you'll get to know connie nelson as kelsey grammar's fictional wife "boss."o have you on the show. >> thanks. >> gavin: "boss" is about a mayor. you play the mayor's wife. i know a thing or two about being mayor. interesting show. >> it's basically the anti-gavin and jennifer newsome couple. kelsey and i are play-- >> gavin: kelsey grammer. you play--i can't say estrange wife because you have a mutual relationship of dependency. >> we're co-dependent happily power hungry people and we're willing to do just about everything to stay in power. it's very interesting because she is the daughter of the former long-time mayor, and so she's kind of the one who is curating that whole brahman cast in chicago. he's the guy from the wrong side of the tracks who did good and married the mayor's daughter and maybe mayor himself through some nefarious dogs doingings as well. >> so it's fictional. i think it's interesting. it's filmed--you film in chicago. >> yes, we do. >> gavin: it's a fictional mayor of a fictional city that happens to be in chicago. there is the chicago

you have connie mack, the fourth the son of the former senator down there who has uniform name i.d. because of his father going up against bill nelsonw, connie mack has not run the best campaign, but because of the national environment, bill nelson's numbers aren't very good, and the polls have shown him in a statistical dead heat. these are two of the three that are very key for the republicans. >> eliot: as you pointed out herb cole is retiring. he would have held that seat with some ease. he's very popular. when he announced his retirement, it set off a flurry, and at that point it looked like a democratic stronghold, but then scott walker pushed back successfully, and then the republican party is energized there. tommy thompson somewhat of a moderate could pull in voters. tommy touch son thompson in this was the winner. >> yes, it looks like what was happening in other states could happen in wisconsin the most conservative win. but the anti-thompson vote splintered allowing him to come through. republicans in washington had a sigh of relief in that outcome because he does have cross-over appeal. a four-term governor, former hhs

and florida, where the race is 42 nelson, 40 connie mack. but nelson is at 42. be overwhelming mack. that's six seats. that gives us 53. in virginia it's tied. >> sean: george allen. >> in michigan, ohio and new mexico, it's very close. and where there's an incumbent, he's under 50. and there's an outside shot, because the incumbent's under 50, in both pennsylvania and new jersey. on the negative side of the ledger, we lose maine, because snow is retiring and king will vote as a democrat. i don't know about scott brown yet. that's hard to read. and other than that, we hang on to everything else. so you're looking, i believe, at a large electoral college victory, a popular vote victory of more than five points, and at least six and maybe nor seats in the senate. >> sean: we don't have enough time tonight, because we went long with the vice president. dick, i appreciate it. we'll have you back next week and we'll talk more about it. pretty interesting analysis. i'm not as optimistic as you, but i got run. >> these are the polls. >> sean: 92 days to go. we'll know

. >> here in florida, you've got bill nelson, connie mac. it seems like that race is closing fast. >> it is hard to look back and anything he as done that is noteworthy. he cannot walk around and say this is a major piece of legislation. i think voters realize that. they want people that are going to deliver, and i just run so they can join the club, which seems to be what senator nelson is up to. in virginia, ohio, and florida, there is heavy presidential spending bill nelson is on the air with an aggressive ad talking about what he did 20 years ago, which is interesting giving the issues his son has had. i think these races are not going to get away from us. we will have a real shot. >> rob jesmer brought up outside spending and the group said of dominated the election cycle. with one group able to write a check larger than a campaign budget, how do you would advise candidates to prepare for that? >> you always have to be prepared. it seems like that happens more in the primaries than the general election. outside spending has been happeni

. >> here in florida, you've got bill nelson, connie mac. it seems like that racist closing. >> -- that race is closing fast. >> it is hard to look back and anything he as done that is noteworthy. he cannot walk around and say this is a major piece of legislation. i think voters realize that. they want people that are going to deliver, and i just run so they can join the club, which seems to be what senator nelson is up to. in virginia, ohio, and florida, there is heavy presidential spending bill nelson is on the air with an aggressive ad talking about what he did 20 years ago, which is interesting giving the issues his son as head. -- has had. i think these races are not going to get away from us. we will have a real shot. >> rob jesmer brought up outside spending and the group said of dominated the election cycle. with one group able to write a check larger than a campaign budget, how do you would buy as candidates to prepare for that? >> you -- advise candidates to prepare for that? >> you always have to be prepared. it seems like that ha

every other poll in the florida has connie mac the republic even or ahead of nelson the democrat. this poll has nelson up by 7. i think the pennsylvania numbers might be right but the others are just ridiculous. >> bill: so, in florida, you are saying that among those polled, it was 8% more democrats than republic, correct? >> yeah, right, right. >> bill: in ohio do we know what the split was. >> 6 to 8% more in all three of those states. >> bill: is that a random thing or is that by design? did they want to juice the poll? >> no. it's a random thing. >> bill: it's a random thing. >> i wouldn't say juicing it. >> bill: they didn't have on the top headline. >> no, they are pretending its accurate. i don't think they are biased in that respect. i just think it's a lousy poll. it's a terrible poll. >> bill: okay. do you believe that senator -- that president obama is gaining some momentum because, in the same poll, it has a very wide swing, much more than 8 or 6% of the recipients saying that we want the rich to be taxed at a higher rate. that's what the poll attributes to obama's su

