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Smaller more limited government. those are our goals. we that i perspective has been sorely needed. >> reporter: this is where the straw poll. there are 14 official names on the ballot many a blank for a write-in and undecided. in 2007, 2008, 2009, mitt romney won this poll. last year ron paul won. any closer to making a decision to jump in? >> not before the end of the month. >> reporter: good luck on the straw poll. >> im worried about meeting as many folk as i can. >> greta: looks like arizon...

Potentially violating a number of ethics violations, including not paying property taxes on a vacation property that he owns, also, using his own stationery to solicit funds for a building in his name, and some new revelations about some money thats being used to pay for his defense, and so the ethics trial for charlie rangel, starting today up on the hill. martha: hes going to represent himself. he has no lawyers. charlie rangel should be representing himself. that should be very interesting. i...

What weve seen from other current polls. senator barbara boxers building a strong lead over republican challenge, carly fiorina. up in alaska it looks like a real race now with republican joe miller at 38%. senator lisa murkowski at 36%. and democrat, scott mcadams down at 22%. and that new cnn/"time" poll, remember murkowskis is running as a write-in. finally, to florida. where marco rubio is pulling away. hes up 13 points over charlie crist in a quinnipiac poll with meek way behind. well conti...

With joe miller and announces a riding campaign. what do we know about it? >> chuck, it certainly complicates a little bit of the math for the republicans now. now we have the republican nominee joe miller. we have lisa mounting her right-np bid and then a democrat, scott mcadams. lisa murkowski, this writing bid could be seen as a revenge of the moderates or the middle of the republican party strikes back. and certainly republicans didnt want to see this happen. alaska is still a republican-lea...

Seeking a second full term as senator. appointed to the seat in 2002 to succeed her father who went on to become the governor of alaska injuries she was reelected in 2004 but lost last months primary to alaska attorney and fellow republican joe miller. it was a narrow defeat. which is one of the reasons for her decision to keep on plugging along in the race, this time only as a write-in. voters will have to physically write her name on a piece of paper come november in order for her to keep her ...

Second touchdown pass last night. this happened in a small town in texas, one of those places where everybody knows everybody and everybody knew reggie. well tell you more about this young man. also, we are going to hear possibly from sarah shourd. her two hiking companions still remain in custody in iran. lets turn to the big political we saw last night. lisa murkowski is hoping to pull off what some are calling a real long shot. she is trying to win re-election by winning on a write-in. th...

Ground zero site. also 9/11. bill bennett host of "morning in america" had this to say, talk about the terrorist act in the name of islam and he said, "were not islamaphobes but were angry at islam." back to you. >> thank you for the update. voters in hawaii head to the poll to decide which democrat will try to take back republican seat from republican hands after eight years. two long-time political rivals will square off. former congressman neil abercrombie and the honolulu mayor went head-to-...

This is the world theyre inher inheriting. its a little bit the opposite of rearranging the deck chairs on the "titanic." this is a speedboat of republicans moving ahead and all jockeying from who get to take the con. >> and is it still possible murkowski could go in as a write-in? >> that would be extremely hard, for anybody. alaska doesnt make it easy. as you alluded to. the libertarian party in alaska has said, no thanks, we dont want lisa murkowski. so if she doesnt somehow pull it out, i th...

Just got breaking news moments ago that the libertarian candidate who had been in contact with people with the murkowski folks, they have said they will not give up their ballot position to her. so she would have to if she mounted a third party candidacy, it would have to be a write-in. but i talked to a political consultant, he believes she still has a very good shot just because of name recognition. megyn: how does miller do in the polling against the democrats? if miller pulls this thing out,...

Health care bill or financial services bill. folks are going online, parsing these statements and they can quickly judge for themselves based on this competitive market place for ideas what to do. i think thats going to generate more interest in politics and better outcomes. >> what about a national holiday for voting? >> i think its a great idea. >> theres more we can do, right? >> i think the mail-in or designated day to vote would be terrific. i work with folks around the world, and in countr...