bob mcdonnell trounced his opponent. ear, president obama was the first democrat to carry virginia in more than four decades. he won over independent voters there at that time. mcdonnell this time won independents by more than 20 points. >> four decades. the republican victories, they may be tempered by the big loss of a congressional seat in upstate new york. >> the race turned into a vicious internal battle. bill owens beat doug hoffman. sarah palin chimed in on this race. they had big problems with the opponent, dede scozzafava. she withdrew from the race saturday and endorsed owens. since the civil war in 1872. >> wow, my goodness. >> a lot of years. >> thank you. >>> and more people are getting sick in a massive recall of ground beef. we're talking about a half a million pounds of ground beef that have been recalled and we want to make sure you don't eat it. the cdc says 28 people are now sick. two people died after eating the contaminated ground beef and you might have it in your freezer if you bought the store bran

former state attorney general bob mcdonnell. he easily defeated creigh deeds and will succeed tim kaine. now a special election in upstate new york provided one last twist and turn in a wildly dramatic campaign if you have been following this. democrat bill owens will represent a congressional district that elected only republicans for more than 100 years. he defeated doug hoffman. the republican nominee quit the race last weekend. with all this going on, we are talking politics. richelle carey is here. i have to tell you, i know people on my facebook page are so passionate about this. >> yes. >> it is such a polarizing issue. >> it is. for some people this politics is the air they breathe. for other people they are so drained because it gets them so fired up they go back and forth. we have been discussing this. it has been a year since barack obama has been president. how do you feel about it? some people are ticked off about the question. they think it is too soon to be judging but other people are glag we asked because they w

this guy bob mcdonnell that won, bob mcdonnell, i mean, bob mcdonnell like when you and me were chattel, we couldn't own things or vote. that's who bob mcdonnell. >> ah, those were the days. >> ohh! but he ran as a moderate. that's the thing that nobody wants to talk about. bob mcdonnell decided to put all the social issues aside and run with bob love's job or bob four jobs as a complete moderate. never talked about social issues, which is what these conservatives are harping on and they're going to lose. >> do you think that all of this kind of like teapartying that's going on and the palins and limbaughs and becks are they harming the republican party? >> joy, i think that's -- the one race they inserted themselves in a big way. >> 23rd district. >> new york. >> in new york, yeah. >> this was like -- >> that was an interesting thing. >> that was a talk radio race. that's what they was. they needed to win one so beck and rush and sean and mark levin, believe it or not like a bunker in his bedroom somewhere planning all this all the time with his landmark legal foundation and his -- his

virginia also has a new republican governor, former state attorney general bob mcdonnell. he easily defeated democratic legislative creigh deeds. a special election meanwhile in upstate new york provided one last twist in a wildly dramatic campaign here. democrat bill owens will represent a congressional district that's elected only republicans for more than 100 years. he defeated conservative party candidate dug hoffman, the republican nominee quit the race last weekend. >>> so for talking politics for your views question, richelle carey has been looking at what you had to say about yesterday's state elections. richelle, i'm curious to know what people are saying, you know, on your facebook and on all of our websites here. >> i can tell you this, christi if you touch the phones right now here, i think the phones are on fire. >> burning up? >> yes. people wanting to be asked this question. so i think we set the right tone today. it's been a year. i know it's hard to believe, since president obama was elected the 44th president of the united states. so we want to know, how

the republican, bob mcdonnell, is actually the favorite in this race. the last poll showed him with a double-digit dooed lead. mcdonnell is a former state legislator and virginia attorney general. deeds has been a state senator for 18 years. >>> now to new jersey where the governor jon corzine is fighting hard for a second term. the latest polls show the democratic incumbent is running neck and neck with chris christie. there's a wild card in the deck, the independent candidate, chris daggett who's drawing pretty significant support. president obama has campaigned with corzine as recently as sunday. former alaska governor sarah palin has reported an endorsement of christie that went out on those robecalls, the automatic phone calls that went out to prospective rotors. . >>> and a congressional seat up in new york, a third-party conservative candidate doug hoffman has a chance to win because the republican nominee abruptly quit the race last week. today's special election will fill a seat that has been in republican hands for decades. >>> los angeles has

the virginia loss may sting the most for the obama cam company as cnn is projecting bob mcdonnell trounced his opponent 59% to 41% there. last year president obama was the first democrat to carry virginia in more than four decades. they're watching that one carefully, of course. he won over independent voters there. mcdonnell won independents by more than 20 points in that race. >> okay. so, richard, the republican victories, they may be tempered by the big loss of a congressional seat in upstate new york. tell us what happened there? >> well, in a tanatasha, the ra turned into a vicious internal battle between gop conservatives and moderates. bill owens is projected to beat doug hoffman. former alaska governor sarah palin chimed in on this race. they had big problems with hoffman's republican opponent dede scozzafava and her views on same sex marriage. she withdrew from the race saturday. the gop held the congressional seat since the civil war, 1872. >> wow. all right, richard, something else. we'll talk to you more later. >>> so a florida man was ready to celebrate winning $166 million o

bob mcdonnell decided to put all the social issues aside and run with bob loves jobs. or bob for jobs. he ran as a complete moderate. never talked about social issues. which is what these conservatives are harping on, and they're going to lose. >> do you think that all of this kind of like tea partying that's going on, and the palins, limbaughs, are they harming the republican party? >> i think that's the one race they inserted themselves in a big way. >> 23rd district. >> new york. >> the best. >> that was an interesting thing. >> that was a talk radio race. they needed to win one. beck and rush and sean and mark levin, who believe it or not is in the bunker in his bedroom somewhere planning all this all the time with his landmark legal foundation, and his, you know, his screaming and and he's iming sean hannity every day telling him what to say so they picked this new york 23rd race and decided to back the conservative there. was a republican and a conservative. so they backed the conservative. this guy, huffman, no one knew him an accountant, a cpa. >> why didn't th

i'm very pleased with bob mcdonnell. i have met him. >> the new governor of virginia. >> our new governor of virginia. very pleased that he is talking about free enterprise and the american dream. those would be the people who come to mind. >> which economist, you know, in the paul volcker, alan greenspan group do you respect the most? >> the greatest economist, the one for whom i have the most respect, is robert mundell. >> where is he? is he alive? is he -- >> he is a professor at columbia. he won the nobel prize in 1999. he is the father of supply-side economics. he also has a magnificent castle in siena, italy, with his wife, valerie, and their young son. and every year -- and i believe he's done this since 1971, since the dollar went off of gold -- he has a fantastic gathering of economists from all over the world, talking about how can we ever get back to a stable, international monetary system. and he has people like paul volcker in attendance. i've met many central bankers and leaders of government there. and so,

bob mcdonnell is a conservative republican. you could call him and a thousand others, how did he win? not by abandoning his principles but having faith that they're the best way to organize society going forward. there are a couple ways to do it, try to stimulate top down, and a closed system or stimulate the economy bottom up. that is what bob mcdonnell was talking about. he was not less conservative but explaining how to create jobs, parents would be free to school their kids as president obama did. the lesson is you don't have to become a democrat to get elected as a republican. you can get elected as a republican by explaining how your ideas and principles are the principles that created 4% of the world's population and created the world's wealth and prosperity. >> your point about florida, if you run to charlie crist, leaving aside florida -- >> guest: no one is -- if barack obama stood up tomorrow in the democratic party and said i have a great idea. george bush's tax cuts are terrific, the best thing ever. what do you th