with respect broader immigration reform. it s always about well, the obama economy has let you down. you could be better. you should be better off. you should vote for me. it really hasn t clicked except for in florida with the cuban-american population. i m guessing if it does come up, and remarkably it hasn t in the first two debates. which is kind of amazing. yeah, i m guessing it has to come up, that romney will quickly pivot away from that and let s talk about the economy and jobs. i m also wondering where health care fits in terms of mitt romney has lately sort of embraced he s not had entirely negative things to say about covering those with preexisting conditions, never minding the fact that his own plan it s basically status quo if you have a preexisting continue. if you have insurance, you continue to have insurance, but if you don t, then that s sort of the big question. you know, what s your bet? can he go to the center on that? can i stand by his record as govern
it s really ground zero for latino voters because it s changing, for example. it was only the cuban-american population in miami, but now there s a third of a million puerto rican voters. obama has the advantage, but it s turnout. for romney it s convincing people with the economy they can vote republican. obama needs the turnout and needs to keep those numbers high. florida could be won by less than 100,000 votes. every vote counts. that s why both are there and participating in this particular forum. thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. to another political story today. the tale of two tapes. on monday hidden video surfaced of mitt romney saying 47% vote for him because they re dependent on the government. a 13-year-old tape emerged with obama talking about the
there. walker s office says it found the data in a different area of the website. the union says last fall survey result showing improvement are too unique to compare to past ones. but no word from the union on why the previous surveys were removed from the website. miami marlins manager ozzie guillen has been suspended for five games following comments he made about fidel castro. guillen told time magazine he loves castro and respects the retired cuban dictator for staying if power for so long. remarks enraged miami s large cuban-american population. guillen apologized for profusely again today and said the comments were misinterpreted by the report. someone is messing with online forums used by al-qaeda sympathizers. fox news has learned who is claiming responsible. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with the intriguing details. thank you. good evening. this goes by the handle raptor online.
is that victory song on key? we ll find out from the panhandle to the keys. the i-4 corridor and heavy cuban-american population, looking at all the states within the state of florida. a busy hour this morning. hi, everybody and welcome to the florida primary day super tuesday here at msnbc. i m thomas roberts and for the next full hour we ll look at all the factors that affect today s critical vote, and right now mitt romney is visiting his has florida campaign headquarters and voteers from 67 counties hit the polls. five of those counties especially crucial in making or breaking his chances. they are are pinellas conti, seminole county, miami-dade, duvall and escambia county. despite big wins in conservative northeast and southwest florida, we ve got the best reporters on the trail for you this morning. nbc s peter alexander is live for us in tampa. also nbc s ron mott live for us
it confuses vote whers they hear this things. some of the commercials are part way true, part way untrue. voters are very questionable as to any candidate coming out against and very hard in a 32nd ad to find out the truth. so it s across the board for entire primary. it s going to be very difficult coming out of this and bringing in, coalescing people together after we select a nominee. looking at florida being politically different than iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. more diverse. racially, economically. how do you think it will play out today and also be a better indicator for what we have coming up in the general election fight? the reason i feel it s going to be a great indicator for the entire country is because of our diverse population. hispanics, asian, blacks and across the board various spectrums ever sull chcultures. a microcosm of what the country looks like in the voting electorate. when the victor comes out of the