well, i'm joined now by bryan smith. he's campaigning early this morning out there in idaho and joins me now on the phone. so, mr. smith, i want to ask you, you've labeled mike simpson a liberal. do you really think idaho republican voters think of mike simpson and think, boy, this is a guy that sides with barack obama. >> well, chuck, thanks for having me on your show. i can assure you as the idaho voters get informed about congressman simpson's voting record, more and more people do begin to see that he is just too liberal for idaho. so, for example, when it comes to funding barack obama's welfare economy or his overall economy, last october barack obama was demanding a debt ceiling increase without any cuts in spending. if you look at idaho's congressional delegation, both senators and congressman stood up against barack obama, fought against giving him a blank check and letting him kick our financial kn down the road, where as congressman simpson, he simply was the odd man out. he did not stand up against barack obama

the house appropriations committee chairman faced a tough battle against bryan smith. the internal fight between conservative groups. governor bush otter running against fulcher who tried to run as the more conservative candidate. >> the election in oregon pitting jeff merkley against monica wehby. she is a pediatric neurosurgeon rocked by revelations of harassment complaints of an ex-husband and former boyfriend. she topped a more conservative opponent. >>> two establishment candidates holding off the somewhat tea party backed secretary of state. cnn projects david purdue and jack kingston were the top finishers. neither broke the 50% threshold. there were two conservative congressmen who won the run off. whoever wins will face michelle nunn. she's the best chance for retaking the senate seat sam nunn once held. >> i would change is possible and we can do it. as i have been traveling across the state of georgia, i have been highlighting what washington can learn from georgia. you know what? i think washington is going to learn a thing or two from our campaign. >> the

folks like club for growth, but they've pulled out of the race because they are not seeing that bryan smith is going to be able to beat the incumbent. you get a sense of how the tea party element is not as strong as it could have been. the republicans in a poll last month 45% of republicans consider themselves tea party supporters. del, just two of the states we're looking at during tomorrow's primary day. the super tuesday of this season, six states have voters going to the polls in all ranging from oregon to pennsylvania. >> fascinating, the republican battle cry was obamacare, obamacare, onl obamacare, and tn benghazi, benghazi, and men benghazi, and clinton. now. >> many republicans see this as their best chance to effect change and push back and lay the groundwork for republican presidential campaign in 2016. so while there are many eyes looking forward 2014 is still very much alive very much in play, and the senate is truly a toss up. >> libby casey line for us in washington, d.c. thank you very much. >>> at&t making a play to be a part of the cable wars announced plans to buy directv

through millions of the tea party groups that bet big on bryan smith.s thought they had the perfect candidate the in a pediatric neurosurgery and believed to have a real shot of revelations that two different men, an ex-husband and ex-boyfriend accused her of stocking and harassment. joining me now the senator editor and author of "big girls don't cry" and political writer for buzz feed. there was a 911 call, of her boyfriend saying he's stalking me, an ex-husband saying she attacked him. >> physically attacked. >> ugly, ugly stuff and another level if it were -- if these obl fwa obligations were against a man what would we make of it. >> the way it's being cast is crazy glenn close from "fatal attraction" stalking nutty lady. it's like she's unstable. her boyfriend broke up with her and she's a crazy stalking lady. it reminds me of the bridget kelly framing of how she was nutty after the breakup and that's a very endered frame and it is sort of not just. the however, the revelations themselves, 911 calls, police reports, those would come out against a

he has defeated his tea party challenger bryan smith. over in oregon, associated press says that monica wehby has won the republican primary for oregon's senate seat. she will face democrat theic senator jeff merkley in the general election in november. also we have the rarest of all political dramas in this area. a true blue hotly contested democratic primary. at this hour, incumbent congressman hank johnson appears to be fending off his challenger tom brown in his congressional district in dekalb county. he is the former sheriff of dekalb county. what makes it interesting is incumbent democratic members of congress don't get serious primary challengers in most cases but hank johnson did. we will keep an eye on this one in georgia. in one of the most important senate races in the country, it looks as if the republicans have finally figure out who will be in the runoff, if not who will be their nominee. in the georgia primary for u.s. senate, businessman david perdue punched his ticket for the runoff in july. so has jack kingston. jack k

