mcadams? >> we should extend them for the middle-class, but we should allow the tax cuts for members of the population to make more than $200,000 per year. >> absolutely. we are going to enter into a double-dip recession. it will exasperate the problem. we need to stimulate the economy and it is not by raising taxes. >> during a recession is not the time to raise taxes. we need to extend the 2001-2003 tax cuts. whether we will be able to do them beyond one year or two will be taken up in november. >> clarify for me, is that contradictory to the goal of raising the national debt? >> reducing the debt needs to be done. we have expanded the federal government so far beyond the scope of what it was intended to been that the point that we need to do, and i think the best way to effect the reduction, is to reduce spending and get government out of the programs they should not be involved in. >> do tax cuts effect the national debt? >> they are not contradictory when you are able to put more out into

mcadams?i am a methodist and i believe in god, but i recognize and i believe that science and religion should be taught separately, one in the home and one of the public schools. >> in for good science and good science includes origins that are based on creation. clearly, there are different ideas. i do believe that children should be permitted to see both sides regard senator murkowski? >> i do not believe creationism should be taught in our schools. i believe that there should be an allowance for the process of evolution that is taught. i have said and i believe very strongly that god give us our soul, but when we talk about evolution, that is a process that should be taught in school. >> should the united states be involved in nonmilitary humanitarian missions overseas? >> i think that it ought to be limited to it cannot go around thinking that we can establish peace and prosperity around the globe. the deficit is such that we do not have the capacity to carry on the efforts we have in the

mcadams? >> i think we do need to give general patraeus a chance to refocus the mission there. we have been there almost a decade. al qaeda remains a threat globally to the western world. they are partners in the taliban, stand ready to re-emerge should we create a vacuum in afghanistan. here is my pledge to alaskans. before i ever vote to expand an appropriation on a conflict abroad i will be dogged with the administration. i will ask the questions to assure we have a clear purpose and a chris technicalized mission -- crystallized mission and we can afford in human blood or national treasury to be continued to be engaged in nation building and endless war. >> nation building is certainly the answer but we we can leave is when we release the military leaders to do what they are trained to do and now they are slowed by the phreutsz. we came into afghanistan with the intent to eliminate terrorism and engaged in nation building. that is why we have men and women in uniform have to wait until they

mcadams or senator murkowski?> i think they are working out university same group of voters. >> greta: you asked your question of the senator and mr. mcadams asked his questions it seemed like it was you guys against her. >> i think she pulls more from the moderate left than the conservative vets. we are continuing with the same -- votes. we are continuing with the same message. same message in the primary as in the general. she in it, fine. we'll continue to tell alaskan voters we have to look to the future. >> greta: you said senator demint was the current living senator you admire most. who is in second place? >> you know, look -- >> greta: you had time to think up there you were lucky. >> coburn is a great guy. he's doing good things too. now we going to third, fourth, fifth and sixth. >> greta: i won't go there. >> some people are saying this is what we that do. the country is break. we are not going to be vested with special interests that donated to campaigns. we to fix the country. we'll stop at nothing to

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scott mcadams in alaska may prove it. it's your time to run, run. >> a democrat could win up there. chris? >> i was going to add to chuck's point. in real estate, it's location, location, location. in politics, it's timing. everybody said a senator named barack obama just got elected, he's going to run in 2008 against hillary clinton? that makes no sense. barack obama new times. if you're beau biden, son of the vice president, you've got to bç kicking yourself a little bit because as you said, there are a lot of races that may decide the senate majority. this isn't one of them. he went from a guy who was a decided underdog on september 13th when we thought mike castle was going to be the nominee. >> any candidate who thinks back what could have happened is crazy. beau biden has no idea what events would have taken place had he gone in the race. like those movies where you go back in time and screw up everything because something different happened. >> chris -- >> i'm sorry. chuck. >> if my aunt was never mind -- had somet

