here in connecticut, there weas one type of voter linda mcmahon

let's look at the dualing ads in the connecticut race. >> sure. >> the kind of ceo linda mcmahon wants is the kind of senator she would be. as ceo mcmahon laid off workers and took millions in bonuses. linda mcmahon, a bad ceo, a worse senator. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learns something very important since the days i've served in vietnam. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days that i've

. >> they say a vote for linda mcmahon is a slap in the face for connecticut women. how does a multimillionaire pro-wrestling ceo turn a safe democratic senate seat into a battleground? is everybody worried? >> you have to ask them. >> are you worried? on the campaign trail with republican linda mcmahon and democrat richard blumenthal. >>> then, the jobless recovery. >> the most devastating recession of our lifetimes. >> but our spending cuts in europe, are they holding back growth here. christine lagarde, the french finance minister defends austerity and pakistan on the brink. more alleged terror plots, more u.s. strikes. the country's former president has harsh words for the united states. general pervez musharraf, a "this week" exclusive. >>> plus -- >> i'm not a witch. >> -- all the week's politics on our roundtable with abc's george

linda mcmahon and mr. blumenthal did get all scratchy with their debates. have the highlights. >>> when we come back here, we'll huddle up around the water cooler to tell you what osama bin laden and ozzy osbourne have in common. >>> the tough economy has americans cutting back on things like vacations, trips to strauns and clothing. but a new survey finds there's one area where we're unwilling to compromise and that is higher education. if you get to get smart, tell your friends despite the economy 60% of united states parents say they are still saving for their child's education. by the time their kids are ready to go to college, most parents will have saved an average of $48,000. >>> enough with the real news. let's huddle up around the water cooler. time is counting down. i don't know what the hour is exactly. t.j., do we have the clock? it is 1:62. that looks like a lot of time to get the book. it's not. it's one week from today. go ahead and preorder sales. do yourself a favor. >>> we're going to go to the cooler where jon stewart has his first crack

general richard blumenthal and republican linda mcmahon. topics include the banking industry and elections and the federal deficit on "washington journal"" today. and there is a talk on community colleges. >> the c-span networks provide coverage of politics, public affairs, and books, all available on television, radio, if online, and on social media networking sites. and who the c-span video library. we have the digital bus, bringing resources to your community. the c-span networks. now available in 100 million homes, created by cable, provided as a public service. >> the first debate between connecticut u.s. senate candidates, democratic state attorney general richard blumenthal and republican linda mcmahon, former ceo of worldwide wrestling entertainment. it is rated as a tossup. this is in connecticut. the moderator is from the fox news channel. >> live, from the bushnell center. >> good evening from the theater at the bushnell in hartford, conn. welcome to the connecticut senate debate between richard blumenthal and republican candidat

in one recent ad, richard blum enthal accused linda mcmahon and she accused him of past statements about his military record. >> let me say the first thing that is false an incorrect in this ad is that i would consider reducing the minimum wage. that's a lie. you know that's a lie. i never said it. it's in your ad. you back. we were trying to make this a smackdown free zone. you went with the pile driver. >> i don't know this wrestling

in connecticut, the problem for the day for linda mcmahon is she doesn't know the minimum wage. she was asked. she didn't know what it is. >> did her opponent know it? >> i'm sure he did. i'm sure he knows it now. which brings to us, what have you unleashed? i think it's your fault. let me show you something that i think is your fault. we're going to go to videotape of the republican candidate for governor in new york state and i think everything we've seen in this tape is your fault. let's take a look at carl paladino, republican candidate for governor of new york. >> you've descended into the gutter by suggesting he was involved in extramarital relations when he was married with no evidence. if you don't have evidence of that, isn't that going into the gutter? >> hmm, well a guy that's been in the gutter and spent a good part of his life in the gutter like andrew should think twice

