rubio is going to be running in the republican primary.have been at any point earlier. and i hope that all of our candidates when they run and the primary will commit to supporting the republican nominee whether they win or lose. we will see, but certainly, i think that is where they can have the biggest impact in the primary. and in the general election as a nominee. guest: i want to switch gears to the supreme court decision which had tremendous impact on you and your canada. -- your candidate. by letting unions directly contribute, it takes party committees like yours of the game. it takes the candidates out of it, too. are you worried that some much money gets flooded into the system that you did not be, as important? guest: how will it affect the election? on the first part, i do not think there will be a lot of new money in the november elections, because we were flooded with money now. there were 13 different groups advertising in massachusetts and the canada did not have control over most of those. that is a real problem for the ca

. >> marco rubio, republican hero in the future. >> eleanor. >> we have a rom woman, meg wittman is tendingo be governor of california and a democratic woman, maria pantwell, senator from washington state who is about to take the lead on climate change legislation in the u.s. senate. >> monica. >> i have three rising stars. on the right, marly. >> is she going to win? >> i think so. i think she has a very good shot. also the virginia governor. the new republican there, mcdonnel, and she has political aspirations of her own and she could be dynamite. >> to run for governor? >> yes. >> the political stars are going to be the republican congressional leaders who are going to have the success of a huge victory in november of next year. >> the envelope please, monica. >> you clean up well there, mclaughlin. >> thank you. now in this envelope, this is the way i remove the thingy and here we are. we will read this to you as soon as i take care of it. remind you of anything, pat? what does that remind you of? >> the magnificent. >> who was he? >> johnny carson. >> destined for political stardom, jo

host: this is from bob, saying tea partyers love rubio. guest: right. think they're enthusiastic about him. look. if you read and listen to mark rubio he has articulateing a consistently conservative line. taking on the governor as being too supportive of presidential initiatives so there's a clear split. let's make this clear steve, this is a conservative version of this. pennsylvania remember the primary six years ago. this is another case of that and it's hoffman and new york. 23rd special election. this is the test case for conservatives and the club of growth for antitax. conservative group, call them what you like. they're going to likely make this their next test case. host: our two guests will get to your phone calls and tell us what's happening in your state. raise for government or state or senate that your keeping a close eye on. one other question. charlie cook from your lean republican raises you include louisiana your home state and connecticut. chris dodd facing a tough re-election bid. the chair of the banking committee. guest: i would b

host: this is from bob, saying tea partyers love rubio. guest: right.i think they're enthusiastic about him. look. if you read and listen to mark rubio he has articulateing a consistently conservative line. taking on the governor as being too supportive of presidential initiatives so there's a clear split. let's make this clear steve, this is a conservative version of this. pennsylvania remember the primary six years ago. this is another case of that and it's hoffman and new york. 23rd special election. this is the test case for conservatives and the club of growth for antitax. conservative group, call them what you like. they're going to likely make this their next test case. host: our two guests will get to your phone calls and tell us what's happening in your state. raise for government or state or senate that your keeping a close eye on. one other question. charlie cook from your lean republican raises you include louisiana your home state and connecticut. chris dodd facing a tough re-election bid. the chair of the banking committee. guest: i would

and i believe -- i believe mccain contributed to rubio.t charlie crist is basically a mccain guy and because charlie crist back the stimulus, which mccain had not, that is something that really hampered him. rubio, who is just viewed as an up-and-coming star, newt gingrich had said a lot of good things about him over the years. really closing in but that image of charlie crist hugging obama and then charlie crist recently saying he really didn't back the stimulus has hurt his political standing. but charlie crist is still a very shrewd politician. anyone who counts and out could be foolish. host: washington, pennsylvania. paul on the republican line. caller: i would like to make a comment on the 2010 elections. i don't think there are going to be any presidential coattails. i certainly hope we can include arlen specter in that retirement party. i'm always amazed, mr. cusack, people like you, will have such a wealth of information -- i guess it is your job -- but it is good to hear people like you because we get to know a little bit more ab