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mcadams? >> well, regarding education, i mean, i observed as the president, i have a degree in education, and my day job prior to -- as an employee of the school district, i can tell you that, from the very beginning of me serving in school, i've actually been opposed to the incremental trend towards the national standards. i do believe in self-determinations, especially as it relates to wreck lum and students. my great concern with no child left behind is the problem with national standards is it requires a national crack cocaine lum, oovept we'll a national test. we don't have anything such as a standardized kid or standardized community, especially in a state of like alaska, where we need to be able to teach art of survival and other things that are unique to our state. >> i think the incremental change started in 1979 with the department of education. a lot of people think it's been around for decades. historically, education has has always been within a sphere of the state and local level

democratic scott mcadams is at 28%. just 18% respond dents volunteered for murkowski, running as a write-in state. when they offered up murkowski's name, her total jumped to 43%, miller to 36% and mcadams way behind at 14%. the problem for murkowski, there will be no one in the voting booth yelling out the name, murkowski. we will continue to check the hardball scoreboard. >>> my interview, this is going to be great. my interview with former minister, prime minister of great britain, tony blair, now the envoy in the middle east talks on behalf of the u.n., the eu, russia and us. we spent a lot of time talking about bill clinton. i began by asking him what makes bill clinton such a dominant politician even today. >> i think he is the master of the trade, really. i think he is the single most extraordinarily ept and competent politician i have ever met. that's not because he is simply good at communicating, the art of politics. it is because he is actually -- this is the thing i don't think people understand about him suf

with scott mcadams 23%. people have to write in lisa murkowski's name. >>> i'd seemed like a double-team, in yesterday's florida senate debate, as kendrick meek and charlie crist, appeared to gang up on republican, marco rubio. at one point, crist demanded that rubio release his financial records, forcing rubio to play defense. >> my tax returns are public. i've gone well beyond the point of disclosure. people want to focus on the issues because they're wrong on the important issues. this country has a $13.5 trillion debt. >> he doesn't believe in transparency. i created open government in the governor's office in the first time in our state. >> i've had them in the audience. >> the way it is. welcome to the nfl. >> go ahead. >> i apologize. i've had this heckler going on for two minutes. >> he said i've only had hecklers in the audience. meek and crist trying to paint rubio as too conservative for florida. >> i have to be honest with myself. the republican party went so for right, it's exactly why marco rub

defeated in the primary but she continues to run as a write in candidate and so is democrat scott mcadams now both decided to make political hay out of joe's tweets here's lisa murkowski response in a radio ad. joe miller seems to think he's already won the election while in washington collecting money from those insiders all week joel tweeted that he was going to do some post something by office furniture and get a name plaque for his senate office door wait a minute joe you might want to wait until you hear from the eighty percent of us back here in alaska who did for you the name on that door story now democrats got mcadams also decided to have a little fun on twitter his tweet read joe miller while you're in d.c. picking out office furniture i'm in anchorage introducing my plan to get alaskans back to work some pretty good stuff now joe miller's campaign quickly declared those tweets that lead them excuse me and declared that a volunteer was responsible for them and will no longer have access to the account they made those same claims when joe's twitter account compared lisa murkowski

>> there does seem to be momentum for scott mcadams it is anecdotal, haven't seen a good poll on thisrace yet. alaska is a very small state, so sometimes polls are not that reliable, he has raised a lot of money, running some very provocative ads and getting a loft buzz. the three-way race that has gotten the attention thus far is in florida but the three-way race in alaska could become election night the more interesting one, all of a ç sudden, if scott mcadams is starting to get more votes, lisa murkowski and he joe miller battling each other and some doubts whether lisa murkowski, enough people write her in. wait i'm looking at this race it is up for grabs and any three could end up wing, a fascinating race to watch and very late, late at night with that alaska time zone. >> indeed. okay. nbc deputy political director murk murray. thank you. >> become to the delaware debate to do that we will get reaction, joined by delaware radio talk show host rick jensen. rick, hello to you. >> hi, thanks, i appreciate this. >> well, i'm glad you are here. i want to talk about this time/cnn pol

