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Governor in 190 years of florida history. >> well, let me ask you, mike, does charlie crist have the confidence of democrats, of independents, after making this move from the republican party? is it too soon for him to run? the polling, as you say, looks pretty good right now. but will they vote for this guy? will they work for him? >> he has some work to do. there's no question about it, any time you change parties like that, you've got the naysayers who say, thank you that you know -- why are you coming to us now? charlie is -- charlie has great, great ability. the contrast between charlie c...

However, is the fact that rand paul does as well as he does in new hampshire is also very telling, and i think it's important to note that this is not really a right versus left battle within the republican party. you have many people, you have many tea party conservatives, a guy like mike lee, for example, who is saying that we actually need a party that is more responsive to the interests of working and middle class voters. so, it's really not right versus left. there are folks like rand paul, for example, sure on some issues he seems to be very "far right." other issues, however, he's tryin...

Just doing heightened version of what politicians have always done in both parties. one example i'll never forget is bill clinton desperately trying to separate himself from his own tax policy on his way to reelection. he actually told a texas crowd at a fund raiser in 1995, quote, probably there are people in this room still mad at me at that budget because you think i raised your taxes too much. it might surprise you to know that i think i raised them too much, too. i cannot tell you how much that comment outraged democrats in the house and senate who fought hard to pass the clinton tax incr...

Crying also. for the children that have died for the parents that have to go through what they are going to be going through, not only this week, next week, but for a very long time. the christmas lights are up. the hanukkah candles are being lit. and these families are going to be suffering for so much longer. it's only the american people that can say to their politic n politicians, do something, instead of gagging all of us and saying we cannot do anything about it, we should ignore it. >> representative carolyn mccarthy, democrat of new york, your moral persuasion on this is partly because...

yp you juyou just heard to tax returns. mitt romney released histax returns 30 minutes ago. it's no surprise. mitt's a rich guy. here's a look at just how rich. he made more than $21 million in 2010. almost all of it came from incompetent vestments, not wages. he payed $3 million in taxes that year or 13.9%. christine romans is digging deeper into the 1040s. let's start with his offshore funds, christine. we had talked a little bit about that this week, and now we're actually seeing it in this, what is it, 200 something pages i've got on the table. >> let me show you. i have it too...