ex-governor, blagojevich. and now like from washington. what do we know about congressman jackson s condition? reporter: few details. but one source is discounting speculation of a drinking problem saying he has a beer now and then but that is it. this person also said given the ethics investigation against jackson, and the fact he faced a tough primary challenge, it is plausible the congressman had a breakdown of some sort. civil rights icon jesse jackson dealt with questions of his son s whereabouts and the name of his doctor. his privacy and the doctor-patient privacy and where he is keeping his restoring is a distance that should be respected. reporter: he testified for the defense not trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich and the justice department has indicted jackson family friend for allegedly offering to raise millions of dollars for blagojevich in
agency, and also observers from abroad. but, unlike six years ago, the outcome of the race is not expected to be close. the current charismatic ex-governor has a 17-point lead, a centrist and a pragmatist and the pretty face of the party with an ugly past, and you have his opponent, manuel obrador, who lost the race in 2006 and is a hard left candidate and tried to moderate his image but, most people have not bought his conversion and finally the first female female candidate has been unable or unwilling to differentiate herself from the current ruling party, and, its handling of the drug war. the drug wars in mexico, it is a failure. and it was basically for more money to be policed. the local
had a very vibrant image that mitt romney s opponents haven t been able to come up with. it s been such an incredible image, like larry said, those suspicions that people have about romney. the people who vote in the largest numbers, are the people who grew up using an etch a sketch. i m not sure children these days know very much about it, but it was part of our child hoods, right? i always tell people the etch a sketch taught me that i had no artistic ability whatsoever. so i m very grateful. i m sure this happened on the heels of the jeb bush endorseme endorsement. and larry you tweeted about it. a popular florida ex-governor with a latino wife and you got tons of responses, didn t you? i did. i was surprised, it kind of touched a nerve more with
biggest state in america. reporter: what was to be just a statement seged into an autograph session and quasi-rally with blagojevich s youngest daughter coming outside four times pleading with her father to come in. saying good-bye to patti and my kids will be the hardest thing i ve ever had to do. i ve been putting off the thought of what that s going to be like. i can t even think about it now. we still have faith in the future. we are appealing the case. we have great trust and faith in the appeal. and while my faith in things has sometimes been challenged, i still believe this is the american this is america, this is a country that is governed by the rule of law. reporter: the ex-governor was asked if he was frightened of what s to come. they don t call it courage if you re not scared. reporter: after he went inside, the blagojeviches held a family meal and said their good-byes. first thing thursday morning he will go to the airport and with two of his lawyers fly to de
our goal was to take out one-third of the delegates and possibly slightly better than that. i think we will exceed that goal. your goal wasn t to win one of these states? i don t think that anyone expected to win alabama or mississippi. as mitt said early on in the campaign, this was an away game for him and i think that is true. this is a delegate contest. like i said our goal was to come in, take a third of the delegates. keeping them honest on the claim that nobody expected him to win alabama or mississippi. at least one person did expect, mitt romney in mobile, alabama. we re going to win tomorrow. we need your help. that was the night before the primaries. not to single out governor romney, listen to newt gingrich spin the results. i want to tell you this. we will have throw or four days in the news miedia. these are the same people that said why isn t he dead. they raise this every few weeks. i don t know if you heard about him wanting to finish second