. >> i'm linda mcmahon. i'm running for senate and i approve this message. >> this millionaire thinks he can fight his way to being governor in new york. >> how are you going to do that? >> watch. >> by beating up this nuch reporter. >> it's all right to show people you're angry. >> and this republican billionaire is on her way to becoming governor of california. >> i saw that she throw me away like a piece of garbage. >> today, we have clearly proven with the release of this letter that meg whitman lied to the press. >> if she can just get past this little fight with her maid, i'll ask mike bloomberg, the only sane billionaire politician in america, how he enleashed all of these billionaires behaving badly. >> how did you get so damn rich? >> that's not embarrassing. >> and can mccain talk some sense into the republican party? no, not that mccain. i'll ask the one who hasn't flip-flopped on everything. >> if you make the party smaller, you have less voters. where do you go from there? we're so polarized and

also monday a debate between richard blumenthal and linda mcmahon for the attorney general's seat. the two will battle it out in hartford. tuesday an all new episode of glee airs at 8 p.m. eastern on fox. wednesday major league baseball division series kicks off with three games, philadelphia and minnesota hosting wildcard times while the texas rangers will be in either tampa or new york. friday new unemployment rates will be announced. the rate is 9.6% as of august. that's a look at the week ahead. i'm marianne rafferty, fox news. >>> finally tonight we are taken off the edge with a cast of superheros. >> from superman and wonderwoman to batman and beyond, over 1,500 people in l.a. showed up dressed as an easily recognized superhero to bracket world record for the largest gathering of superheros. the event was organized by dreamworks animation and in honor of the upcoming film mega mind which opens november 5th. >> you know who could have been

the latest linda mcmahon -- and before we show this for weeks now we've known about the problem thatd blumenthal the attorney general of connecticut say, fine man in so many ways. this guy had a problem with explaining his war record apparently on many occasions he was out there saying, i served in vietnam. not that i was in the reserves serving back here if uniform but that i served over in vietnam. he didn't really straight and that out and here it is coming home to haunt him in a partisan way. here's the linda mcmahon ad, hitting him, the day of today, which is the day of their first debate that's coming tonight. here it is. dead center. let's lift seen in i'm linda mcmahon and i approve this message. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learned something very important since the days i served in vietnam. >> dick blumenthal did again and again. >> when we returned, we saw nothing of this gratitude. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days that i served in vietnam -- >> he lied about vietnam. what else is he lying about? >> that's a deadly ad. >> yeah. i

linda mcmahon being one of them, meg whitman in california. how does that change the dynamic when candidates bring so much of their own money to the race? >> reporter: it does change the dynamic. they are able to go deep into their pockets to run a lot of ads as carl mentioned, increase the ground game in connecticut. linda mcmahon is someone who has done it so far according to the polls and ground game pretty effectively. money doesn't may off for everybody. jeff greene in florida had tons of money into that race. there are well-funded candidates, self-funded who don't do well. this election with meg whitman and here linda mcmahon you're seeing some candidates that are able to pull it off. jenna: any pregame prep we need to go about, any special meals you have lined up, stretches you're going to do, how are you going to prepare for the couple of hours. >> reporter: lots of coffee, i have a 3-year-old who stayed up a little too much last night. i'll be ready to go by the up time debate time comes. jenna: i bet the 3-year-old is pretty insightf

linda mcmahon in fight battle with richard blumenthal.oters across the state tune in as the two of them take part in televised debate. a debate which bret baier is moderating. carl cameron is live at the debate. where was the debate before it be -- where was the race before the debate began? >> it was close. a lot of folks thought chris dodd not running was a gift for democrats because blumenthal was popular at the attorney general. but in several months, linda mcmahon blanked the airwaves and stuffed mailboxes with mountains of information from her campaign spending millions of dollars. last week she pulled to a tie. recent surveys suggest bloomberg may have stabilize but many are worried that the campaign hasn't been fleet of foot. linda mcmahon, you expect this from a w. w.e. executive, has been feisty. it's looking like a toss-up but one that democrats can ill-afford to lose. >> shepard: debate working on some channels and others now and new ads. debating a few rounds now. has anybody been pinned at all? >> yes. one thing they rapped

