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He was elected. he's less than 50% and ranges around between 40% and 47% in terms of his popularity. there's been polls that have showed that more republicans than not want a different candidate. he's going to have a tough race against former governor charlie crist. >> right. and maria, you know, one of the things that strikes me is we've seen this. this is not just in florida. we're seeing this alec and big pharma have been pushing these kind of laws. we have nine red states passed this year, 29 states have introduced laws like this. so, again, this feels like more of a broader strategy, and ...

Maria, because one of the things that struck me about this case is the plaintiff in particular has such an interesting story as a navy veteran, a young father. he's in school. i would say, you know, doing all the right things and just essentially needs assistance, which is supposed to be the social safety net, that's supposed to be part of our values as americans, and as a veteran he understands drug testing and yet essentially now that he is just asking for help the state of florida is saying no, you have to be drug tested before we help you. >> right. louis lebron really blew the old and per...

Cnn, the high rate of drug use among welfare recipients. >> studies show people on welfare are using drugs much higher than the population. >> yeah, right. we invited the governor, who's promising to appeal the judge's decision, to join us today and he sent the following statement that says in part, "we should have a zero-tolerance policy for illegal drug use in families, especially those families who struggle to make ends meet and need welfare assistance to provide for their children." we also asked his office for those studies because when you actually look at the numbers in florida, 2.6% of...