but they're not convinced that this writing campaign can work, and so you see mcadams benefitting frompretty amazing fund-raising quarter for alaska. he's getting real money now. and there is a bed hedging, you have conversations going on in alaska circles, talking about this idea of what to do. the preference is murkowski but if she can't win and then their second choice is mcadams. >> chris, just really quickly. >> go ahead. >> just very quickly that race. i agree, as i always do with everything that chuck said, one thing to add. polling in that race is incredibly difficult -- >> very. >> because you have mill who were is the republican nominee, mcadams' a democratic nom neepboth of them are going on on the ballot, not have a murkowski you'll have to write her name in. polling usually says would you vote for miller, adams or murkowski. that doesn't exactly -- >> exist, right. >> -- accord tok what the poll -- what the experience will be in the ballot box so it's really hard to know. is she really at 32 or 33 and right in this race? sore that only when people are prompted with her nam

it's splitting votes more with mcadams than us.advocating is not something that conservative alaskans embrace, cap and trade which will put this state down and not move us forward. as more alaskans learn about that we'll have even more support in this race. megyn: your approach -- you were endorsed by the tea party and you are a limited government guy. sort of one of your platforms in connection with this race. now your critics are coming out and pointing to a couple things to say, well, don't believe it, maybe he's hypocritical. one of them is now they are saying your wife collect unemployment benefits for a time after she left a job working for you. you were a magistrate judge and she worked as a clerk. when she lost that job she took unemployment benefits. that many example number one, and they say you received federal subsidies for farmland you owned in kansas in the 1990s. what is a small government guy doing taking government subsidy and having his wife on unemployment. >> i think when you go back 20-some years and point at s

in is murkowski in the race would split the republican vote to the benefit of the democrat scott mcadams but one pollster says something else is happening that murkowski is doing very well among independents and democrats because she is convincing them she is the only one to stop joe miller. everyone acknowledges that is a difficult race to poll because the best-known candidate isn't even on the ballot. bret? >> bret: dan springer live in anchorage tonight. thank you. >>> delaware republican candidate christine o'donnell is trying to assure voters she is not a practitioner of the black arts. she said 11 years ago as a teenager she dabbled in witchcraft. now she is doing damage control in her first ad campaign since her primary win. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. none of us are perfect, but none of us can be happy with what we see around us. >> bret: linda mcmahon was hoping to work magic monday night and put a dent in a ten-point lead by democrat richard blumenthal. it was if first showdown of a debate double-header in the state. chief political correspondent carl

you will hear from republican joe miller, democrat scott mcadams, and republican senator lisa murkowski, who is running as a write-in candidate. after that, the new hampshire senate debate. later, an illinois governor debate between democratic governor pat quinn and state senator bill brady. >> with just days until election day, follow the key races and candidates on c-span with the bait every night. go online to do -- with debates every night. online to visit -- go online to visit c-span.org. you can see the jon stewart and steven colbert rally this weekend. falsies and's election coverage through election day -- followed c-span -- follow c-span's election coverage through election day. >> we connected with elected officials and policy makers. watch live courage of the house of representatives on weekdays -- live coverage of the house of representatives on weekdays. you can see "newsmakers" on weekends. also, the prime minister's questions. c coverage of campaign 2010 as a political party's battle -- see coverage of campaign 2010 as the political parties battle for control of congress.