and i believe -- i believe mccain contributed to rubio. but charlie crist is basically a mccain guy and because charlie crist back the stimulus, which mccain had not, that is something that really hampered him. rubio, who is just viewed as an up-and-coming star, newt gingrich had said a lot of good things about him over the years. really closing in but that image of charlie crist hugging obama and then charlie crist recently saying he really didn't back the stimulus has hurt his political standing. but charlie crist is still a very shrewd politician. anyone who counts and out could be foolish. host: washington, pennsylvania. paul on the republican line. caller: i would like to make a comment on the 2010 elections. i don't think there are going to be any presidential coattails. i certainly hope we can include arlen specter in that retirement party. i'm always amazed, mr. cusack, people like you, will have such a wealth of information -- i guess it is your job -- but it is good to hear people like you because we get to know a little bit more

to questions, how is the senate race between mark rubio and governor -- the governor going, charlie crist, and what can you as a junior, you know, one year senator do? >> as a senator, even if you are a one years and after you get an awful lot of ability to affect things. but i can do is find my voice and energy and efforts to try to make this country better. i've got three small kids that are six, four, too. so everyday i think about them and making sure they are going to inherit as good if a country as we've had the opportunity to enjoy. as for the race is very spirited. i am a partisan for governor crest. i think he's done a great job in florida and i think he's going to win that race but it's a very spirited contest. >> senator lemieux, thank you for being on c-span. as we continue talking with the members of congress and the senators and another senator and we are going to put you on the x, senator kec. thank you. we appreciate that. now we're being joined by senator bob casey, democrat of pennsylvania. senator, if you had to write a headline tomorrow about the president's speech, wh

is it, you know, marco rubio is on the cover of a magazine as possibly the first senator from the teaparty. he is down in florida. what happens to these people who are doctors affected from both republicans and democrats? is it possible that the republican establishment is able to get comfortable and claim some of those folks? sarah palin, by the way, would fit in with that, or is it the case that this is the founding energy for a possible third party, that we get back to the likes of ross perot, john anderson, or most recently ralph nader, that somebody out there says it's time to break apart this larger structure. i think it's very difficult to do it, but at the moment there's no question in my mine that that's the political energy of 2010. host: difficult to do because the state writes the rules of who is on the ballot. guest: exactly, who writes the rules, who has the power and the american media. ate he the structure. it's what we built. to try to break that down would be a humongous effort, herculean. host: how many of you, by a show of hands, are frustrated or disappointed with

he is now getting a serious challenge from rubio. he came from the legislator, came from the house, but he has not been able to tap into that frustration about the establishment. here the republican establishment is considered to not been listening to the voters. that is one race, in particular, the news media will be spending a lot of time to assess aning. host: we often see this story of mr. brown goes to washington. guest: the real question is, now that they have arrived, what can they accomplish? what we hear from voters time and again it is what can they do? how will you work together to get these things done, on drums, the economy, health care, -- jobs, the economy, health care, global warming? host: next phone call. caller: i could not believe with senator kennedy being sick, the democrat party did not look forward and see the position they were in. this is a senator who championed a lot of wonderful things for the people. i feel as if republicans got on top of this right away. they did a great job getting the word out. they h

is it, you know, marco rubio is on the cover of a magazine as possibly the first senator from the tea party. he is down in florida. what happens to these people who are doctors affected from both republicans and democrats? is it possible that the republican establishment is able to get comfortable and claim some of those folks? sarah palin, by the way, would fit in with that, or is it the case that this is the founding energy for a possible third party, that we get back to the likes of ross perot, john anderson, or most recently ralph nader, that somebody out there says it's time to break apart this larger structure. i think it's very difficult to do it, but at the moment there's no question in my mine that that's the political energy of 2010. host: difficult to do because the state writes the rules of who is on the ballot. guest: exactly, who writes the rules, who has the power and the american media. ate he the structure. it's what we built. to try to break that down would be a humongous effort, herculean. host: how many of you, by a show of hands, are frustrated or disappointed wit