and linda mcmahon was right. >> sean: dana, your reaction? >> later on he said i want to be an entrepreneur by going to washington and being in the senate. that is her point. which is government is not the place where we want to create jobs. you want to find people that have the courage and the confidence and the risk, the level of risk that you need in order to go out and a limb and start a new business that's what her point was. i think where some people had written her off, she is closer to winning this election than ever. i think this debate helped. i think it was time she called him out on his fabrications about serving in vietnam. >> sean: a lot of these people running for these jobs, they have never ran a business. i ran a business. i know what it is like to make payroll, social security taxes to worry where the next work is coming from. goods and services you provide for people that need and desire them. it is call capitalism. >> in that debate, in many ways it framed the two sides of the argument in this fourth coming election. gover

here in connecticut, there weas one type of voter linda mcmahon is having a tough time winning over. other women. in poll after poll, women choose her opponents 2:1. >> she was in wrestling and everything, i just don't think she's right for the job. >> reporter: mcmahon has tried to soften her image. >> i'm a wife, i'm a mom, i'm a grandmother. >> reporter: blumenthal who leads in polls, accuses mcmahon of marketing sex and violence to children. >> there have been seven dead wrestlers since she started campaigning for this office. >> reporter: and mcmahon attacked blumenthal for saying this: >> we can learn something very important since the days i served in vietnam. >> reporter: blumenthal was forced to admit he never went to vietnam while he was a marine. >> blumenthal never went to vietnam. >> he said he misspoke. >> what about at soldiers? >> reporter: apologetic, blumenthal claims voters will look at his whole career. >> people in connecticut know me and they've taken the measure of my character. they know i've never backed down from a fight. i'm not perfect. >> reporter: and in

the latest linda mcmahon -- and before we show this for weeks now we've known about the problem thatgeneral of connecticut say, fine man in so many ways. this guy had a problem with explaining his war record apparently on many occasions he was out there saying, i served in vietnam. not that i was in the reserves serving back here if uniform but that i served over in vietnam. he didn't really straight and that out and here it is coming home to haunt him in a partisan way. here's the linda mcmahon ad, hitting him, the day of today, which is the day of their first debate that's coming tonight. here it is. dead center. let's lift seen in i'm linda mcmahon and i approve this message. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learned something very important since the days i served in vietnam. >> dick blumenthal did again and again. >> when we returned, we saw nothing of this gratitude. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days that i served in vietnam -- >> he lied about vietnam. what else is he lying about? >> that's a deadly ad. >> yeah. it gets at his character. t

let's look at the dualing ads in the connecticut race. >> sure. >> the kind of ceo linda mcmahon wantsmillions in bonuses. linda mcmahon, a bad ceo, a worse senator. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learns something very important since the days i've served in vietnam. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days that i've served in vietnam. >> if he lied about vietnam, what else is he lying about? >> that whole attack, the charge laid out in "the ney york times" was acknowledged with blumenthal. it didn't resinate with voters in the summer. were they not waying attention? or was it not a real concern? >> the mcmahon campaign is wanting to focus on this. dick blumenthal, he's been in the job, andrea, attorney general, since 1990. he has a reservoir of good will that really did protect him back in may. myself and many other political observers thought this could be the end of his campaign. his numbers didn't drop that much. he was ahead by 25 or 30 points in the general election ballot. now he's ahead by three. so linda mcmahon doesn't need it to make a vast

in connecticut, democrat dick blumenthal had a seven-point lead over linda mcmahon in a poll taken before the debate. now to florida, where republican marco rubio is at 46% with charlie crist and kendrick meek way behind. governor's races, jerry brown picking up a seven-point lead over meg whitfield -- whitman and that has to do with her employing an illegal all these years. and in the new york's governor's race, cuomo over carl paladino. he says he's going to take out anybody he doesn't like. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night leading up to election day. let's go to msnbc analyst pat buchanan and mother jones' david cornyn. i think you two are my favorite guys here in terms of belief. you both have very firm convictions. here's christine o'donnell on bill maher's show talking about her involvement with witchcraft. >> i was dabbling into every other kind of religion before i became a christian. >> you were a witch. >> i was. >> i was, i was a witch. now, here's christine o'donnell's newest biographical tv ad paid for by her campaign. let's listen to her campaign. >> i'm not

