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More of a liability with the republican party base than in 1998 and 2002 when he was winning elections how he manages that background if he tries to run in a national campaign in the republican party. thanks to steven moore of the heritage foundation and mark caputo. well be back after this. uhhh. no, that cant happen. thats the thing, you dont know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive.. confident retirement approach. now you and your am...

Is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> a smiling, positive jeb bush talking straight to the camera for 30 seconds, brought the florida voters by none other than the chamber of commerce, the political arm of big business interests, brand synonymous with the republican establishment. cbs news/"new york times" poll found more republicans wanted bush to run more than any other candidate. that hasnt put him at the top of trial heats ben prospective candidates are matched against each ...

Expensive in history. not just floridas history. in any state election. scott set the record by spending $73 million of his own money in 2010 and chris warrens, he could spend $100 million, part of the democrats push to get up their financial house in order, as well. they may spend up to $75 million. mark caputo is the political reporter for "the miami herald." he joins me now. mark, its quite a couple of rates you have to cover this year. bellwether races in many ways. lets start with the speci...

Would describe ted cruz as an anchor who keeps his party well anchored in its conservative base. but the problem that the party has, at a certain point its going to need to sail on and weigh anchor. sometimes he hasnt shown enthusiasm for closing his mouth and going away quietly. you just saw that happen in washington where he hads had blowup over the latest debt ceiling vote. hes a very smart man and incredibly well spoken but incredibly polarizing folks. >> mark, and abby. thanks. the intervie...

County. hes going to headline that countys gop lincoln dinner. i want to cover someone who covers politics on a daily basis, mark caputo and abby huntsman will stick around as well. what was the readout from cruz last night? >> democrats sure hope its a preview of 2016. ted cruz in the polling in florida just couldnt be a worse matchup from a republican standpoint against the likely democratic nominee hillary clinton. in the last poll a month ago, he loses to her about 20 points, worse than jeb ...

Ballot has been a battle. the republican administration of governor rick zot scot fought the initiative in court arguing that the language will misleed voters. some think its a ploy to get more younger democratics out there. some democrats have accused the scott administration of fighting the medical marijuana initiative purely to prevent that from testimony happing. so the question is can pot really get out the vote? with me at the table is kayton dawson. chardon qasr ran. glenn and from miami,...

It shows more regas morality is situation. some of these folks who make money off of incarcerating people arent going to like laws that make it harder to incarcerate people. >> i get the feeling that you mouth charlie crist might be a boost of a -- >> some are better at it than others. >> thanks so much mark caputo coming out of miami. coming up next, positive attitudes are also changing law enforcement. ♪ turn around

And pow tishians are following. >> yet the question of the voter. nationwide, 2008 to 2012. you had a 20% increase in overall turnout but in states thad ha ballot initiatives that had to do with legalized marijuana, washington, you had a 12% increase, colorado, 6% increase. theres an anecdotal increase. to marks point it doesnt necessarily help democrats specifically. >> right. i wouldnt is be surprised if you had an increasing turnout. if you think of the criminal justice system. i think young ...

Marijuana ballot amendment in florida, the man who employs him. orlando attorney john morgan, is a main funder of the effort to get it on the ballot which is why republicans are suspicious but you can rest assured if theres a pop larp, popular amendment, charlie crist will be before it. interestingly with rick scott, hes made a niche for himself when he tells us what he believes in. scott has been pretty quiet. he certainly doesnt want to talk about it. hes made his career and whole political ag...

Folks, its time we take stock. in 1967, at the southern leadership conference in atlanta, dr. king posed a question, the same question we should be asking ourselves now, where do we go from here? >> where do we go from here? joe biden talking voting rights at the annual king day breakfast in washington, d.c., part of a host of events marking this martin luther king day. with us now to talk about dr. king and his fight and legacy, richard wolf of usa today and the ceo of national urban league. ma...