they are seeking democratic senator evan bayh's seat, who is retiring. then at 9:00, the only debate between the candidates hoping to be michigan cost governor.

. >> reporter: did democratic politicians, as senator evan bayh maintains, focus too much on the liberal base at the expense of independents? >> before we broke for the election, the congressional democrats' closing message was, what about to do about gays in the military. but in a time of real economic distress for middle americans, it's just not going to resonate. >> reporter: for the first time, the vice president is allowing for the possibility that the democrats will lose the house. he blames that outside spending by third party groups. >> i have never seen this before, so the only caveat i would put in terms of the house is, how much impact is $200 billion going to be? >> reporter: it might feel like $200 billion, diane, but the vice president meant to say $200 million. one other theory posed by president obama at a fund-raiser a few days ago is, quote, part of the reason why the politics seem to tough right now and facts isn't winning the day all the time, is because we're hard-wired not the always think clearly when we're scared. and the country is scared, and they have good reas

they are seeking evan bayh's seat. live coverage at 8:00 eastern.t 9:00, the only candidates running to be michigan's next governor. at 10:00, democratic gov. sean lynch is running for reelection for a fourth two-year term. >> this week on "de communicators" -- former sec communicators on broadband, broadcasting decency, and their personal experiences at the fcc. >> up next, margaret hamburg on the problem of counterfeit drugs and what the fda is doing to combat it. this is about 40 minutes. i am pleased to be able to join in on this very important topic. thank you for having me today. the workshop for the partnership a safe medicines goes out the long way to eliminate the fight for harmful and unsafe medicines and to promote the quality and efficacy of every product consumed by our friends, families, and neighbors, which is why i am happy today we can strengthen the partnership between the fda and your organization. we are pleased the partnership for safe medicine is a partner in fda's counterfeit alert network. after all, we have a common mission,

what i'm amazed at, you hear evan bayh talks about how broken the senate is after he announces he's not running again. will somebody who gets in there who is running and putting their own, do they have a bull worth moment and say, you know what, this system is broken and i'm going to stay here and try to fix it. >> is that what tom coburn's doing? if you were to look at the out of touch criticism and data, 85,000 is the average salary. in this town, $49,000. the unemployment rate is low. 6%. the national rate is 9.5%. the case for d.c. being out of touch is easy to make statusically, but to chuck's point, in private, alone, people, policy advisers, serving politicians, executives, seem more in touch than they let on and yet when they go into the arena, the behavior is as dysfunctional as it appears. it's too easy to say they're out of touch. when you walk into the room, you behave like your out of touch. >> i think the members know it's a broken system, but you have a system who rewards and punishments by the coalitions and parties that make it unforgiving to buck the party line within

johnson to carry indiana, but the liberal agenda caused such an uproar that two-term moderate senator evan bayhose retirement rather than face voters. now dan coats has a commanding lead over popular democrat elsworth, a former sheriff and current congressman from the eighth congressional district. >> mr. coats has been away from the state for so long. he hasn't owned property. he sold his last piece of property in indiana in 1994. he hasn't voted in our to elections in over ten years. >> people of indiana elected me twice to the senate. they have seen my record, they know who i am and what i believe in. they know i am a solid conservative. my record demonstrated. >> the race defies this year's trends. voters know that coats is not an outsider. he held the seat in '90s. at the democrat headquarters they know that elsworth is not lock-step liberal. a bluedog democrat who opposes abortion, gay marriage and the democratsp cap and trade climate bill. but he did back other administration priorities and coats is hammering him. >> on the $78 # billion stimulus, he chose the obama-pelosi agenda. and he

where was evan bayh, where were any of these guys? >> i tried to speak up.o! >> bottom line when we go into the lame duck session and the next congress we need a bipartisan strategy otherwise the american people will be the losers. you've seen it on the campaign trail. >> very difficult for conservative democrats too. >> sean: the blue dog lap dogs. >> unions go after them. >> i can tell you on the campaign trail people are concerned about jobs and the economy ii frankly it has taken 20 months, three weeks from the election and all of a sudden he wants to solve it now sun >> sean: it is such a great -- a great divide. >> there's compromise that could be done to extend the bush tax cuts -- >> sean: the president won't extent the bush tax cuts. >> a number of democrats, in the house and senate who -- >> sean: believe it or not they got an extension in new york for military ballots sent out they were supposed to be sent, they got an extension until october 1st, andhey still haven't sent the ballots to our military. disinfranchising 340,000 military voters in ne

