>> i want you to leave here and i want you to know what we stand for. now, this election is going to be about where the candidates stand. i am running against two conservative candidates for the united states senate that has similar records. >> reporter: charlie crist says he does have a similar record because he's an independent and the governor has been courting democrats and the obama administration, the president particularly, for weeks. one of the subtexts to this race as it unfolds now is just how close charlie crist is to trying to get tacit support from the president if meek proves to be a weak democratic nominee. martha: it's going to be interesting. rubio came on this morning and said both of the other two guys are sort of inside the whole washington administration scene, so they're all going to be playing the triangle game in that one, i suppose. talk to me a little about the governor's race in florida. that was an interesting one