scott mcadams is at 28%. 18% of respondents volunteered murkowski's name. she's running as a write-in candidate. when pollsters offereder her name, her total dropped to 43%, mcadams was way behind at 14%. the problem for murkowski, there will be no one in the booth yelling out the name murkowski. we'll continue to check the "hardball" scoreboard on the big races each night leading up to election day. >>> now my interview with former minister, prime minister of great britain, united kingdom, tony blair, who's now the on va in the middle east talks on behalf of the u.n., eu, russia, and us. we spent a lot of time talking about bill clinton. i began by asking him what makes the former president, bill clinton, such a dominant politician even today. >> i think he is the master of the trade really. i mean, i think he's the single most extraordinary apt and confident politician i've ever met. and that's not because he's simply good at communicating, good at the art of politics. it's because he's actually, and this is the thing i think people don't understand about

she's now waging a write-in campaign while democrat scott mcadams trails.en tracy has more from anchorage. >> reporter: pressing the flesh at a hockey game in anchorage, republican u.s. senator lisa murkowski never expected to be on such thin ice. >> nobody was more disappointed than i was. >> reporter: she's the incumbent from one of the state's political power families. >> i'm joe miller. the true conservative choice. >> reporter: yet an unknown attorney and tea party insurgent beat murkowski in the republican primary. she is now running as a write-in candidate. the race is a dead heat. >> this will be a republican seat. the real question to alaskans is which republican do you want to represent you in washington, d.c. >> reporter: miller, who denied repeated requests for an interview, questions whether federal programs such as social security, medicare and unemployment benefits are constitutional. >> the tea party express joins. >> reporter: palin played kingmaker in the primary endorsing miller. the california-based tea party express bought $600,000 in a

but she mounted a surprising write-in bid, extending her campaign against miller and democrat scott mcadams. >> scott is not ready to lead, joe is not fit to lead. i have been leading this state -- i have been leading this state -- [ crowd boos ] >> reporter: she turned up the heat during their first televised debate sunday, trying to capitalize on miller's missteps. over the weekend, a court ruled some of his personal records had to be made public in light of revelations miller used government computers for his personal use. >> it is true during a lunch hour i did get on government computers and participated in a private poll for about five minutes. it was a mistake i made. >> reporter: he says that makes him real and accused murkowski of asking disclosure problems as well. >> would you be willing to subject yourself to the same level of scrutiny that your campaign has subjected to me? >> we filed a financial disclosure that laid out -- [ applause ] >> -- everything that i have. >> reporter: they both pulled out everything. murkowski even leaning on the late alaska senator ted stevens. >>

we are try are to earn the votes of alaskan. >> shannon: your take on mcadams running in third here,ute push? >> i don't know whether he does or not. he is out there and talking to people. he was at a debate yesterday or the day before yesterday with me here in fairbanks. frankly, you know, he is making the push that he always made and it is not resonating much with people either. ultimately we will see how the votes turn out. we have a very unusual campaign. a writein on murkowski's side. a traditional democrat and then somebody in the state saying wake up, we better look at what we have in the state, our natural resources create jobs because the federal government may be pulling the plug here soon. >> joe miller, candidate for alaska's u.s. senate seat. thank you for your time today. >> thank you for having me. >> senator murkowski and scott mcadams, of course, always welcome here on america's election head quarters. >>> there has been a firestorm regarding juan williams' firing from npr. today he talked about it on "fox news sunday." >> i think they don't like the eye de leymarie

for lisa murkowski, doing a write-in campaign. 27 and within striking distance for democrat scott mcadams. a strange case where somebody can win in a three-way even if they're on the opposite of most people. we'll continue to check the "hardball" scoreboard every night leading up to november 2, election day. >>> to the nevada senate race. we have chuck today, msnbc white house correspondent, as well. i want to start with john rol rolston. sharon angle, challenger, tea partier, delivering what i think is a cheap shot at the democratic leader, harry reid. let's listen. >> you came from search light to the senate with very little. now you're one of the richest men in the u.s. senate. on behalf of nevada taxpayers, i'd like to know, we'd like to know, how did you become so wealthy on a government payroll? >> senator reid? >> mitch, that's really a low blow. i think most everyone knows i was very successful lawyer. i did a very good job in investing. so her suggestion that i made money being a senator is simply false, and i'm really disappointed that she would suggest that. >> john, is this th

