public life. he was your campaign manager. he and many other people advised you have quit. if this crusade is such a good idea, so about the people of florida, why are people like eric leaving you and now going to support marco rubio or not supporting you? i think people have to make up their own decisions about what s best for them. with anybody who was involved in the campaign, as a primary candidate, that s exactly what they should do. you know, they ve got to be at peace and comfortable for themselves. and they ve got to take care of their families. i respect that enormously. but i have a lot of new friends now and a lot of old friends, too. i mean, a lot of my republican friends said, i m going to support you no matter what you do. i ve heard that over and over again. if you change and go independent, i ll support you. if you stay and maintain your republican membership, i ll is support you. a lot of democrats said, you know, please change. please become an independent and i ll
light. he has the republican party against him. this looks vindictive toward rubio. i don t know what kind of future the guy would have in the republican party. does that suggest oh, he he s going to make his move and go independent by next friday? i ve got to say, this is going to blow up. and it s going to be very ugly for all sides. i think that charlie s finished as a republican. there s to doubt. he s finished as a republican. and i think when this blows up, even if rubio is taken down at the same time, i think he could finish charlie off as well. he s got to go independent. then who runs for the republicans? we only have a week to question. a lot of people are quietly asking behind the scenes, does rubio make it do these stories come out before the florida deadline? and if they come out before the florida deadline, does rubio keep his head down and say, we re going to get through it and then run against meeks in