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Martha: and at a college, where there is a game changer in one of the most closely watched u.s. senate races, we expect that the republican governor of florida is going to pull the old switcher a, folks, governor charlie crist plans to announce, a long time republican, is going to run as an independent for the susenate. crist has been facing an uphill battle to secure the nomination in florida. this is one of the big issues made by his opponent, he embraced president obama when he came to florida to talk about the stimulus pang, the $787 billion stimulus package. charlie crist embraced him and...

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 ...

You called that unforgivable and you said i know i'm supposed to be politically correct and i said i was neutral and all that but i have a problem with that. so are you just for marco rubio but aren't saying it? >> look, the governor embraced the stimulus pang and in a principle way we're opposing the stimulus package that's not stimulated the economy but expanded the role of government in all sorts of areas because the agenda is not just to stimulates the economy in this case, it's to redefine who we are as a nation through a bigger role for government. republicans were fighting against that ...

This comes as the labor department just this morning announced new unemployment claims jumped unexpectedly last week. harry reid, the majority leader in the senate, outlined the democrats' priorities in putting americans back to work. take a listen. >> our agenda is not about politics or partisanship. we have a jobs agenda. it's about putting people back to work. our motivation is to help americans sleep a little better. our mission is not to stop until every american who wants a job can get a job. jane: wendell goaler is at the white house with a preview. >> reporter: they'll talk about a tax...