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host: john mcardle from roll- call. thanks for being with us. we would back tomorrow morning and also look for us tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. at enjoy the rest of your day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up and a half hour, live remarks from homeland security secretary tom ridge. he will talk about existing and emerging terror threat, including the discovery of explosive materials on board a cargo plane bound for yemen. live coverage begins at about 10:30 this morning. also today, the ninth circuit court of appeals hears oral arguments on whether to hold up a lower-court decision on whether to strike down parts of arizona's immigration flaw. -- law. a lower court ruled arizona. did the federal government's authority to set an immigration law. you can see the argument from san francisco today starting at noon eastern. tomorrow is election day. on this day before the americans had to the polls, we continue our campaign 2010 coverage with a number of debates

host: on e line for john mcardle, good morning. caller: good morning. we have the fifth congressional district here with the chairman of the house committee, john spratt. we have some folks here that johnson -- the believe john's prep has brought some indignity to congress, so i hope we do not throw the baby -- has brought some dignity to congress, we do not throw the baby out with the bathwater. guest: the house committee chairman, this is one of her cardinals for a while. they have been amped up to go after john spra for a while. i asked congressman spratt last week, u do not run away from nancy pelosi, right? your the house budget committee chairman, is it fair to say that you are part of the establishment? and he said, no, you want me appear because of a good influence and in a good position to bring things home for the fifth congressional district. it is an argument that resonates. i was asking the opponent to john spratt down there and his comment was, if he is so great for our district, the unemployment is higher than the national rate. ever count

congressional races with john mcardle. . . this campaign season and why? we will get to your calls in just a second. final polling information is out in the papers. here is "usa today." there paul has the gop in the lead in the final run up. not a terrible surprise based on all of the news. the fact that new health care and stimulus laws are vital. they write that 55% to 40%, in this poll by usa today and gallup, say they intend to vote for the republican. the widest margin since the democrats' advantage in the 1974 elections held in the wake of watergate. what they do in the poll is go down and talks about the signs of showdown ahead according to the folks that they talk to, about 1500 likely voters. texas, our first call this morning. craig, independent caller. who has impressed you most? caller: jon stewart. his rally and a comment on the closing expresses my views and feelings. host: what did he say that appeals to you the most? caller about -- well, we're not hitler or this or that, we are a bunch of americans and we do work together and we do run thi