Stimulus Event News Today

State. i cant in good conscience look them in the eye and say you and your family are going to be without a breadwinner. you have to eat. >> reporter: crist met president obama for another stimulus event last week. did you get any feedback from your fellow republicans in this state that maybe you shouldnt be there when the president landed in tampa? >> a lot, actually. >> reporter: they were telling you dont do it? >> yeah. quite a few people. i got a lot of advice. >> reporter: they shook hands...

Democrats are ready to take down the biggest names in politics, from democratic senate majority leader harry reid to republican john mccain. but democrats say all that in-fighting between crist and rubio actually presents an opportunity. >> ill take either of one of them as long as theyre wounded and limping into the general election. >> reporter: crist, who has a 50% job approval rating is not backing down from a tea party fight. he defends the stimulus as a job saver and notes rubio has stated...

Opportunity. >> i take either one of them as long as they are wounded and limping into the general election. >> reporter: dricrist is not backing down program a tea party fight. he defends the stimulus as a job save and notes rubio has stated he, too, would have accepted funds from the program. >> about 20,000 teachers would be out of work in my state today. i cant look them in the eye and say you and your family will be without a breadwinner. people have to eat. >> reporter: hes defying convent...

But democrats say all that in-fighting between crist and rubio actually presents an opportunity. >> i take either one of them as long as theyre wounded and limping into the general election. >> reporter: crist, who has a 50% job approval rating, is not backing down from a tea party fight. he defends the stimulus as a job saver and notes rubio has stated he too would have accepted funds from the program. >> about 20,000 teachers would be out of work today in my state. i cant in good conscience lo...