>> i talked to evan bayh during his exit interview. the senate terms are six years. he said his father would say during the first four years you didn't have to worry about raising money. it was the last two years. now all the way for the whole six years you spend time raising money. it has become a place where you work tuesday through thursday. you're raising money in washington. you're raising money across the country. chris dodd has been in the senate for 30 years. he says over the course of the five re-election campaigns, he never spent as much money as linda mcmahon did in one primary. >> wow. that's amazing. and how much they care about it to get reelected? how about influences outside of money? conservative or liberal organizations or talk show hosts? >> for as old as congress is. as the bleeper section, talk radio, 24-hour cable. these groups know how congress is supposed to work, which is compromise. the moment they detect one of their own is negotiating or caving, they go after him. so it's really changed the dynamics on how congress works. at the end of the

indiana senator, evan bayh and lisa murkowski.e five may not be in the united states senate by 2011. >> going home again, i guess. >>> coming up, our special series, "back in business," despite the down economy, there are sectors that are hiring. we're going to tell you where opportunity is knocking. >> take advantage of it too. first, let's do the white house "soup of the day," asparagus and fettah. >> i've been down on them a couple of weeks. not down at all. it's a good one, unique, interesting. you know, the only problem with asparagus soup is when you bring it in, the colleagues better like it it has an interesting odor. i love asparagus. if you don't like it, you won't like the odor. >> don't bring it to the white house today. keep your asparagus soup far from me. the "daily rundown" only on msnbc. copd doesn't just make it hard to breathe... it makes it hard to do a lot of things. and i'm a guy who likes to go exploring ... get my hands dirty... and try new things. so i asked my doctor if spiriva could help me breathe bette

>> well, i'm inviting evan bayh, jerry brown and meg whitman to the conference tuesday. would never come out in support of one over the other before i speak, invite them to lunch. they're going to have an incredible conversation people can watch on c-span. maybe cnn will cover it with governor schwarzenegger. the three of them will be having a conversation about politics, leadership, the future of california. and i'm very excited that they'll be having that in front of the largest forum for women because women do elect our political leaders. and i think i'm excited to see president obama focusing his attention yesterday and today to the female vote. both of these gubernatorial candidates will be talking to women, not only in the women's conference here in long beach but really all over the country. i think that's really important because women have a lot of concerns in this election. democrat and republican and independent women. >> remind our viewers why this cause, women and alzheimer's, is so important to you. >> well, my dad was diagnosed with alzheimer's in 2003, an

we had senator evan bayh on with us yesterday and he said the political reality is that congress is not going to be giving anymore stimulus. they don't have the votes, it won't get through, so the only place the economy can turn is to the fed. chairman bernanke made it pretty clear that the fed is prepared to act. and along with stocks running higher, we saw treasury prices initially rallying and then giving back some ground. but the dollar started falling broadly against both the yen and the euro. the euro was breaking near the highest level we've seen since january. back to you. >> cnbc's becky quick from cnbc world headquarters. thanks very much. >> sure. >> so the fed chairman pushing for stimulus. >>> anyway, less than three weeks to go, midterm elections are hitting the home stretch, with both parties playing the expectations game, we'll get a reality check on the state of play. >>> plus, home remedies for the foreclosure crisis. ideas on how the government and the banks can do better to help these struggling homeowners. >>> but first, a look ahead at f the president's schedule. a

evan bayh is retiring. seeking to replace them are dan coats, brad ellsworth, and libertarian candidate. a recent polls had dan coats in the lead among likely voters. the indiana debate commission hosted this hour-long debate. >> the final of three indiana senate debates. >> welcome today campus. welcome to the indiana debate commission's third of three debates for the u.s. senate. i am your moderator. this is the indiana debate. voters will ask the questions and indiana's hoosiers will watch on tv, listen on ready -- radio, and tune in on the web as they listen to the candidates and get ready to cast their ballots one week from tomorrow. c-span will be rebroadcast in this debate tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. the candidates drew lots for their lectern position. immediately next to me is republican dan coats, in the middle is a democrat brad ellsworth, and a libertarian candidate. they have agreed to the rules for tonight's debate. the candidates will have one minute and 30 seconds to answer most of t

they are competing to succeed governor evan bayh. the only debate in the michigan's governor race -- then at 10:00 p.m., john lynch is running for reelection for a fourth term. john stevens has served as the state assistant attorney general. >> this week on "the communicators," michael paul and kevin martin on regulating broadband and their personal experiences at the helm of the fcc. >> a discussion on the issue of counterfeit prescription drugs. we get an overview followed by a panel on who was hurt when counterfeit drugs become a part of the marketplace. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning everyone. very nice. we are looking forward to today. allow me to introduce myself. i am the executive director for the partnership of safe medicine. we are thrilled to have the guest lineup that we do. i want to take this opportunity to thank you all for participating today. it is an indication of the need to address counterfeiting head on. we are grateful commissioner hamberg will be joining us later on. i would like to extend our

