bush and says cut the top rate to 28%, no, he won t be delivering on that. if he says keep the top rate at 35%, 40%, it s possible he will be putting out a tax plan that is very different from what other republicans have proposed in that it focuses on the middle-class not the upper class. olivia, we don t want to forget about rick perry despite this maybe being the last day we ll talk about him because yesterday he suspended his campaign. what impact do you think that might have on the gop field and who do you think is likely to drop out next? i think george pataki or lindsey graham are probably most likely to drop out next, the candidates who aren t polling very well, polling within the margin of error. perry was obviously trying to get by run tong fumes of the super pacs that were supporting him but it wasn t enough. there wasn t enough interest in his campaign. a lot of it has to do with his dismal 2012 performance but also with the polls. they really did have a big
and ronald reagan in 79, george h.w. bush in 87 and bob dole in 1995 were all of the straw poll winners in florida. the author of the book, keys to the kingdom, very nice to see you, thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. looking ahead to the straw poll today, who do you think floridians like? the gop field? i think it s too early. governor perry just recently got in the race and people are still trying to evaluate him. so i don t know. but i agree with the history that this tends to be an early republican indicator of an attitude in florida. and the only reason that if didn t happen with regard to 2000 and 2007, there wasn t enough interest at that time.