governor markell, you're chairman of the democratic governor's association.king you to name states but is it fair to say you are now moving resources out of places you can't win in order to move them to places that you can? >> well, i think that's what you do. first of all, my job to chair the governor's democratic association would be easier if phil bredeson could run for re-election in tennessee. it is true. he's been a great governor. we have california, florida, texas, big states and other states, ko ko, connecticut and others. we have to target the resources as effectively as we can. >> governor bredeson, how would you advise the president to connect in tennessee, frankly, a state the president has never been able to connect with? >> i've always naelt the real answer in a lot of america -- tennessee is a good example of that, just kind of getting out of the washington speak and that whole kind of -- the whole mill yeah that exists there and talk to people in walmarts and waffle houses and to get out there. i watched him this morning. he can do that. i wa

we have a very popular governor in jack markell who also happens to be the chair of the democratic governorsts delegates to select candidates that best fit the seat. we work very diligently to not necessarily articulate the buckley rule but to live by it it, to find conservatives that can win. we had a candidate that was very close to becoming the next united states senator from delaware, and essentially people on our team clipped him right as he was about to go over the goal line. >> well, let me put up some things you said about christine o'donnell's win before the primary. let me put this up and see what you're saying about it today. >> if she were by some miracle to be our nominee, that we would lose the seat and lose it by unprecedented numbers. >> so now you've had to circle the wagons. >> well, no one likes to be wrong. do i wish i had said that in those terms? i do not. >> but you said even worse. should i put that up? >> you're welcome to. >> let's put that up. you said that she's got about as much chance of being elected to office as being elected dog catcher. i mean that is pretty

jack markell. representative mike castle.ot sort of bob brady-style corner politicians in the clubhouse, chris. this is more of a suburbanized state now. >> you know i could give you those facts and i could also say, they had their chance. your thoughts, christina. i think it's an interesting discussion here. the old politics or the new politics going on here? because i'm watching this person. i think women, by the way, no matter what any guy think, women are now looking at gender, with some sympathy for fellow women. >> and that's why you're hearing her appeal to those appealing hillary clinton democrats. i can tell you that's not coming but she also uses a lot of the same language as hillary clinton. hard working. a woman who was a theater major. and she's studied successful female politicians and she's emulating them and she was palin-like today. you expected her to -- >> like tina fey does. >> not in the same vain but i think that that she's learned some of palin's successful traits, absolutely. >> go back. sort of a vent