. >> reporter: even many democrats like retiring senator evan bayh of indiana worry for their party something wicked this way comes. >> it's shaping up as a republican wave. the question is how many dem californias can find their way to high ground. >> reporter: the high stakes are reflected in contentious debates such as one between independent governor charlie crist and mark rubio running for senate. >> he doesn't believe in transparency. >> reporter: many races are tightening. senate candidates in nevada, alaska, colorado, wisconsin and illinois and pennsylvania appear to be in dead heats. party leads have decidedly have different tones. >> from this point forward, it's all about turnout and ground game. we're seeing early voting trends. we've got work to do but we think were we can do it. >> when you wake up wednesday, november 3rd, and you see the headlines across papers in the great state and you watch them choke down the words republican majority -- >> reporter: and george, one other statistic being bandied about, the white house saying how difficult it is this year compared to 2008. i

evan bayh dropped out in this race, he was a longtime democratic darling, considered a presidential possibility on the vice presidental short list more than once. he decided not to run for re-election in effect saying the obama agenda was dragging him down. the battle here features two, republican dan coats, he served in the seats in the late 80s and the mid 90s. he left a seat and became a lobbyist in washington. he is under fire as a washington insider and he's leading the polls. the democrat is brad else wofrplt a two-term congressman from the 8th congressional district, a very, very conservative fiscal district. a tough enforcement type guy, he does everything he possibly can to say that coats is yesterday's news and should be passed over, we talked with him about exactly that, here is a sampling. >> mr. coats has been away from the state for so long, he hasn't owned plo property, he sold hist piece of property in 1994. hasn't voted in our elections in over ten years. hasn't paid taxes in indiana. hi first election he voted for was in may when he voted for himself in the republican primary.

it's evan bayh's old seat. what do you think of that? >> i'm tired of it. it's a bunch of baloney.ou know, tell the truth as the truth is. and don't try to pacify it. >> reporter: yeah. >> and they're just going all around it, and not saying the truth. >> reporter: yeah. and ali, one thing they've been saying, as well, is they think people are scared. they think a lot of this outrage is fear. do you think it's warranted? all of this outrage that you've been hearing? >> i don't think it's warranted at all. i think the fear factor is losing control. losing control of the party that they're with, and right now we see people just backstabbing other people just so that they can make that party look bad. and we -- we don't want it. what we want is the issues. we're former teachers, some of us. and we just -- we just want to see what's real. we want to know what's going to happen with our school systems, we want to know what's going to happen with health and all the issues. >> reporter: yeah. >> not the backstabbing. >> reporter: one thing i found interesting because we'd been talking so

senator evan bayh opted not for re-election cites the climate in washington and the frustration created by all the gridlock and infighting. how would you propose to overcome this obstacle and accomplish our stated goal for indiana? i will start with you, miss sink-burris. >> as a libertarian, i have the freedom to work with anyone i want to in the u.s. senate and the government. there'll be times when i would combine my views with those of the democrats. other times more closely aligned with the republicans. that way i can bring people together to solve some of our problems. one planned cuts military spending without hurting our troops. there are some other plans out there and different ways to include the issues that we've got. they had been worked on by a group of people, not all from one side. that's the kind of thing i would combine my efforts with. i would have the freedom to do so. i would not being beholden to special interests. i am not beholden to pay them back with special favors and helping them with everything. that is me the freedom to represent the american people and help

senator evan bayh opted not for re-election cites the climate in washington and the frustration created by all the gridlock and infighting. how would you propose to overcome this obstacle and accomplish our stated goal for indiana? i will start with you, miss sink-burris. >> as a libertarian, i have the freedom to work with anyone i want to in the u.s. senate and the government. there'll be times when i would combine my views with those of the democrats. other times more closely aligned with the republicans. that way i can bring people together to solve some of our problems. one planned cuts military spending without hurting our troops. there are some other plans out there and different ways to include the issues that we've got. they had been worked on by a group of people, not all from one side. that's the kind of thing i would combine my efforts with. i would have the freedom to do so. i would not being beholden to special interests. i am not beholden to pay them back with special favors and helping them with everything. that is me the freedom to represent the american people and help

they are competing to succeed democratic senator evan bayh, who is also retiring.e coverage of that starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. at 9:00, the race for michigan governor. at 10:00, john lynch running for reelection for a fourth two-year term. his republican challenger has served a state assistant attorney general and health services commissioner. now to london, where british prime minister david cameron announced a probe into a failed hostage rescue attempt on friday. new information suggests that a grenade detonated by u.s. troops may have caused the death of a british worker. the prime minister talked about his decision to use the american team and also entered questions on budget cuts. from 10 downing street, this is about 45 minutes. >> british aid worker linda as you know, linda died late on friday evening during an operation to rescue her from her kidnappers in northeast afghanistan. the decision to authorize the hostage rescue operation was taken after careful consideration by the foreign secretary in the proper way and with my full support. we were clear t