in connecticut, democrat dick blumenthal had a seven-point lead over linda mcmahon in a poll taken before the debate. now to florida, where republican marco rubio is at 46% with charlie crist and kendrick meek way behind. governor's races, jerry brown picking up a seven-point lead over meg whitfield -- whitman and that has to do with her employing an illegal all these years. and in the new york's governor's race, cuomo over carl paladino. he says he's going to take out anybody he doesn't like. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night leading up to election day. let's go to msnbc analyst pat buchanan and mother jones' david cornyn. i think you two are my favorite guys here in terms of belief. you both have very firm convictions. here's christine o'donnell on bill maher's show talking about her involvement with witchcraft. >> i was dabbling into every other kind of religion before i became a christian. >> you were a witch. >> i was. >> i was, i was a witch. now, here's christine o'donnell's newest biographical tv ad paid for by her campaign. let's listen to her campaign. >> i'm not

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democrat richard blumenthal leads linda mcmahon 52% to 42%. she is stepping up her personal attacks on blumenthal. laura ingraham will weigh in on that later on. congressman barney frank is even worried. is he running against sean belat a former degree with a masters degree from harvard. frank leaves in the polls but the gap is closing. >> he is helped in the right wing media by hannity, limbaugh, by fox news. it's a fascinating thing. because they are blaming us, me as chairman of the committee, for their ownerrers. >> bill: as you know congressman frank is not taking any responsibility for the economic collapse on his watch as he is the chairman of the house financial services committee. frank resides in a very liberal district so blaming his troubles on hannity and limbaugh is absurd. they are liberals there. why would they listen to hannity and limbaugh. it's his own record that's hurting barney. talking points hates to say it but dick morris may be correct. the republicans may well win back the senate. but it won't be easy. as the nationa

linda mcmahon, a bad ceo.that works. >> i continuing works, and the information is presented, it's backed up, it's relevant, it's credible. >> it's facts. >> it sort of does everything that a political ad is supposed to do. not perhaps as interesting as the other ads that we've looked at but what happens with political advertising is, sometimes the more memorable the less effective it is. this is a less effective ad. >> an ad of course -- in any ad will work in a vacuum and it also has to be -- you know what took place before this ad? how are you going to respond to this ad? so you really just can't take a look at an ad on the face of it and say is this going to be effect sniff well, it would be effective if the only thing going to run and weren't going to be a counter. >> what did she say when you have a followup question did you really have 17 people die in your business? a death clause? you're serious.ç you're laughing. i'm not saying it's the worst thing that of lived. i think it's theater. wrestling is b

linda mcmahon in connecticut released a new ad this week that raises that question. mcmahon is running against that state's attorney general richard blumenthal outed by "the new york times" this spring for lying about serving in vietnam. take a look. >> announcer: would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learned something very important since the days i served in vietnam. >> announcer: blumenthal did it again and again. >> when we returned, we saw nothing of this gratitude. >> announcer: he covered one lie with another. >> the day i served this vietnam. >> announcer: if he lied about vietnam, what else is he lying about? >> paul: joining us adan henninger. dorothy rabinowitz and james toronto. dorothy, all politicians lie or at last their opponents accuse them of lying. is this ad fair? >> you mean fair means truthful? is it kind? no. it is a really perfect example, he's a perfect expression of political lying at its worst. it reveals character in a very fundamental way. you cannot say as often as he does in that ad, in vietnam, when we came back. can anybody

