continue down the path of donnelly and obama. >> joining me tonight is joe donnelly, the congressmanhe tea party candidate. good to have you with us tonight. you're going up against the candidate who really underscores what washington has been for the last couple years. does that play in your favor? >> yeah, he has been incredibly reckless, ed. one statement after another. hoosiers are not buying his extreme agenda. if you want to see the extremes to where he's gone, this is after the primary, he said lugar betrayed conservatives. lugar is an indiana hero. he worked nonstop to make the world safer by reducing nuclear weapons. we have seen just the comments that you said about bipartisanship. richard has said medicare is unconstitutional, that social security is unconstitutional. he has said that employer health cares don't have to cover health care covers. it's been one after another. we have seen in the last few weeks richard has disappeared. and they are hoping to through the super pacs buy the senate seat. >> do you mind being tied to president obama in a campaign ad he's putting

murdoch tying donnelly to obama and trying to give him a new nickname. >> no wonder they call donnellyama joe." >> donnelly is knocking murdoch for tea party red meat lines like this one. >> i challenge you in article one, section eight, of the united states constitution where those so-called enumerated powers are listed. i challenge you to find words that talk about medicare or medicaid or, yes, even social security. >> donnelly also argued he has a history of reaching across the aisle, while mourdock has explicitly said he will not. this new ad uses paul ryan against mourdock. >> my way or the highway. >> i certainly think that bipartisanship ought to consist of democrats coming to the republican point of view. >> mr. mourdock's point is any movement that comes should not come from the republicans, it should -- >> i don't agree with that. >> paul ryan tried to fix those comments from a may interview appearing at a fund-raiser in indianapolis, he also said, "look at how dysfunctional the united states senate has become. we need principled effective conservatives to help us get things

but it also can certainly hurt you when the share price is going down faster than the income is, donnelly is another one with a dangerous dividend, yield of below 9%, again one that has had a tough time with share price trading from the midteens down here just below $12 tonight. >> both of these businesses, their core businesses are slowing. earnings are either flat or declining. both of these have 7 to 10 times more debt than cash on the balance sheet. these are all major red flags and again that 9% yield means there is added risk. risk of the dividend being cut and risk of the stock working against you. >> you mentioned you used to own pbi, pitney-bowes, dow still own that one and what about rl donnelly. >> i'm restricted from owning both. >> we have dangerous dividend with david peltier with the word on the street. tomorrow on "n.b.r." two bellwethers of the u.s. economy say sales are slowing. is it something specific to fed- ex and intel, or early signs of a bigger slow down? then, politics and monetary policy. if ben bernanke and his federal reserve colleagues add new help for the ec

in indiana joe donnelly is keeping up with tea party favorite richard murdoch.p in maine an inter three-way. angus king, an independent, jumped in the race when olympia snowe announced she was going to retire. but king is now facing a challenge from republican secretary of state summers. cynthia dill trails well behind. i'm betting on king up there. let's talk about in fascinating race in indiana where the notre dame guy joe donnelly is running. normally indiana it's is a killer state for democrats. except for bye, birch bye and evan bayh. what do you think of that race? >> it gets to another point which we haven't discussed which is that in some of these key states republicans didn't get the candidate they wanted. indiana is one of them. obviously todd akin in missouri is another. olympia snowe retiring is another. republicans wanted a candidate and didn't get him or her. in each of those cases, you're seeing republicans pay a price for it. the betting money is that mourdock will prevail but it's much closer. there's going to be resources invested in the state

how can it be that donnelly is giving him a run for his money?isely because we knocked out a very solid and very sceivetive senator lugar who had a lot of respect and a lot of credibility with independent voters and elected somebody who's much further to the right. he was a tea party candidate. and this is just -- this is an example of what happens when the forces of the far right dominate the primaries and elect somebody who's not as attractive to independent voters. >> jennifer: you're so reasonable. i love having you on the show. i want to give all of those republican viewers, both of them who watch the show, some hope. president obama does not have a chance in heck probably to win north dakota. democratic senate candidate heidi hasn't appeared on the ballot since losing 12 years ago. she's a former attorney general. she's doing well in her contest against rick burg. north dakota, really red. what's going on there? >> well, let me ask you. did you know her when you were attorney general? >> jennifer: yeah. >> what do you think about her? >> je

