i -- i'm not assuming anything. >> senator clare mccaskill is nothing if not careful.ned a safe distance from fellow democrat president obama who's not popular in her home state. and the missouri senator hovers just a bit more than two points above republican congressman todd akin in the real clear politics average of show-me state senate polling. on undecideds are eyebrow raising 10%. >> this is probably two-thirds pro republican undecided so there's enough there, i think, for akin to make up the difference, if he gets the help he needs. >> help has been in short supply in the last three weeks since his gaffe about quote, legitimate rape. and shunned by national republican leaders including mitt romney. >> basically we lift the barn and they put the barn on top of us. in suburban st. charles county. it's not akin folks are mad at. >> we've probably had nor people looking for akin signs after the way he was treated by the party establishment folks in washington d.c. >> i am reluctant to support the g.o.p. because they are not supporting akin. >> i think they threw him

on behalf of the clayton chamber commerce and event sponsors please welcome senator clare mccaskill andor todd akin. [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] now a coin toss was held last week to decide who would make the opening statement. congressman akin has decide god second. senator mccaskill. you have three minutes. mccaskill: thank you very much. to the sponsors and i know the audience is not suppose to make any noises. it people could hold up fingers for the score during the debate. that would be great. if you're watching that at home having taped it. i understand completely. it is great to be here and have a gait about important issue in missouri. i went washington, d.c., as prosecutor to solve problems and hold government accountable to taxpayers. i knew it would take a couple of thingses, it would take some hard work, it would take comprise, and it would take a willingness to work across the aisle with my republican colleagues. so i rolled up my sleeves, first earmarks. i had no idea how ugly the earmarking process was until i got there. a factory, lobbyist, campaign d

right now clare mccaskill is out-spending him 10-1. st: let's take a look at this claire mccaskill campaign ad. >> he said he did not like social security. he said medicare was unconstitutional. on the 16th of march, he said he wants to abolish the minimum wage. on april 21 he said he would eliminate student loans. on august 19, he said that only some rapes are legitimate. what will he say next? host: claire mccaskill campaign ad, quoting him, but not actually playing his audio. what do you make of ads like this? guest: there is no reason to play it, everyone knows it. some republicans have said that he made a mistake and spoke at a turn and that he did not mean it. the democrats said that he did mean it and that is his feeling about pregnancy. we also talked about abortions performed on women who are not pregnant. lots of controversial things. democrats say that this is exactly the guy they want to run against. then there are those who firmly believed in taught taken and people who say that their mccaskill does not represent missouri.

that is because obama and mccaskill have a deep and abiding faith big government is the solution to every problem and that's why they couldn't fulfill their record. now, clare has gone to washington, d.c. and she's brought red tape and taxes and all kinds of bureaucracy and executive orders and she doesn't understand that these big government solutions to out freedom. now, what i would suggest is that you could bring me to washington, d.c. ennis dennett so that we could take the misery to the, every common sense back to d.c. without a lot of bureaucracy. cut down the taxes and the red tape in the bureaucracy and build an american dream, build the american family once again to be strong and restore a bright hope for our future. thank you very much. i look forward to joining you in the rest of the debate. .. akin: >> we're facing quite a number of problems. first there's the problem of the sequestration. another 10% cut to defense. the largest tax increase in the history of the country, and i think the solution has to be done in a couple things. first you have to reduce the size of the federal government, and the second think is get the private sector going,