one example we are talking about senate race pitting pro-wrestling honcho linda mcmahon and dick blumenthaltorney general. the swift-vote sensibility, blumenthal incorrectly saying he served in vietnam. take a look. >> dick blumenthal said he served in vietnam. >> he said it again and again. >> it wasn't true. >> dick blumenthal never went to vietnam. >> he said he misspoke. >> the candidate sweared off in their final debate last night. it was so contentious that moderate hearse to repeatedly step in to control the crowd's booing and hissing. here's y. >> she requires all wrestlers to sign a death clause that absolves wwe of all responsibility if wrestlers are killed in the ring are and if the company is at fault. there have been seven dead wrestlers since she started campaigning for this office and i would suggest that some other policy might be advisable. >> bring in the panel to mix it up, jane hampshire, founder of the blog fire dog lake and matt lewis, politics daily .com. pleasure to see you both. start with you, jane, here in new york. for all the desperate cries for a policy debate

so what does linda mcmahon do today? she has bent underdog.ened this lead by her oh own don't 3. what does she do today? >> you can find a poll that says just about anything these days, megyn. no question about it. linda mcmahon has scratched back from three dozen plus points behind to what in the last couple polls suggested is a dead heat. you can find a poll for just about anything. we are in the final month. there is a huge debate. linda mcmahon is attacking richard blumenthal on essentially what is old news but politically potent. going after the attorney general, richard blumenthal. he's a popular attorney general. but earlier in this cam paint was discovered he had been misleading the public about his personal resume. he suggested he served in vietnam. that's not true. and he has been called out on it. he has apologized. he says he misspoke. he misspoke repeatedly. on this day one month until the elect and with this debate looming mcman hits him with this ad. >> i'm linda mcmahon and i approve this message. >> would you lie about serving

-- let's listen. >> linda mcmahon brags about her business experience.y violated safety standards, criticized for tolerating steroid and drug use. inserted death clauses in contracts in order to avoid responsibility for their deaths. the record, seven workers under 50 have died. >> i think that works. >> i think it works. the information is presented. it's backed up. it's relevant, credible. it's not perhaps as interesting as some of the other ads, but you know, one of the things that happens with political advertising, sometimes, the more memorable it is, the more effective it is. >> an ad of course, any ad will work in a vacuum. how are you going to respond to this ad? you can't just look at it on the face and say, the it going to be effective. >> what does she say when you get followed by the question, did you really have 17 people die in your business? did you have a death clause and have to sign a release saying you might die on the job. you're laughing. it's a business that's pretty -- i'm not saying it's the worse thing that ever lived. it's mainl

linda mcmahon challenged dick blumenthal about job creation. what you would do? how do you create a job? his answer had him back and forth a little bit. seemed like she scored some point there is. at another part of the debate, asked about which program she would cut, in the federal government? she didn't get specific. she didn't answer that question. i think there were high points and low points for each candidate. i know it sounds like a cop-out i think both candidates scored points on different issues. >> greta: scoring points isn't gonna do her any good as the losing in the polls these days a tie leaves her where she was. she needs to score a knock down or make a huge impression -- impression on voters to get any traction. >> bret: i don't that i happened tonight, you are right. our fox poll out tonight has her down 10 points. another poll has her down 12. another poll that is closer. you are right. she needs to go after people who are either still undecided and there are very few of those. or independents who perhaps are leaning one way, but could be swayed

linda mcmahon of world wrestling fame squaring off again richard boomingfall. jon karl is here with a rundown of that race. >> reporter: well, diane, it may come down to connecticut if republicans are to have any chance at all of winning control of the senate, they almost certainly have to win in connecticut. you've probably seen linda mcmahon when she was ceo of world wrestling entertainment. not afraid to kick her husband vince right in the groin. but that was then. vince now runs wwe on his own, and she's got a new role. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: the great republican hope in connecticut. in a sign of just how topsy turvy this election year is, mcmahon is closing in on democratic richard blooming that, who was once considered a lock to win this senate race. the two faced off last night in a debate. nobody got kicked, but there was this. >> government, government, government. government does not create jobses it's very simple how you create jobs. an entrepreneur takes a risk. >> i'm not going to be an entrepreneur as a senator. i will do my best to

