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Senator i want meek or crist. they wake up wednesday morning and find you are senator, what are you gonna say to them? that s no different than the equation with anybody . we live in a republic we are going to have an election tomorrow. someone is going to win and we are going to have a new u.s. senator. then it is time to start governing. there s a difference between campaigning and tkpwofrpbing. i ve campaigned on a set of principles that i believe in and hold dear and those we are not going to abandoned. if elected i m going to be expected to be held accountable by the people who voted for me so i m going to hold up that obligation. by the same token i will be try to be listen and be anyone s senator. greta: when people get to washington they find it is harder to get things accomplished. six months out if you haven t accomplished what you wanted to run on what do you do ....
Enjoyed is not the right word watching the drama with kendrick meek, governor crist and president clinton. it reminds us in politics today in america there are people that will cut a deal with anyone on anything to get into power and stay in power. the kind of backroom deals that have given us some of the worst in history, like obamacare. i was a reminder of that and why we are running. growth if you win what is the first thing you are going greta: if you win, what is the first thing you are going to do? before i get to washington i hope they take the current tax code and extend it. i would like them to make it permanent in is not a time to raise taxes on anybody. particularly on job creators. i think if that can be ....
Enjoyed is not the right word watching the drama with kendrick meek, governor crist and president clinton. it reminds us in politics today in america there are people that will cut a deal with anyone on anything to get into power and stay in power. the kind of backroom deals that have given us some of the worst in history, like obamacare. i was a reminder of that and why we are running. growth if you win what is the first thing you are going greta: if you win, what is the first thing you are going to do? before i get to washington i hope they take the current tax code and extend it. i would like them to make it permanent in is not a time to raise taxes on anybody. particularly on job creators. i think if that can be accomplished i hope when we ....
Get there in january we can begin the work on a simplification of our tax code which is very complicated, very burdensome and discourages job creation. the other is the creation of a national consensus on how we are going to tackle this national debt which is unsustainable. twhaoes thing are important because the existence of a cumbersome, regulatory and tax code combined with high combined with high debt load is disturning discouraging creating jobs in america. greta: if you win, the people that don t vote for you, what is your message to them? god willing, i will be the next u.s. senator my job is to be a voice on behalf of floridians on multiple issues obviously all the national issues but also issues that face florida. nasa program is being threatened. greta: what about the people who say, look i don t want marco rubio as my u.s. senator i want meek or crist. ....
The evidence saying, okay, crist versus rubio in a one-on-one or meek versus rubio in a one-on-one. and so they are going to have to make a really hard sell to meek to do that. and here s one other wrench into this whole plan that, you know, perhaps crist folks or national democrats see as a potential way to basically find a way to take one republican seat away on the senate level and that is the governor s race. look, there are a lot of florida democrats who care a lot more about winning that governor s race than they do this senate race. what does alex sink want? she want kendrick meek in the race because they believe any voter for meek or crist, both together, in an energized kendrick/meek campaign brings on african-americans to a higher level and helps alex sink who is in a very tough race with rick scott. chris, if i could say on the flip side, for national democrats, this is a difficult situation. kendrick meek is the only statewide african-american candidate running nationwide ....