win. >>> two weeks to go, two wednesdays from now, a big primary in pennsylvania, where senator arlen spector is hoping to hold off congressman joe sestak. a new quinnipiac poll shows sestak making a run. spector's lead has been whittled down to eight points among likely voters. that's the second poll in two days that shows sestak within single digits, what an upset this would be. democrat joe sestak beating 30-year veteran, arlen spector. ever feel like there's too much month but not enough money? an allstate agent can help today. with an early signing discount. it could mean some real money. if you think switching now isn't worth the hassle, how about this... your allstate agent will help you with the details, the paperwork, and of course, the discounts. you don't have to face tough times alone. that's allstate's stand. [ female announcer ] you don't have to wait for your policy to expire. call or click today for a free quote or to find an allstate agent. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we now know that the times square bomb suspect trained at a terror camp in pakistan. what does that tell

him an administration position in ex change for not running for the senate seat now occupied by arlen spector. he recently defeated him in the democratic primary. he speaks for about 10 minutes. >> today i received a copy of the administration's answer to our 10 week investigation as to the allegations by congressman former admiral in which he has repeatedly said he was offered a job in return for getting out of the race. during these 10 weeks, congressman has repeated many, many times with exacting detail. he was offered a job for getting out of the senate race by someone from the white house. today, the announcement came from the white house from their counsel that in fact rob emanuel had instructed former president clinton to make such an offer. the offer is allegedly an unpaid position in the department of defense. we find this to be less than fully credible and it raises more questions than answers. more importantly, upon seeking guidance from counsel, i found that 18 u.s.c. 600 and 595 are still deeply in question. not wanting to investigate this anymore than necessary myself, ranking m

and, i think by far the most powerful commercial for arlen spector right now, gregg is this one thatdent obama has for him, and, remember, this is a close primary, only democrats can vote in it, and, the president has weighed in, very strongly with a commercial. and he wouldn't show up this weekend. he wouldn't come and campaign for him. he wasn't going to do another martha coakley in massachusetts or a jon corzine in new jersey. but... >> gregg: if i'm arlen specter i'm not sure i want the president to show up. i realize it is a democratic primary, but... >> you know where you want him? you want the president in philadelphia. the president is very popular in philadelphia. 38% of the democratic vote comes out of the philadelphia suburbs. you want the president of the united states in a city where he's popular, remember, among democrats, the president still has a job performance rating, now, you don't want to take the president to western pennsylvania, where there is another hot -- hot special election going on. where his approval rating is very low. >> gregg: you put him in philly, e

, with democratic base, and i was just up in philadelphia for the pennsylvania senate race and arlen spector basically lost because joe sestak got very, very close in the polls and then he turned on the switch and started airing commercials showing articlen specter with george bush, now, this is a democratic primary but immediately sess tack surged ahead and ended up winning comfortably. will that work with centrist voters? that's the question. i don't know. >> and i asked about rand paul because it did, after he won now he's had a couple interviews and said a couple things that he had to walk back since then. do you see democrats trying to make rand paul a figure in other races, if that ends up as a way to maybe energize their base and to get them to come out? >> that's going to be hard to say right now, because i just don't know that he is quite i think he certainly will in kentucky, in races -- they've got a couple races in kentucky in which they're defending some seats. i think you will definitely see them trying to tie their republican candidates to rand paul. it will be sort of remains

arlen spector was still republican. i leb when he -- my daughter had a brain tumor.e called, and she herd me talk. she said is that the president. he wouldn't talk for five minute on the floor. the white house called your brother and people would read things into it. >> they called my brother to say we're going put out a -- they're doing a review and just want you to see if, you know, set up when they're going to go out. and that was the end to let you keep your head up about what we're going to say. my brother was just a conduit of it. >> will this hinder your ability to run. i'm hoping to go over, right over there and work very well with people. never with a compliesed the principle but where the principle compromised. not at all. you know? none of the details are out about this? >> it's your problem, pennsylvania. you know people don't care about this up there. they do care about their jobs that they're holding on. >> do you think anything will come of the investigation? >> did they offer you a job on a presidential position. does that seem like too little? >> i d

in the heated pennsylvania state primaries, democrats arlen spector and joe sestak are locked in a tighttches to supporters. sestak spoke moments ago. >> i think it is a race that actually, where everybody knows washington's broken. and, everybody knows that it will -- send back to washington, d.c. a career politician that would switch his party as he said, to keep his job. and, we're not going to fix the mess we got into, by sending him back. >> alisyn: okay. let's hear from other side, specter had this to say yesterday at a union rally in philadelphia. >> there are potentially 125,000 jobs here, the job is not finished and i need another term to bring the 125,000 jobs to the region. >> alisyn: real clear politics poll average has sestak slightly higher than specter, primary day is this tuesday. >>> and there is new video from bangkok, thailand the death dtol climbs to 30 people, protesters and troops have been involved in clashes, and there is hope to restore order, the protesters will meet with government officials if the military stops the crackdown and u.n. agrees to mediate the tal

arlen specter served in the u.s. senate 30 years. once a democrat, he jumped to the g.o.p. four decades ago. spector one of the only three republicans to vote for the trillion-dollar stimulus. when polls showed him losing the 2010 primary to pat toumey, spector switched back to democrats. now, he faces a democratic challenge from representative who once trailed spector by 20 points in the polls. not anymore. >> your senator, just been doing outstanding work in the senate, arlen specter is in the house. >> march 8, a health care rally in philadelphia. president obama gives a shout out to two democrats fighting for the same job. >> someone rendered outstanding service to our nation,. >> he claims the obama administration tried to entice him to leave the race with that could be a federal crime. he seems less than eeger to talk to me bit. >> you don't want to talk about specifics and you think the issues should go away. the white house should not be asked about it anymore? >> i didn't say that. i said i answered the question honestly. >> senator suspect jor saying you need to back up the claim. >> for a