florida, representative connie mack, easily winning the republican senate primary and will face bill nelson in november. and tonight, just seconds after that race was called, the democratic senatorial campaign saying that connie mack iv cashed in on his family's good name for a house seat and cashed in for a senate nomination. and the voteez will have to the opportunity to meet the real connie mack, complete with road rage incidents, drunken bar fights and an arrest record...: >> dscc releasing this within seconds of that race being called... >> greta: let's go back to former alaska governor, palestinian. in the old days, they would congratulate you and let you take a bow before they hit you. this was seconds, one is greedy and one says road rage and arrests. what do you think of all of this? >> well, the democrats have in their back pocket, all of these negative distractions to spew and try to ram down the voters' throats here. dhiel that throughout all of these primaries as we head into the general. and they do that because they want to distract away from the failed policies that the demo

in florida it's senator bill nelson with a seven-point lead over connie mack.s according to the cbs/new york times poll. the poll also found that in ohio sherrod brown has a 12-point lead over self-financer josh mandel. and in pennsylvania, i'm always watching that one, bob casey with an 18-point lead. i know bob, he's still working hard. but finally in michigan, debbie stabenow is over hoekstra. this has got to be tough in these races. a lot of good news for liberals tonight. we'll be right back. last season was the gulf's best tourism season in years. in florida we had more suntans... in alabama we had more beautiful blooms... in mississippi we had more good times... in louisiana we had more fun on the water. last season we broke all kinds of records on the gulf. this year we are out to do even better... and now is a great time to start. our beatches are even more relaxing... the fishing's great. so pick your favorite spot on the gulf... and come on down. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. [ "the odd couple" theme playing ] humans. eve

in florida it's senator bill nelson with a seven-point lead over republican connie mack.e cbs/new york times/quinnipiac poll. the poll also found that in ohio sherrod brown has a 12-point lead over self-financier josh mandel. and in pennsylvania, i'm always watching that one, bob casey with an 18-point lead. i know bob, he's still working hard. finally in michigan, debbie stab agnaw is oefr hoekstra. x ó >>> we're back. what can you say about a senate candidate who proudly declares his idea of compromise is making the other side cave in? that's the language used by richard murdock the tea party candidate who won the race between he and senator lugar in indiana. take a look. >> what i've said about compromising bipartisanship is i hope to build a conservative majority in the united states senate so that bipartisanship becomes democrats joining republicans to roll back the size of government, reduce of bureaucracy, lower taxes and get america moving again. >> he's not exactly laughing when he says that absurdity. imagine what happened if every senator talked like that guy.

that means that connie mack will be taking on sitting democratic senator bill nelson in the general electionovember. today is election day in florida. has been very exciting. these races and more. but look at how all the politics news played on the front pages of florida newspapers today. look. these were the front pages. romney campaigns in florida. how would ryan medicare plan affect florida? with full tickets on the trail, two sides spar over medicare. in florida, medicare is unavoidable topic. ryan will address medicare in florida. medicare shadows romney in florida. there are state-wide elections across the state of florida today, but the headlines there are dominated by something else entirely. and therein lies the big problem with what mitt romney for president, the mitt romney for president campaign has just done with their vice presidential selection. by picking paul ryan for vp, the romney campaign obviously wanted to change the conversation. boy, did they. rather than the conversation in florida today being about, i wonder who republicans will pick tonight to run against bill nels

and connie mack won his senate primary and will face off democratic senator bill nelson in the fall, that is a 50/50 race. >>> republican megadonor sheldoned aal son has put more money into the -- tuesday he attended a las vegas event with congressman paul ryan. >> of all the places that needs jobs, that need home values to rebound is it's nevada. the unemployment rate, i had to read this number three times, 11.6% in nevada. you deserve better than that. we will get this economy growing, we will turn things around, we will get the economy back on track, and we will not duck the tough issues, we will lead. >> by the way, as john ralston, my man out in vegas pointed ou paul ryan dan did pronounce nev correctly. adelson is moving money everywhere. >> i was talking to one of his associates, close associates just yesterday, he's already spent about $42 million to try to defeat president obama, reports of up to 100 million, i have asked how much is he prepared to spend? the answer, whatever it takes. >> he's spreading it around. he had the one for newt. and obviously he put eight figures i

bill nelson with a nine-point lead over republican challenger connie mack.nd in wisconsin, tommy thompson, former governor of the state has a six-point lead over democrat tammy baldwin. we will be right back. [ male aou eligle for m cmeresu bse bof su ueain en y icariebe gdi w ean en y with two times the points on dining in restaurants,? you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy. >>> welcome back to "hardball." in 1981, president ronald reagan created the gold commission. the commission was there for one reason, to figure out if america should go back to a gold standard in order to beat the dreaded inflation monster. the conclusion of the commiss n commission, no, bad idea, do not do that thing. and that was ronald reagan's commission. and it came at a time when inflation was really high. you couldn't have picked a more sympathetic president or more sympathetic moment to look at the gold standard. and they still rejected it. so, fast forward 30 years we're here in the present now, no inflation problem, the h

