matt kibbe we appreciate your time this morning. thank you. right now a closer look at that race. >> moderator: the first and so far only debate schedule in the kentucky senate race monday night carried live on the c-span networks and joining us on the phone is joseph gerth. thanks for being with us. >> guest: great to be with you steve. >> host: give us a sense of where this race is three weeks out. >> guest: i think the race is very close. polling in recent months is trending a little bit towards mcconnell last month. he was up by four months -- 4% buy a newspaper here in kentucky. recently released polling that showed grimes gained a two-point lead but all of these polls are within the margin of air and on election day it wouldn't be a shock if either one of them got a couple percentage points ahead. >> host: alison graham said in your editorial report and asked whether she voted for barack obama in 2,002,121st evolved why that question and what kind of news to team a? >> guest: well, the question was asked because mcconnell has spent the l

8:00 eastern on "the .ommunicators" on c-span2 >> this morning, freedom works president and ceo matt kibbe talked about the influence of the tea party in the 2014 elections. and then, recent court rulings on voting laws that impact several cases and governor races with dale ho. plushe administration handling of the ebola cases in the u.s. we will take your calls and you can >> good morning. with 23 days to go before election day, our campaign coverage continues on c-span. we will have the arkansas senate debate this afternoon. we will have the last virginia senate the bait at 7:00. we'll have the kentucky senate debate at 8:30 p.m. we will begin with ebola. the dallas nurse is testing positive. fw doubts are rising

about thel be talking campaign with matt kibbe. he will talk about the tea party in the selection cycle. where are you guys playing with the election cycle? guest: the big goal is the senate to replace harry reid with a republican majority. the other half of the puzzle is the makeup of the house and senate. i think one of the underreported stories in the cycle is what is happening in the house races. size going to double in after the 2014 election. we are looking at places where you can make a difference. one of my favorite candidates is in washington state. what is the liberty caucus? guest: it is the libertarian wing of the gop. they are focused on economics and reining in the size of government. they also care about civil liberties issues. the liberty caucus is representative of that perspective. it is the rand paul wing of the republican party. i think the liberty caucus is broader. i think the evolution of the tea party since 2009 has really morphed into something that is bigger and broader and more local. think about the ron