recall campaigns. this is the third. if it s successful. the only other one that us remember is gray davis in california. similar situation in some ways. they had a huge horrible budget deficit. he made, he tried to address it through a variety of ways, including the vehicle licensing fee that people really flip out about. and recalled. of course, the difference there was that the other side was able to get charismatic figure to collectively get behind, of course, arnold schwarzenegger. democrats in this particular situation have not been able to do that. russ feingold said no. they wanted him to do it. it s interesting comparison. if they fall short it might be because they haven t found a champion identify to believe everybody. bret: charles? the democrats are deciding right now is whether they want this to be a single issue campaign, or whether they want it to be a judgment about the governor, broader judgment.
he visited a l pos precinct near orlando on the eve of the primary. he pledged to stay in the race. we ll beat a big lie campaign with a big truth campaign, beat money power with people power. we are going to go all the way to the convention and we are going to win in tampa, and we are going to be the nominee with your help of the republican party soinchts but if the polls are right mitt romney is likely to be the big winner, his healthy lead hasn t topped him from taking a few final shots. romney and his supporters have pounded gingrich the past week, a barrage of negative ads. he describes the campaign as desperate. i know the speaker is not real happy, speaker gingrich. i know, it s sad. he s been flailing around a bit you just watch it and shake your head. it s been painfully revealing to watch. a poll released what survey after survey has shown. mitt romney has a healthy lead in florida. in the american research group poll, romney is at 343% compared to 31%. rick s
with a double-digit lead over newt gingrich. part of his advantage comes from early voter who is went his way more than 50% of the time. here s a reaction from gingrich, just a short time ago. mr. speaker, do you still see a path to the nomination? of course. how? unify the conservatives, you win the delegates, and then you have the nomination. freshman florida senator marco rubio is a very popular man these days. he s been mentioned as a possible vice presidential choice for whomever comes out on top. but he says, no way. my answer hasn t changed on that. i ve answered it repeatedly. the fact is, i m focused on my job here in the senate. i ll do anything the nominee wants me to do in terms of getting elected. i don t think that s going to be vice president. i don t think i m going to be the vice presidential nominee. rubio, who was speaking with our soledad o brien, also talked about why he hasn t endorsed everyone. i have relationships with two of the four c
the largest haul yet. the winner takes all of them and seizes momentum as the clear-cut front-runner. so if the polls are right, mitt romney could be coasting to an easy win. cnn s john zarella is at a polling place in tampa. john s, how s the turnout been? reporter: real good. this is actually the largest republican precinct in hillsboro county, the tampa area. about 3800 registered republicans here, and turnout has been very good this morning. a lot of people going before work. a lot of families coming before dropping off their kids at school. so quite a good turnout. there s 232,000 registered republicans in hillsboro county. i talked to the election supervisor a little while ago. he was telling me that they expected a very good turnout counting all of the early voting and the people that are likely to vote today could be 40 to 50%, he said, of that 232,000. so he expects quite a few people to vote today. here, kyra, is an example of the ballot we were talking about earl
just win, baby. state democrats filed a complaint with the wisconsin government accountability board signed by witnesses of the alleged bribe. a board spokesman says the behavior probably isn t illegal but that doesn t make it right. democrats contend the bribes are further proof that republicans don t have the same kind of support for the recall campaigns that the democrats have. meanwhile the democrats say that they received more than 140% of the total signatures needed for each petition they submitted. and they didn t need to get people drunk to have them sign on to the dotted line. donald trump will travel to new hampshire next week. does this mean he is really running? i ll talk about a trump candidacy with my radio partner, stephany miller, next. know the stain. after an alpaca? i have. it was awesome. call 1-800-steemer