welcome back, everybody. this the beach hut, cafe. they are very busy. i think this is the busiest diner that we have been in at 7:00 in the morning. we re glad they re having us. you re listening to luther vandross, the power of love, my selection. let s introduce you to our panel. cnn political contributor and republican consultant and maria cardo cardona, democratic strategist. and david frum, let s get a shot of david frum s chair. i ve committed to mocking david frum this morning because he is late for my show and when you have arrive with sleep in his eyes. i m told it s not his fault. too bad, we don t care. we re moving on. let s talk a little bit about this final debate last night. it is the debate right before florida republicans will vote and stakes were very, very high. mitt romney and newt gingrich really going at it all night with jabs. was there a clear winner in addition to our panelist who got florida republican congressman is in miami. endorsed newt
for those of you too young to remember that is a a 1970s movie. i want you to go to the window, stick your head out and yell, i m as mad as hell and i m not going to take this anymore! now that sounds like how a lot of people feel these days. this time, instead of the late actor peter finch, it was president barack obama who will people to take action. i m asking you all to make your voice heard. if you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of congress know. if you believe we can solve this problem through compromise, send that message. and so they did. today more than 100 congressional websites crashed or threatened to. phones rang off the hook and letters and e-mails poured in. once again, the same old posturing went on and on. we ve all seen this movie before. in fact, we ve been watching it for weeks now. i ll have a lot more on this story in just a moment. but first, here s a look at the top stories i ll be telling but tonight. let s