chairman of the florida republican party. this is critical stuff, because the florida vote is already underway, right? folks are already mailing in their absentee ballots. >> that's right. with absentees and early voting already close to 230,000 votes cast. jon: all right. >> so florida is on the move. i'd say to the candidates, welcome to florida. >> onjon they are already obviously working for the vote. what do you think the big issue is? >> my hope is, my message is that the negative campaigning stop. floridians want to hear a vision and a compelling argument for the free market and job creation. that's what floridians are looking forbes that's what our governor has been talking about and working on, and that's what i'd thriek see and i think the voters would like to see the candidates talk about. jon: obviously florida has that large elderly population, entitlement programs like social security and medicare are very important as well, aren't they? >> they're important, but look, the free market has