eight term republican congressman mike simpson easily defeated bryan smith in the second district race. the takeaway, no unelectable o'donnell, engels or aikens so far. republicans are giving themselves a better shot at actually winning elections. for super tuesday results we got super size expertise. the senior editor of new republic d.c. and erica here at the table. thank you for joining us. bryan i want to start with you. you and i were on the hill in 2010. we saw the tea party storm take washington. but the establishment fought back. the empire strikes back in a huge way last night. how do they do it. where did the funding come r from. how were they able no billize their voters. how were they offset the tea party wave that killed them in '10 and '12. >> after 2010 and 2012 republicans led by mitch mcconnell and his allies decided they needed to stop walking lightly around these outside groups backing unelectable conservative candidates and really take the fire not conservatives per se, but to these groups and to these candidates and that want included money and harsh rhetoric, that

he has defeated his tea party challenger bryan smith. over in oregon, associated press says that monica wehby has won the republican primary for oregon's senate seat. she will face democrat theic senator jeff merkley in the general election in november. also we have the rarest of all political dramas in this area. a true blue hotly contested democratic primary. at this hour, incumbent congressman hank johnson appears to be fending off his challenger tom brown in his congressional district in dekalb county. he is the former sheriff of dekalb county. what makes it interesting is incumbent democratic members of congress don't get serious primary challengers in most cases but hank johnson did. we will keep an eye on this one in georgia. in one of the most important senate races in the country, it looks as if the republicans have finally figure out who will be in the runoff, if not who will be their nominee. in the georgia primary for u.s. senate, businessman david perdue punched his ticket for the runoff in july. so has jack kingston. jack k

again, a proxy war between the republican establishment and the endorsed candidate in bryan smith. their best shot at prairie or congressman, but, you know, in recent weeks the club has gone off the air and directed a lot of their money toward the nebraska senate race. you know, since and is expected to win, but there was not any public polling in this race. it is still unclear if smith could pull this off. >> host: and finally, tarini parti, let's talk about arkansas. it was an uncontested primary. the republican candidate and democratic candidates seeking reelection. this, like kentucky, will be one of the most closely watched races in the country this year. >> caller: it is. it is one of those red states. so, you know, a lot of polls have shown him in the lead, but this race, again, just getting started. a lot of money will come in on both sides. >> host: tarini parti following all of these races, and her work is available on-line at political. thank you for being with us bees. >> caller: thank you for having me. >> host: mitch mcconnell crushing a tea party challenger. the othe

smith, "today in the bay." >> all right, christie, thank you. >>> opening statements are expected today in bryan stow's civil suit against the l.a. dodgers. comes two day after questioning potential jurors. peggy bunker joins us with the details. the cost has to be staggering. >> it is absolutely incredible. $50 million is how much bryan stow's attorney said his past and future medical bills could cost after being beaten to death on opening day three years ago. the jurors have been selected in the civil suit against the l.a. dodgers and the grounds for the civil suit is that the dodgers didn't provide enough security or adequate lighting at the game. stow, a former paramedic and father to two suffered brain damage during that beating and is permanently disabled. the two men pled guilty in criminal court earlier this year. they were asked directly if they were dodger fans and if they could be impartial when it came to mccourt and his former baseball team. eight men and eight women were selected for the jury. they include an attorney, school bus driver, a nurse, a journalist and a mail carrier, among others. i

smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >>> opening statements are expected today in bryan stow's civil suit against the l.a. dodgers. comes two days after questioning potential jurors. "today in the bay" peggy bunker here with the details. put the jurors through pages of questions, peggy. >> they want to know any sort of alliances. these potential jurors really had to answer honestly if they were dodger fans, if they could be possibly impartial when it came to well-known frank mccourt and his former baseball team. stow's civil suit against the l.a. dodgers and mccourt all begins today. the ground is that the dodgers did not provide enough security or adequate lighting at the game. a former paramedic and father to two suffered brain damage during that beating and permanently disabled. you see him here arriving in a wheelchair for a jury selection. he did stay throughout that selection process. $50 million is how much his attorney said his past and future medical bills after being nearly to death on opening day all because of his giants jersey. what has happened to him is tragic. >> to see this young