most dplairing example where democrat joe donnelly has pulled ahead of richard mourdock. republicans have held the seat since 1977. it was-mile-per-hour -- mourdock who won by claiming the tea party mantle and attacking louver as a republican who would compromise but now that he's fallen behind his democratic opponent,-mile-per-hour dock is trying to step away from the tea party and court the moderate vote. let's bring in politico's national political reporter, david catanese. >> good to be with you eliot. >> eliot: it is a great interest. the senate being hugely important. the white house is something we have -- we know where that's going to go. let's talk indiana. what do you make of this race and is it really winnable for the democrats? >> it's definitely in play and this is not where republicans wanted to be 40 some days out in a very red state like indiana. they lose indiana they basically do not have a shot at winning the senate. i think both sides agree on that. i will say about mourdock, i was out there for his run-up to the primary where he defeated lugar. he won

. >> joe donnelly, good to have athee how. i'm ed shultz. the "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> good evening, thank you. ooers the newest data on the state of the election in two of the swingiest of the swi states. oh alo, daut y. "the washington post" putting out new numbers showing president obama ahead by eight points in iowa and four points in florida. while the swg state map is what everybody is watching the swing states are the most importt to keep ye on bee 'sre wup the votes that allow you to win the election, there's new national polling now for what it's worth. there's new polling every day. the republican leaning poll is out with their new national numbers today. thnaalckpoll putting president obama up by one point nationally. the gallup tracking poll putting president obama up by three points today nationally. th ibig cture perspective of what's going on in the presidential race. for an even bigger picture perspective on those national numbers, i should point out to you that of the last 20 national presidential polls

and here we see a picture taken just after the lunch of governor phil donnelly of missouri, mr.rchill himself, president harry truman and bullet mcclure sharing a laugh about something or other, probably the ham comment. and at around 2 p.m. the police and secret service began letting people in to the gym, and many more lined up outside. of course, only those who had a ticket and were able to get on to the campus. now, with all the floor dresses, the big hats and the freshly-pressed suits, the scene to me at least resembled a fancy wedding. almost 200 reporters and photographers crowded onto a makeshift platform that was suspended precariously high above the gym floor at one end. in the basement, hundreds of yards of cable snaked around under chairs and cables, and western union operators sat poised at their typewriters checking paper and ribbons. .. now as i said it was in a dry county. truman knowing that his friend knew many people in the town, he ran in to an old friend. it seemed like he knew everyone there, and sent the man dashing off in to town. he came back a few minute

congressman joe donnelly two points ahead of state treasurer richard mourdock. it's in the margin of error. it should set f alarm bells the nrcs, shouldn't it, sam? >>h,eais tis a trend not just about indiana. it's about, you know, maybe half a dozen states now where we're seeing democratic senate candidates basically rising up above the republican opponents. you have to look at larger trends to plain it. ofm in at undiscussed is how the question about who can handle the economy has changed. it used to be obama was suffering a big deficit next to romney with that. since several weeks ago, probably tied to the convention, those numbers have turned and l of a sudn the democratic d rctth economy has become more popular than the republican brand. >> mourdock who has been a hardliner, he's been trying to embrace the moderate positions claiming he's more open to compromise, claiming he will otso sitd medicare. but this is not the same mourdock who defeated richard lugar in the primary. are richard lugar and others paying their price for the extremism? >> i would add t

donnelly has to play the moderate bipartisan walk.h in this case is how far can you tack to the middle without losing that base. >> the tea party candidates, they wrote in the washington on a wave of obstructionism. murdoch ran with the intention of joining the bandwagon when he got into office. list ton what he said on air in may, the day after he won the primary. take a listen. >> i certainly think that bipartisanship ought to consist of democrats coming to the republican point of view. bipartisanship means they have to come our way. >> now, as you report, murdoch now argues that he was never just a tea partier, but rather a regular republican with conservative values, murdoch saying he represents a new bipartisanship. will you also point out in your article that on top of supporting parts of president obama's health care plans, he wants to support entitlement programs like social security and medicare and even consider, wait for it, compromise. what does murdoch's move to the center, what does that say about the tea party overall n

running back, brendon donnelly big low. sweeps right, breaks a new tackles. great balance. you are not going to catch him. 81 yards. cal down 20-14. fourth quarter, tied at 28 on third down. braxston miller. finds a wide open devin smith. he goes 72 yards. four touchdown passes from miller. a valiant effort by cal, but they lose it 35-28, that final. san jose state hosting colorado state. they pulled away in the fourth. throws it to wide open chandler jones. he breaks a tackle. 43-yard touchdown. san jose state up 43-20. and the 51-yard strike to jones, who has six catches for 133 yards and two scores. san jose improves to 2-1. 40-20, that final. 18 games left, a's holding on to the top wildcard spot. hosting the orioles. down 2-0, a's put up five in the third. see ya. his second. they trail 2-1. next badder, chris carter sends it to the corner. no one is getting that one. two score. a's go on to win it 5-2. they hold a three-game lead over the orioles for the wildcard and share texas by only two games in the american league west. cards and d-backs tied at one in the fifth.

