analysts say the bill could come back to bite mccollum if it makes that far. with florida rich history dealing with the illegals walking on egg shells with that particular issue. the florida contest between marco rubio and charlie crist could come down to who wins the democratic primary in two weeks. if it s congressman kendrick meek, rubio holds the upper hand. if businessman jeff green is the nominee, crist has a narrow lead, according to the latest poll from rasmussen today. colorado senator michael bennett appointed to the job last year won his first ever election tuesday. taking the democratic primary. correspondent alicia acuna looks at how bennett and his republican opponent got right back on the campaign trail today. reporter: with 83 days until the november midterms, incumbent democrat michael bennett and his republican rival ken buck went from nominating victory parties to the morning news. i feel frustration that many americans feel.
basically able to do this because she had the support of people like mitt romney, sarah palin, and jenny sanford, the first lady of the former first lady, depending on how you look at it, with the state of south carolina. she is the ex-wife of the current governor, mark sanford, as you know, john and kiran. you mentioned governor mark sanford, his ex-wife among those congratulating her last night. in some cases he was described almost as her mentor. reporter: that s right. and they were both in the house last night, both nikki haley s victory parties. so just another indication of how colorful politics can be down here in south carolina. sanford, he of the appalachian trail was determined to stick in the governor s job. he s been through there all of the questions and controversy. i asked him last night at the victory party whether or not the people of this state are tired of hearing about the personal lives of their politicians.
she s favored to win it. and the two other speaksers we ll hear are a pair of governors, bobby jindal, the governor of louisiana who insists he s not running for president and few people in new orleans and louisiana believe that. and, he gave the response to the president s state of the union recently and was criticized for not having done a good job and this is considered an opportunity for him to correct that and take a new course and rick perry the governor of texas. everything is big in texas. and he s been on the cover of magazines lately, questioning whether or not he might run for 2012 and he ll speak as well. martha: interesting, newt gingrich sort of allowed the talk about the possibility of him running. to be revived, last night. and, no doubt all the players are watching either other s moves carefully these days as well, carl, fascinating stuff, always good to have you with us, thank you. bill: and back to the tea party, they planned rallies today in bart stupak s district,
analysts say the bill could come back to bite mccollum if it makes that far. with florida rich history dealing with the illegals walking on egg shells with that particular issue. the florida contest between marco rubio and charlie crist could come down to who wins the democratic primary in two weeks. if it s congressman kendrick meek, rubio holds the upper hand. if businessman jeff green is the nominee, crist has a narrow lead, according to the latest poll from rasmussen today. colorado senator michael bennett appointed to the job last year won his first ever election tuesday. taking the democratic primary. correspondent alicia acuna looks at how bennett and his republican opponent got right back on the campaign trail today. reporter: with 83 days until the november midterms, incumbent democrat michael bennett and his republican rival ken buck went from nominating victory parties to the morning news. i feel frustration that many americans feel.