was former house speaker to former aide to dennis hastert, house speaker. joe, let s talk to you first. let s talk about the best campaigns, joe. what republicans do you think is running the best campaign this year? i think you ve got to give credit to rick scott in florida for governor. here s a guy oversaw company that committed $1.7 billion in fraudulent overcharges and shouldn t even be in the race against an excellent democrat, alex sink, but has stuck to a really tough message of against politicians, against washington, and tieing a lot of the anxiety in florida to obama, which people said how can do you that, you are running for governor, it s got nothing to do with washington and obama, but he s pulling it off and he s tkpwopbl got only got a slight lead but he shouldn t be in the race so you have
president obama today remembered dorothy height as the godmother of civil rights at the national cathedral here in d.c. this morning, he delivered the eulogy for the civil rights icon calling her, quote, a humble and tireless force for equality and justice. height led the national council of negro women for decade, battling for civil rights. check this out, a driver in downtown tulsa must have wanted to get out of the bank building in a hurry. he was seven stories up. his mercedes slammed through a parking garage wall sending debris crashing down below. the driver says the gas pedal stuck. no one was hurt. wow. you get that close to death, you got to think somebody s looking out for you. or threatening, either way. up next, mary matalin and roland martin face off. right now, larry king with a quick preview of what s ahead.
territory. i am aware of that. and i am aware that after this speech ends, i don t have either party helping me. but i need you. i need you, the people, more than ever. when came into this race 12 months ago, i ran because i believed i was the only candidate in this race that would stand up to what was coming out of washington and offer a clear alternative and nothing that has happened today has changed that. i remain only candidate in this race that will stand up to this agenda. candy crowley, host of cnn s state of the union is in st. petersburg, florida tonight. she join us along with mark halperin and mark mackinnon, republican strategist and contributor to the daily beast. candy, you had a chance to talk with the governor crist earlier today. was this a matter of his political survival? he says not. help says it s all about the people. he s taking a very populous to
washington, d.c. she died last week. 98 years old. what the president had to say. dr. height went about her work quietly. without fanfare. without self-promotion. she never cared about who got the yet. she didn t need to see her picture in the papers. mary, she was a civil rights activist, but also a major feminist who fought for women of all colors. i love and i don t often say this but i love what the president described her as, the queen esther of this moses generation. what a generation of civil rights workers it was. i wonder what she and her colleagues would think. first of all, she was supposed to go to the white house to meet with the president a few weeks ago with reverend sharpton and an individual from the naacp.
entone in that clip you just played. i asked him what about your fund-raising. he said, oh, they re all staying with me. now, this is contrary to what sources have told us, but nonetheless, he s full steam ahead. one of the things he said and what he s trying to do is position himself as, look, it s you and me, against washington. those all those parties do is bicker and it s the people against washington. that s the tact he s going to take. and they looked at the polling. they think he has a chance with that. it s very early, i must say. right now, it s just the tiniest bit of lead over the other two people in the race. this is going to be a very populous us against them race. the republican senatorial campaign committee asked for its money back. is this a sign at least in the state of florida moderates are