democrat scott mcadams is far behind. ben tracy now from anchorage. >> we are going to win. >> yes, we are! >> reporter: pressing the flesh at a hockey game in anchorage, republican u.s. senator lisa murkowski never expected to be on such thin ice. >> nobody was more disappointed than i was. >> reporter: she's the incumbent from one of the state's political power families. >> i'm joe miller, the true conservative choice... >> reporter: yet an unknown attorney and tea party insurgent beat mur kousk net republican primary. she is now running as a write-in candidate. the race is a dead heat. >> this will be a republican seat. the real question to alaskans will be which republican do you want to represent you in washington, d.c.. >> reporter: miller, who denied repeated requests for an interview, questioned whether federal programs such as social security, medicare, and unemployment benefits are constitutional. >> the people who are likely to vote for lisa are people who are more on the left, who are appalled by the prospect

. >> reporter: even the challenger, scott mcadams has been coming up in the polls. were it not for murkowski splitting the vote, h says, he might have a chance. all three are scheduled to face off tonight. this will behe first of a series of rapid fire debates. they have onemonday, tuesday and wednesday leaving undecided voters days left to make up their mind. >> lee cowan in alaska tonight, thanks. >>> let's go to nbc news political directornd chief white house correspondent chuck to. what is late polling saying about the races like colorado, illinois and pennsylvania where democrats are on the ropes? >> in those races democrats feel better today than they did a week ago. the once large lead pat toomey had in pennsylvania is gone. that's a dead heat. in illinois, there is a huge undecided vote because the voters seem turned off by both candidates and democrats think it will help them because the base is larger. in colorado, the republican ken buck lookedike he was getting ready to put the race away. he made that statement about gay rights on "meet the press" and ha

scott mcadams at 2%, just 18% of respondents volunteered murkowski's name. she's running as a write-in candidate. when poll sisters offered up her name, her total went up to 43%. the problem for murkowski is there will be no one in the voting booth yelling out the name mur c.o.w.kowski. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night leading up to election day. now, my interview. this is going to be great. my interview with former prime minister of great britain united kingdom, tony blair, now the envoy in the middle east talks on behalf of the u.n., the eu, russia and us. we spent a lot of time talking about bill clinton. i began by asking him, what makes the former president, bill clinton, such a dominant politician even today. >> i think he is the master of the trade really. i think he's the single most ept and competent politician i've ever met. that's not because he's good at communicating and good at the art of politics. this is the thing i think people don't understand about him sufficiently. it's all anchored in what are in fact very strong and ver

and 27% within striking distance for democrat scott mcadams. a weird case where someone could win in the three-way even if they're on the opposite side of most people. the club for growth has endorsed miller. but we'll continue to check the "hardball" score board every night leading up to the november 2nd election date. >>> now to the debate between harry reid and sharron angle. chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent as well. i want to start with john ralston but first take a look at some of the action. here's sharron angle, the challenger, the tea partier, delivering -- i think a cheap shot at the senate democratic leader, harry reid. let's listen. >> you came from search light to the senate with very little, and now you're one of the richest men in the u.s. senate. on behalf of nevada taxpayers, i'd like to know -- we'd like to know, how did you become so wealthy on a government payroll? >> senator reid? >> mitch, that's really kind of a low blow. i think most everyone knows i was a very successful lawyer,

joe miller up against democrat scott mcadams. another big name in the race is republican senator lisa murkowski. her write-in campaign appears to have an effect on the poll number. new rasmussen survey has murkowski just one point behind miller. they advise caution because polling with write-in campaign is said to be challenging. the poll is raising eyebrows. those are the senate races we're watching. 19 days to go before the midterm election. we look at whether the absentee ballots are secure. up next, security was tight on both sides. of the lebanon-israeli border >> announcer: here's a special free offer for men who are losing their hair. >> my hair always looks great, and i feel great. >> if you want to look better and if you want to feel better about yourself, hair club is the way to go. >> announcer: men, you know that getting your hair back will make you look good and improve your self-confidence like no diet or exercise program. it's a proven fact that having a thicker, fuller head of hair makes you look and feel younger,