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in florida, congressman, connie mack won the republican nomination to challenge senator bill nelson.er who announced he will not run for re-election decided to quit congress. dennis cardoza served in congress, announced he is stepping done to deal with parenting challenges. cardoza and his wife have three children. >>> former first daughter, chelsea clinton may go into the family business after all. after years of shooting down speculation about whether she would run for office, clinton now says that she is not so sure. she says in the past she tried to have a private life but now is trying to lead a purposefully public life. a lot of this coming from a recent interview out of "vogue" magazine and she faced questions about her political ambition since she was 4 years old. you know her father was governor. she said she had a change of heart though after her mother became secretary of state. >> she is probably leak y-- lik can't beat them. join them. >> i believe engaging in the political process is part of being a good person. and i certainly believe helping to build a better world is

and he is expected to bill nelson will face connie mack in november after each won their primary. linda mcmahon defeated chris shays in the senate primary. joe lieberman is retiring. chris murphy beat susan. the heritage foundation will be hosting a discussion on the impact of sequestration budget cuts on the u.s. national guard. an automatic five under million dollars goes into effect in january unless congress changes the law. -- an automatic $500 million goes into effect. michelle obama will be joining president obama on the campaign trail today. we'll have live coverage of today's stop in dubuque, iowa. the president travels to davenport and we will have that live, as well. the republican party has released more details about their convention at the end of august. the first day will be the longest with the convicted gaveling in at 2:00 p.m. eastern and lasting through the evening and wrapping up around 11:00 p.m. we will have live coverage of every minute of the republican and democratic conventions here on c-span. >> now the soviet bear may be gone but there are still wolves

and then in florida, congressman connie mack, cruising to victory in his priy. he's look to unseat bill nelson have warned the president to stay away from fried twinkie, but he found room for a brew or it. >> yesterday i got to the state fair and had a pork chop and a beer. [ laughter ] it was good. i might have another beer today. [ cheers and applause ] just one. >> gretchen: turns out he did. the president made a special stop at the pump house. yesterday we showed you his beer run at the fair. >> i tell you what, four more beers. okay. here is what i'm going to do. >> gretchen: might be the new campaign slogan, right? four more beers. instead of years. those are your headlines. >> steve: i don't think it was just any pork chop. i believe it was mr. pork chop. >> gretchen: pork chop on a stick. >> eric: michelle obama was telling gabby douglas not to eat egg mcfun. the president was having a beer and talking about eating pork opchops. >> steve: it was the state fair! >> gretchen: all in moderation. >> eric: fair enough. >> steve: congress mapp paul ryan bringing the republicans' ticket to oh

nelson, a u.s. senator, facing a surprisingly strong challenge from congressman connie mack here in november. democrats are desperate to get back into the swing of things and become relevant. a lot of democrats think they should consider all running charlie crist as a democrat for governor against rick scott in 2014, when the next governor's race is. i think if barack obama wins reelection, charlie crist has an extremely important ally in washington who can make a few well chosen phone calls to keep florida democrats and say, you know what, charlie crist is your guy. teachers like charlie crist. african american voters really like charlie crist. and moderates like charlie crist. we will see how it plays out. host: politico has a story this morning. who is on the inside track for the romney cabinet? who is part of his team that the transition into the why house? it also mentions names of other leaders throughout the nation he could pick to observe him. the story mentions governor bobby jindal of louisiana as someone who could be potentially considered the health and human services secretary. i

connie mack scoring a landslide victory in the republican senate primary. the four-term congressman will face off with democratic incumbent bill nelson in november. mack is trying to win back the seat his dad once held. martha: long time republican congressman cliff stearns not yet willing to throw in the towel on his race. this is another florida primary we're looking at now. ted yoho leading by 800 votes so far in this race. he is a veterinarian. never been elected to public office. sterns not willing to concede the race. they're still counting all the votes. sterns helped to put the white house on the hot seat over the whole solyndra episode. that is one of the things he is most well-known for. gregg: how about connecticut? former world wrestling entertainment executive linda mcmahon winning the republican senate primary in connecticut. >> so from now until election day, i will have a message for every citizen in connecticut. that message is, we will do better. we can. [applause] gregg: you may recall she ran for the senate in 2010 and lost. this time, she is vying for the open senate seat vacated by retiring independent senator joe lieberman.