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Forward. >> these are always fun. even though it's just a snap shot in time and as we know, the straw polls from 2007 didn't come to pass in the election. still, it's an interesting snapshot. of course, mitt romney, everybody predicted he'd be out front, he has the home field advantage. >> neighboring state. >> he has a house there. >> something interesting happened in new hampshire and this straw poll reveals it and that is at the same time that they were voting for mitt romney, they voted in a local tea party leader to head -- to be the state chair, the g.o.p. chair of the party. so they lik...

The tea party amendment is what i give credit for myself. we have run an election where he never held office and yet the hand-picked establishment candidate is trailing us by over 10 points. >> neil: you're hardly an unknown name. >> well, it's helped a lot because we have raised a lot of money and i'm in my ads and all myoopponent's ads so my name recognition is higher than anybody in the race. >> neil: thank you very much. >> thank you. a financial mess, massive cuts angry citizens. not greece, new jersey.

>> shepard: watch senator evan bayh announced is he retiring at the end of this term. senator bayh is a popular democrat in what is apparently a republican state. he made the announcement for any democrats to qualify for the primary ballot. on the republican side, it's a five-way battle. here are the top contenders at this hour. establishment candidate in the lead, the other two top vote getters are running to the right of him. in north carolina, associated press now reports senator richard burr is the winner of the republican primary beating three challengers. we're expecting more results wil...

To what happened in connecticut? >> could be. could be. look, you know, this is a real gamble for charlie crist, because, first of all, if you talk to any republicans in the establishment -- and don't forget, charlie crist was the establishment candidate, handpicked by the republican establishment, to run for this senate seat. so, now he's taking a total turn because he is way behind in the primary, as you point out. 22% of the registered voters in florida say they're unaffiliated. he's making a big gamble here. he is saying that those unaffiliated voters are moderates, who would tend to vote ...

A lot of attention on a national scale. >> reporter: yeah, martha, it's really interesting, because it's turning into a showdown between two different versions of gop candidates. it will be interesting to see which one the voters pick. on the one hand you've got the so-called establishment candidate, governor charlie crist, he's been endorsed by big names like senator john cornyn who chairs the senatorial committee responsible for getting more republicans elected to the u.s. senate. that's a huge endorsement. on the other side you got the 38-year-old conservative upstart, marco rubio, running ...