there is a long ticket splitting and romney is supposed to win the state, but it does not rule out donnellyans fits. they thought they would waltz into a seat being held by a democrat right now, but the democratic candidate heidi heitkamp is coming across as a likable character and warm person, and rick berg, the former congress mman from the state has the baggage of coming from congress which is like an 11% approval rating. >> jonathan weitzman from "the new york times" and people can find that article at nsh nytimes.com. >>> thank you. >>> and this just in, anti-american protests in germany, and they are saying that their employees are safe. we will be right back. ♪one smile that cheers you ♪one face that lights when it nears you.♪ ♪and you will be happy too. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agi

. >> bill: i ran in to joe donnelly the other day.sed to see him here, he has a campaign to run. >> bill: yes. >> this is the newest entry to our toss-up column. this is the seat that keith louinger holds. the after the primary, murdoch so famously said on television that his definition of bipartisanship was having democrats agree with him, and that was also his definition of compromise. the [ inaudible ] campaign has so effective i will -- >> bill: very aggressive campaign. >> very aggressive campaign. good ads, really onpoint, on message. and he has managed to tie in a state where they are not even contesting it that obama will win. so he has got to overcome those things, but he has earned this race. >> bill: good toss up. >> absolutely. >> bill: scott walker in wisconsin beat back his recall so tommy baldwin up for the senate seat. >> yeah. >> bill: get tommy thompson. how is that looking? >> this is another really good race. i think it is interesting that wisconsin is suddenly in play where it hadn't been for a while. and please p

i saw joe donnelly, good congressman from indiana who's going to be the next democratic senator from. saw him yesterday and he's looking good and he's up a little bit in the polls. so gotta make that happen. johnny is in bellwood, illinois. johnny, good morning to you. >> caller: good morning. >> bill: what do you think? >> caller: i think mitt romney is such a big liar and people just don't call him out on being a big liar. for him to say anything about anything. he is so wrong! but he's not ready to be my president. but anyway, you know, he won't even release his income taxes. i just want people -- i want him to release his income tax. i want to see what's in those income taxes. >> bill: i do too johnnie. you know what? i think what it shows, we talked about this yesterday in his tax return is that mitt romney is, in fact, one of the 47% of americans who don't pay any federal income tax or at least didn't in a few years. come on, mitt romney. prove you're not part of the 47%. release those damn taxes. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." or before that when they've had admi

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getting them to talk or is donnelly is really hard and i am hoping you will do something about a -- twoizontal the is really hard, and i am hoping you will do something about that in our education system, starting with kindergarten. experts we are not there yet. what are we trying to teach? is it a row number of facts that we can all google? is it penmanship, handwriting? how big a deal is that going forward? your basic point of collaboration, critical thinking, being able to work as part of a diverse team -- as i talk to ceo's around the country, that is what they look for. again, you have amazing schools, traditional schools, charter schools, high school, elementary, kindergarten, where remarkable work is going on. teachers are fostering curiosity and asking questions. they're teaching across the curriculum in different ways. it is clearly not the norm. it is clearly more the exception. i always get asked what is the appropriate federal role. i get asked that every day. one of the best uses of federal time and resources, i think, is for us to shine a spotlight on best practices, for u

donnelly which will significantly improve the v.a.'s notification requirement following a data breach involving a veteran's sensitive personal information. we must work harder to protect veterans' personal identityification -- identifiable information, including their social security number. and rapid notification procedure when breaches occur will stem the tide of harm any veteran, their family or survivor has to incur. in that same vain of protecting our veterans, this bill also contains a long overdue overhaul of the v.a. fiduciary program. the additional provisions seek to ensure that the most vulnerable v.a. beneficiaries who cannot manage on their own are provided the utmost protection on their hard-earned benefits. in my district, the number of one concern among the constituents that are brought before my congressional office is with veterans' issues and i'm so pleased that 5948 includes a provision to grant county veteran service officers other state and local employees as well as staff of members of congress greater access to