scott mcadams has raised $861,000 and spent about $500,000 of that. the outside money reports, let me tell you about that. outside spending in the alaskan race for joe miller, $1.5 million in support of him and not much in opposition. lisa murkowski has had $1.3 million spent in support of her. not much money coming in supporting scott mcadams from outside the state. let's begin with a call from ohio. go ahead, please. caller: the amount of money they are putting into the campaigns, i would like to know why do people think that the person giving the money that is not from that state has some special-interest? host: you are concerned about the outside money going in? caller: yes, because you have to have a special reason to want to put some much money into that. you are looking for a favor. host: next is another call from ohio on our independent line. good afternoon. what is your reaction to the senate race in alaska? caller: i believe lisa not be in the debate because she was voted out. there is too much talking about things that are not as important.

attacked by miller and democratic opponent scott mcadams for taking an extraordinary measure to stayn office. >> she has neither history nor science on her side as it relates to the write-in campaign. i'm not sure what her motivation is, but for us it's about alaska. >> there is a suggestion out there that somehow or another this is my seat. the fact of the matter is this is alaska's seat. >> murkowski joins a growing list of politicians going to great lengths to cling to power. roland burris went to court to extent his time in senate. charlie crist ditched the republican party and launched a senate bid as independent when it was clear he would not win the g.o.p. nomination. long-time republican senator arlen specter switched to democrat when his left-leaning vote angered pennsylvania conservatives. >> i am not prepared to have my 29-year record in the united states senate decided by the pennsylvania republican primary electorate. >> some point to joe lieberman and his success when becoming independent and catalyst for others whose politics no long longer fit the party rigid bases. b

you have two republican candidates, the nominee, joe miller, lisa murkowski, and then scott mcadams. but these two republicans are still beating each other up it's not inconceivable that mcadams comes out on top. >> let's turn quickly to the house. let's look where it stands right now as you've been saying all year long. republicans need to pick up 39 seats in order to take control of the house. again, we're showing a better chance of that than ever. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. look at where they are right now. this is according to the abc news estimate, 194 seats favoring the democrats, 196 favoring the republicans. the toss-ups in the middle, republicans only need to pull half of them, less than half, 22, to get to the majority. in keeping here, george, really the story of what's happened in the last couple of weeks, in our estimate is the number of seats in play. if you look at the seats that are toss-up, slightly favoring republicans, slightly favoring democrats, in other words all the democratic seats in some degree of jeopardy, there are 107 democratic seats. >> that's so much gro

joe miller up against democrat scott mcadams.her big name in the race is republican senator lisa murkowski. her write-in campaign appears to have an effect on the poll number. new rasmussen survey has murkowski just one point behind miller. they advise caution because polling with write-in campaign is said to be challenging. the poll is raising eyebrows. those are the senate races we're watching. 19 days to go before the midterm election. we look at whether the absentee ballots are secure. up next, security was tight on both sides. of the lebanon-israeli border as the iran president came to town. >> bret: checking world headlines. the 33 chilean miners met with the president. he's promise to close the mind and punish those responsible for the accident that left them trapped for two months. families of the 27 miners are suing the mine's owners. several miners were expected to be released today. the french press agency reporting the miners plan to form a soccer team later this month. and play against their rescuers. iraqi officials

but republican incumbent murkowski who is running as a write-in candidate and democrat scott mcadams defended the earmark process as necessary for alaska. there was a surprising admission in the debate of nevada gubernatorial candidates thursday. republican brian sandoval voiced support for litigation against the new healthcare law. democrat rory reed, son of senate majority leader harry reid disagreed but said the law could end up hurting the state. >> i don't deny however, that nevada needs to be vigilant on the issue. the law that is passed gives time for the new system to go into effect. but there is potential for it to put significant pressure on states because medicaid rates could go up significantly. >> bret: more bad jobs numbers out of washington today. we'll talk about how that will play in next month's elections when the fox all-stars >>> we've now seen nine straight months of private sector job growth. but, that news is tempered by a net job loss in september, which was fuelled in large measure by the end of temporary census jobs, and by layoffs in state and local governm

