midterms, we saw similar similarities here. you were involved in some of those campaigns you had them on the democratic side, between the carter and kennedy wings, you had it going on in the reagan/rockefeller/ford wing. so we ve seen it before. i think this time it has to do with frustration. you know, look, when a party loses like they did in 06 and 08, and republicans lost two straight election, that doesn t happen to a political party. they got thumped two political elections. when it happens to any political party, there s always a return to the supposed base or the roots. i think that s what you re seeing here. you re seeing some frustration and some of these folks are getting caught up in the frustration. charlie crist, i think, definitely did. where even the establishment conservatives here in washington didn t see it coming. let s talk about the big race in florida, a huge state, one of the biggest states in the country. it s a young state, everybody thinks it s a retireme
in florida, a huge state, one of the biggest states in the country. it s a young state, everybody thinks it s a retirement state but it s a very young state. and it s a little to the right. but it s not a right-wing state. it s not like utah or one of the states like wyoming or idaho, it s not automatically republican. but look at the latest numbers here. the quinnipiac poll, i think it s in a three-way, 32% against rubio and 30%. and then meek down at 24%. it seems to me that that s not even going to last once they find out he will organize with the r s. once he gets see, that s, to me that s a key question. and in fact, i think that one, that look, charlie crist to me has not yet laid the groundwork for going independent. remember, joe lieberman did it. joe lieberman was saying, you know, he started talking about the process, a little bit and he tried to lay out a rationale for doing this. we haven t heard charlie crist rationale beyond it s my only