correspondent for wnyc's the take away, todd zwillich.hem at every level other than the presidential race where i for one think it is a forgone conclusion. let's talk the house. 25 the magic number. how do you assess the odds that the democratic party can take back control of the house? >> good to be with you governor. i think the smart money has to go with dick durbin. nancy pelosi knows her business. she's one of the best politicians in town. she's also a champion fund-raiser and she didn't get to be that way by tamping down expectations. she wants her troops to think they have a real shot. i think realistically, even if things at the top of the ticket aren't going great for republicans right now the chances of taking back the house are pretty remote for democrats. the republican majority is just too big nobody who watches house races is expecting a wave election. not anything like you saw in 2010 with the tea party insurgency for republicans. now, maybe, however, a few more pickups than democrats may have expected, even two months ago

dc correspondent, todd zwillich, thank you for your wisdom on this.s could be the battleground, who controls the senate comes next january if the presidential race begins to slip away from mitt romney as it appears to be doing. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> the arab string still developing, that's ahead. >> eliot: give mitt romney credit. at least he came clean that he doesn't like 47% of the country and admitted that they probably don't like him. that's coming up. but first, let's check in with jennifer granholm in "the war room"," good evening governor, what have you got for us tonight? >> well, eliot all of these signs pointing to the election tilting towards the president but as you know, it would be totally foolish to call this race in mid-september. so tonight i'm going to grill one of the smartest political reporters, wayne slater of dallas evening news. the author of "bush's brain." we'll dive into the whole topic of whether romney can pull this out october, as well as the fiscal cliff. mark zandi, it will be a great show. that