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That was the governor of florida, charlie crist, making his big announcement last night. he's going all the way to november in his fight. does he have a better shot at winning now as an a independent? and what does this odyssey of this tell us about his now former political party, the republicans? "newsweek's" howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst and from the "tribune" media papers, mark silva, a longtime political expert. mark, thank you very joining us and howard, as always. let's take a look at the latest word from both of these fellows. they were on the "today show," here's latest ...

Doesn't want to tighten or do anything to endanger the u.s. economy with uncertainty over on the other side of the atlantic. >> cnbc's steve liesman, i've got one, too, with the greek tragedy. everybody's got a greek cliche. thank you, steve. >> thanks. . it's independence day, maybe, for governor charlie crist. you know what, you never know. but this afternoon the florida governor is expected to announce in his hometown he'll apparently run for the u.s. senate as an independent, defecting from the party that once considered him its rising star. >> here now, mark silva, the senior political ...

>> a little laboratory. what do you think is the national trend happening in florida to spot here? >> well, the problem here is the division within the republican party. you have the tea party forces, which have exposed a very fervent and active conservative base within the party. and all the polls will tell you that these people are motivated to vote, gallup i think had it at something like 20% ovfor democrats over conservative republicans. and there's a very motivated conservative base, and this is playing out in florida and it's going to play out in a lot of places around the nation. >> ver...