charles baker. >> good to have you with us here today and thank you taking time off the campaign trail to say hello. you have-- >> mike, thanks very much. call me charlie by the way. >> he'll call you charlie. we'll be chums then. >> i'll call you governor. >> mike: please do-- no, you can call me miky. hey, people call me stuff i can't say on television. i can tell you that right now. >> they call me stuff like that, too. >> mike: you're maybe the only candidate that i know of who has a democratic opponent that's embracing barack obama. most of the candidates are running from him, but your opponent has continued that close friendship. what impact is that having on the closeness of your race in massachusetts? >> well, i think the federal government and folks on beacon hill, then pursuing what i call tax and spend policies the past couple of years and no walking an i way from that.