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For choosing. we need somebody that's going to draw a line in the sand and say to the federal government, enough is enough. that's only one candidate in the senate race here in florida that's going to fight the obama, reid, pelosi agenda rather than embrace it. that's marco rubio. >> neil: obviously when you worked with the governor, i'm sure you felt differently. when he switched parties or left the republican party, running as an independent. we don't into -- what changed it for you? >> well you know, i've been active in the republican party for 30 years and i've fought for those principles ...

Individual. >> neil: choral crist doesn't. >> on the other side, the democrats support the idea government knows best. >> neil: what about charlie? i think charlie has shown he's leaning more with the side that supports the government. >> neil: you're a prominent part of that sunshine state and you would have to work with him. could you? >> absolutely, charlie has been a friend and is a friend of mine. >> neil: not as much of a friend since he jumped party. >> we absolutely disagree on policy. he and i will fight it out but it doesn't mean we can't be friends. >> neil: thank you very much. >> ...

His democratic opponent on tomorrow's show. we always reach out to everybody. and rick was kind enough to get back to us. i'm wondering now, when you look at this and you see what's going on, is this the way you want to go? is this the direction we're seeing or what? >> absolutely. it's about creating a clear, positive vision for the future. about bringing michiganders together and letting people win together. we lack division. we have a broken political culture, we're an economic disaster but it's time to get on a great path to the future and bring people together. >> neil: i was -- we reache...

Cost $800 billion in a decade. one other point, under the ole old tax rates, prior to needing, as president bush indicated, tax cuts because of surpluses, we had robust economic growth, in eight years, 21 million new jobs. >> neil: you can kind of see their point, right? your point is well taken but if you think about it, when president clinton raised taxes on the per income, he combined it with cuts in capital gains and dividends then we had the internet boom. when he left office, the nasdaq was cut in half. that was something that president bush inherited, i'm not blaming one party or the ot...

Down. you can't override federal law but we had almost a million people vote and 71% said we don't want this and we want to kill it. by the way, you talked about st. louis and kansas city. in jackson county, the county that surrounds kansas city. 71% of the voters voted for it. in st. louis county, a democratic county that surrounds st. louis city, 62% voted for it. >> neil: interesting of all, you and i discussed this, they didn't -- the governor -- they said we're going to take matters into our hands and it was a proposition 13. >> let me say two things about that. first, this is exactly wha...