claire mccatskill has not gone out of her way. that's the way this race is.t's the way of the west sometimes. >> eliot: but tester did vote for the healthcare bill. >> he did. >> eliot: and that i imagine would become one of those votes that will be divisive and will be used for and against him depending on which side you're on come november 6th. that one is a dead toss up. a pure coin toss. dc correspondent, todd zwillich, thank you for your wisdom on this. this 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 tiltin