there versus the wrestling magnate, the poll shows richard blumenthal is now 13 points ahead of linda mcmahon, in the battle to replace chris dodd. a lot more races and poll numbers to bring you. that's coming up this hour, but first let's focus in on the very, very close reid verse angle race in nevada. every seat counts in the fight for the u.s. senate, but in this one it's the chamber's number one democrat who could go down in flames. dana bash is here working the story for us. take us behind these numbers. >> first of all you gave the likely numbers. i want to show you why this is trouble for harry reid, the same way it is for many other democrats. it's about the enthusiasm gap. registered voters, he's actually doing well, 43% to angle's 32%, but it's the people who say they will vote, likely voters. that's where harry rehas only 44% and angle has 42%. if you look within this poll, there are groups he's having trouble with that's also raising some alarms. independents he's down ten points, and also trouble with people who are highly educated. he needs them to vote and also with seniors. w

for her part linda mcmahon is having to overcome controversies basically being criticized and blamed for a lot of the things that went on in the ring, steroid allegations, all sorts of negative images of women when she was head of wwe. >> christiane, thank you very much. it's a fascinating year. for much more on that crucial senate race in connecticut, check out christiane coming up up later on "this week." bianna? >> all right, dan. >>> we turn now to new developments this morning in a murder mystery. mexican police now say that they have suspects they believe were involved in the shooting of an american man riding jet skis with his wife in mexican waters. david kerley has the latest. >> reporter: mexican authorities who first questioned tiffany hartley's story of the shooting of her husband now say they have two suspects, mexican brothers, members of a drug cartel. >> i doubt that they ever make an arrest. i don't know. and as far as finding the body, all we can do is hope. it's a roller coaster. she's focused on trying to find her husband. >> reporter: this bizarre tale started a

what you think about linda mcmahon in the rain kicking a guy in the crotch now obviously this woman likes the limelight she's in a crowd of the rena kicking a guy in the balls so ego has just got to play a role in her wanting to be a senator now next we have successful businessmen carl paladino who is running for governor in new york now carl is quite the loose cannon on this campaign trail he's blamed everyone for problems associated with his campaign but himself he even threatened a reporter with violence and it was all caught on camera. if you're going to. take the. oh but you take you know you're going to do that work. now the reason that carl was going to take him out was that the reporters paper allegedly sent a crew to carl's mistresses house to get pictures of his ten year old love child. i guess found didn't go well with his family values platform but that's just one example of carl being absolutely ridiculous the guys made outrageous claims about gays black people and his opponent and then he goes on every single television network to defend himself and say he's sorry somebody c

the connecticut's republican senate nominee linda mcmahon, how much was the minimum wage? she didn't know. it took minutes for them to say this millionaire business woman was out of touch. it matters more because this slipup in just days showing after mcmahon who made her name in the professional wrestling business pulled surprisingly close and republicans hoping to capture control of the senate began thinking a mcmahon surgeon connecticut might make up form a christine o'donnell fade in delaware. that's how the midterm chess game koez out. a gallon of milk about $3.79 in d.c. nationally, the minimum wage $7.25. in connecticut, it's $8.25. let's begin with the what now question? erick erickson, to you, first. in the sense that earlier in the week, republicans were saying, wow, maybe we got a chance in connecticut. is this the kind of stumble that makes you think maybe not? >> no. i really doubt it. in fact, i'm sure linda mcmahon will be able to afford a commercial tomorrow, thousand point bye saying she doesn't know what the minimum wage is because she wants all americans

linda mcmahon is talk about women.hard blumenthal with a nearly 2-1 advantage with female vote. >>> "usa today" in a move that triggered immediate controversy the government said yesterday that gasoline now macon taken up to 15% ethanol grain alcohol instead of just ten. the move will cut depeence o foreign oil. opponents say using the more corn based ethanol, could damage j.j.s, pu engines, could push up grocery prices. >> and halloween doesn't fully explain the spike in powdered-wig sales. there's an unusually high demand for colonial wig. it will run you about $17. which is what you paid for yours. >> have to powr it every morning. >> front page of the journal. interesting piece. >>> and we have a look at politico's morning outlook. >> he i thought i would be original with my halloween costume. >> let's talk about hailey barber a guy we hear a lot when talk of 2012 comes up, wide lou considered to be the front runners if he decides to run. politico learning that a group of well known republicans going to urge him no

