former governor tommy thompson, businessman eric hovde and mark neumann are fighting for his seat. in connecticut joe lieberman has passed on another possible term. linda mcmahon is in the ring again against former congressman chris schays and the primary and then arizona where senator jon kyl has had enough of politics. congressman jeff flake is facing off against businessman will cardon. "national journal" hot line editor and chief wrote about the crucial races today for which we're in his debt. it is a pleasure to you have on the program tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> you're writing about four senate primaries held in the next couple of weeks which most people don't even know about. they could control -- determine control of the senate and the political direction of the senate. how far right or left it moves which one is most captivating to you? >> there are two that i think are most fascinating. i'll start with one coming up on tuesday in missouri where three rep are cans are fighting it out for the right to face senator claire mccaskill. these three candidates are a litt

way up in wisconsin cruz's victory brought a fund-raising boom for tea party senate candidate mark neumannhis campaign said they saw a spike in donations following cruz's victory and promptly put out a statement calling wisconsin the next tea party battle and neumann is a conservative's choice. in missouri, the leading republican senate candidate is tea partier john brunner and he is something. here's what's really scary. he hasn't clinched the republican nomination. he's leading incumbent blue dog democrat claire mccaskill. this comes after indiana tea party candidate richard mourdock bumped off dig lugar in the indiana republican primary in may. are we going to see a tea party insurgency in the senate the same way we saw it in the house in 2010 and what does that mean for the president's second term agenda if he does manage to win re-election which we think he will. so here to answer that and talk about the senate and the presidential races are larry director of the university of virginia center for politics joining us from charlottesville virginia. thanks again for joining us inside "th