington address this partisanship gridlock in his farewell address. he was the first and last independent president of the u.s. in his address he said if we continue to have this partisanship, and make the parties get stronger, we may literally cripple the cou