there's more. >>> plus, linda mcmann wants to review minimum wage? birther queen orly taitz teams up with sharron angle and two day away from the one nation march. i'll introduce you to a man fighting for our future, and again tonight i have yet another announcement about my weight. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." in the battleground story tonight, president obama's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, is leaving the white house. the president is expected to announce his departure tomorrow and then ramwill head home to chicago to run for mayor. i say, good riddance. rahm's been no friend to progressive, even swore at us once, and his departure could help fire up the democratic base ahead of the election in november. meanwhile, the midterm push is in high gear. this week, the president, and the vice president called on liberals to, quote, buck up, and rally together to defeat republicans. and today, democratic congressional leaders met at the white house for a final strategy session with president obama before heading home to campaign. for more let's brin

at last night's senate debate in connecticut, republican hopeful and former wrestling executive linda mcmann squared off with democrat and state attorney general richard blumenthal. >> people create jobs. small businesses create jobs. government can provide the tools, but it also must take away the obstacles. >> i will say, mr. blumenthal, i'm very happy you have a better notion of how to create jobs this week than last week. >> reporter: jobs dominated ohio's senate debate where rob portman worked to keep his lead over democrat lee fisher. >> lieutenant governor fisher seems to want to talk about the one game, what a great job he's done to win some competitions. the fact is ohio is losing ground. >> reporter: republicans appear to be gaining ground. a cbs news poll finds the gop is favored to win at least 25 of the 35 seats in the house now held by democrats. winning the senate appears more of a long shot but analysts say it's still doable. just because president obama's comments have become more heated towards republican candidates don't expect the same thing from mrs. obama. the first lad

connecticut, the democratic attorney general, richard blumenthal, has a 13-point lead over republican linda mcmann poll of likely voters. to missouri now. the parties' fortunes are flipped there. roy blunt has a double-digit lead over democratic attorney general robin kacarnahan. vermont, though, is the nail birt. there harry reid is neck and neck with angle. third party candidate ashjian is actually running urnder the tea party banner, but they're saying he is not one of them. gillibrand is likely to win her poll. and christine o'donnell today picked up the support of a gun rights group, but several polls indicate she is still a long shot for joe biden's old seat. jim la costa has been trying to snag an interview. >> any chance you could answer a couple questions? >> with that, christine o'donnell blew past our camera and into what was billed as a public forum. the event was stanged in a shopping mall and just two doors down from a halloween shop. it started out as a softball and ended up with a curveball. >> where did you grow up? i thought i was going to share some remarks and then take audienc

. >>> finally a showdown in connecticut tonight where world wrestling executive linda mcmann has herth blumenthal. he is the attorney general that got into trouble for saying he might have been over in vietnam when really he was serving in the military here in the u.s. expect that issue to come up, and also, don, she made some remarks about the minimum wage last week, whether or not she thinks that should be tweaked. expect that to be in the big debate as well. >> the next cnn politics update just an hour away right here on cnn. >>> when it comes to food that's good for you, you could call detroit a food desert. but at long last, that's beginning to change and we'll explain right after this. ime fo. the day marches on, back to more pills. and when he's finally home... but hang on; just two aleve can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is steven, who chose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. on your next business trip, pack your marriott rewards visa card. get triple points every time you u