. >> democrat scott mcadams, down in some polls by double digits, wants alaska to, quote, get its faird his wife wanted him to start wearing a tie. >> if is takes a tie to stop joe and lisa from outsourcing our jobs or our tax dollars, then that's a good reason, too. >> write-in campaigns often aren't successful. the only senator to win on a write-instrom thurmon in 1954. >> french authorities are keeping fuel supplies flowing despite a nasty nationwide strike. petroleum tankers were seen leaving and striking workers protested out the gates. the unrest is part of a growing resistance to the government's plan to raise the pension age from 60 to 62. that measure was approved by the french senate yesterday. refineries and railway services have been affected the hard e, the coming days promising more strikes. >>> fireworks thrown at riot police in italy as police protest the country's latest garbage crisis. and a festival for millionaires in russia as we go ropes the world in 80 seconds. >> italy. fireworks exploding as riot police take on protestors. mobs of people, angry over the poor co

we have roger blaine. [ laughter ] brian johnson, kyle mcadams, lisa armstrong, and gary frick. [ laughtere ] all right, guys. before you vote, i wanted to give you a quick briefing on the candidates, so listen up. [ audience aws ] listen up! thank you. gary, gary. as i'm sure you know, sharron angle is a free market purist, while harry reid believes government must play a larger role in creating jobs. gary frick, you stop it. [ laughter ] angle strongly supported arizona's recently passed immigration law while reid opposed it. these are just the basics, but should be enough to help you make an informed -- gary, you stop it right now! [ laughter ] gary -- gary frick -- thank you. you guys ready to vote? all right, let's do this. release the puppies. here we go. ♪ oh, we've got one for harry reid. we've got two for harry reid. he seems popular. four! four for harry reid. no, an independent. get over there, buddy. there you go. that's 4 to 1. well, we have our results, everybody. we have our results. the puppies have predicted, 4-1 vote, harry reid! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] harry reid will

you have scott mcadams at 23%. in florida another three-way contest.1%, cristt 26% and meek at 20%. and finally in kentucky, rand paul, close and increasingly nasty race against jack conway. rand paul at 48%, five-point spead over jack conway. so, those are some of the latest polls. let's talk, overall, about the landsca landscape. i'll do it with my round table ere, as i make my way over to them. joining me to break it all down, e.j. dionne of "the washington post," "new york times" david brooks, msnbc's rachel maddow, cnbc's rick santelli and harold ford jr. that was a mouthful. david brook, again, a snapshot of where we are, what's the big picture landscape of what's going on here? >> sort of two big pictures. if you ask generically on the national level, republicans are still doing quite well, huge leads among independents, a 59-31% lead. if you look at those numbers nationall republicans are still building momentum. in these individual races you're seeing a bit of a mixture, a lot of tightening. i'm a little dbious about that l.a. times poll that

and democrat, scott mcadams down at 22%. and that new cnn/"time" poll, remember murkowski's is running as a write-in. finally, to florida. where marco rubio is pulling away. he's up 13 points over charlie crist in a quinnipiac poll with meek way behind. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night leading up to the election day. >>> now, my interview with former president clinton. i began asking him about all of that firing negativity that seems to be dominating ever since he left office. let's talk about the phenomena in american life. since you've left office, it's gotten worse, much worse. of this fiery negativity. >> i don't know how it could get much worse, but i do think -- >> well, now it's cross parties. it seems like everybody's either far left, far right and angry as hell at the other side. political environment and a polarized media environment even increasingly. i think that part of it is that the american people are having a tough time. by the time i left office, we were growing together again since the fir