. >>> and of course, we have got linda mcmahon hammering richard blumenthal's record. how about this? joe miller's wife, he says that unemployment benefits unconstitutional but his wife just happened to take unemployment. how about that? >>> and my good old buddy, bill o'reilly, spins his way into the zone. you are watching "the ed show" on msnbc. stay with us. >>> coming up on the ed shock the right-wing chamber of commerce is doubling downs on the attacks on democrats. the chamber is reportedly taking millions of dollars from foreign countries and using it to knock off progressives in the midterms. i find this absolutely un-american and disgusting. salon.com's editor, joan walsh, sounds off on this next "the ed show." stay with us. >>> welcome back to "the ed show" and thanks for watching tonight. >>> democrats are under attack from a lou is of right-wing organizations, they are piling up the money. and the united states chamber of commerce is pretty much leading the charge. the chamber is planning to spend $75 million on attack ads targeting democratic candidates th

. >>> and of course, we have got linda mcmahon hammering richard blumenthal's record. how about this? joe miller's wife, he says that unemployment benefits unconstitutional but his wife just happened to take unemployment. how about that? >>> and my good old buddy, bill o'reilly, spins his way into the zone. you are watching "the ed show" on msnbc. stay with us. ♪ ♪ i was young and i was stupid ♪ i had just turned 17 ♪ a harmonica and a box guitar ♪ ♪ in a canvas-covered wagon stuffed... ♪ [ male announcer ] while the world's been waiting on the electric car, maybe the whole time, the electric car has been waiting for this... the wattstation from ge. it's going to change the way we get to where we all want to go. ♪ i didn't think much of it till i took it apart ♪ >>> coming up on the ed shock the right-wing chamber of commerce is doubling downs on the attacks on democrats. the chamber is reportedly taking millions of dollars from foreign countries and using it to knock off progressives in the midterms. i find this absolutely un-american and disgusting. salon.com's edito

linda mcmahon has pulled within six points of democratic challenger blumenthal.n ohio the situation is bloody for the democrats. president obama's job approval rating has fallen to 33%. 8% disapprove. that means there will likely be a landslide for the republicans in the buckeye state. in nevada, president obama's disapproval rate stands at 55%, just 40% approving. that's why sharron angle leads senator harry reid by 2 points. in the very liberal state of washington, senate republican candidate dean rossi pass huld ahead of democrat patty murray by one point. one of the few bright spots for democrats is delaware where mr. obama's approval rating is 48%. disapproval 45. in the senatorial contest coons leads christine o'donnell 54% to 38%. looks like karl rove could be right about delaware. there is also uneasiness about the direction of the country. today in paris, france, thousands of people protested the french's government's attempt to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. you can believe this madness. france is financially under water just like america. so i

that race is another race. >> you know who has money for tv, linda mcmahon?e debate in their first televised face-off, former wrestling ceo, linda mcmahon accused long time democrat richard blumenthal being on the government payroll his whole life and not understanding what it takes to create jobs. >> blumenthal blasted mcmahon who put profits ahead of people and the most heated was the recent attack ads. mcmahon released this ad before the debate, of blumenthal over distortion of his vietnam service record. >> i'm linda mcmahon and i approved this message. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learned something very important since the days i served in vietnam, i served in vietnam. >> he lied again and again. >> when we returned, we sought nothisought -- saw nothing of this gratitude. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days i served in vietnam. >> if he lied in vietnam, what else is he lying about? >> that forced blumenthal to once again address the issue last night during the debate. >> i'm proud of my military service. on a few