when gabbi first entered congress, the first time she was on the floor of the house, one of the first times, one of the first things she did is walk from across from the left to the right side of the aisle to greet, you know, the republicans that she hadn t met before and these were people that she was able to establish a relationship and work to get things done for this country. that was mark kelly, the husband of gabbi giffords, sitting beside ron barber, who is running in a special election for her congressional seat in arizona today. giffords resigned from her seat in january and is expected to cast her vote today alongside ron barber. patricia, it was a national moment when gabbi giffords was shot and there was a lot of discussion about civility returning to political discourse. that moment seems short-lived at best. politico has a preview of a study called civility in america 2012. nearly 7 in 10 americans have quote, lost hope that our
scandal. gregg: the results are in. social conservatives at the values voters summit this afternoon picking their top candidates for a white house run in 2012. nearly 1 in 4 in that straw poll choosing indiana congressman pence. followed by huckabee, then romney and newt gingrich. former alaska governor sarah palin got 7% of the vote. caroline shively has more from the summit in washington. reporter: the social conservatives here at the summit say washington is ripe for a revolution. chairman of the liberty council asked the crowd are you ready for an awakening in your generation? bob mcdonnell told activists that a renaissance is sweeping the nation. we have to get people who believe in the limited government federalism ideas out in november. reporter: newt gingrich