meg whitman has just unloaded, on locked her bank account and dumped money into it -- unlocked her bank account and dumped money into her race. whitman will dig much deeper than fiorina. they have the assets to be competitive in races where they could make a difference. >> sharon and goalie in nevada has 67% of the vote. engle in nevada has 67% of the vote. good evening to you, gerry from the republican line. >> good evening. i just want to say that the republicans -- there is a lot of enthusiasm, but it is almost all tongue-in-cheek. the republican electorate is waiting for the senior republicans to really come forward and apologize for their extremely poor behavior on everything from the fence on the border to this horrible socialist financial meltdown. -- meltdown that they have largely been responsible for, beginning with george bush. the republican electorate is trying to get the republicans one more shot, a last chance opportunity. but if they continue to do the dog and pony show they have been doing, it is going to result in a split third party kind of thing. i am apprehensive of

meg whitman, former ceo of the day, will face former gov. jerry brown. former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina defeated two republicans -- two other republicans with more political experience. in nevada, tea party candidate -- tea party-backed candidate sharon ankle will face off against senate majority leader harry reid on election day 2010. we will get to all the results during the first hour this morning. we also want to hear from you, how do you read the election results so far during this election cycle. you can start dialing in now. phone number is are on your screen. joining us from hot line is john mercurio, executive editor. he will be with us for the first half hour and then his colleague amy walter will join us for the last half hour of this morning's hour-long segment. john mercurio, let's dig in little deeper. starting with blanche lincoln's win in arkansas. now, what does she face going forward this general election? guest: make no mistake, blanche lincoln is still the most vulnerable senate incumbent up for reelection in 2010. there has n

. >> meg whitman this is a question we've seen this in politics in california too.those folks who have tried to buy campaigns, we've seen millionaires, come in. >> woodruff: she spent a lot of money. >> she spent $80 million thus far. the question is here we have in some ways, she is the outsider. she is a new person against jerry brown who will be the democratic nominee. >> woodruff: assuming she wins. >> assuming she wins which she is very far ahead of steve poizner, her opponent. in some ways it started off as an outsider, insider jerry brown has been in politics in california forever. the brown name is sin om muss with democratic politics in the state. but remember for many voters in california, especially those under 40, they don't remember that he was the governor and they've sure seen a lot of meg whitman on tv for the last couple of months. unclear who the incumbent is at this point. >> woodruff: i'm going to move on to nevada. republican senate primary harry reid in danger-- endangered incull bent, the senate majority leader and the ground is shifting in th

and meg whitman as a corporate c.e.o. in a year in which corporate america is not everybody's favorite friend, will have to answer about some of her ties to goldman sachs and also demonstrate after arnold schwarzenegger that she can make sacramento work as an outsider and not somebody with a lot of experience. this is going to be a wonderful and interesting race and as you say, one that's going to break all records for spending. >> woodruff: it's often said california may be the toughest state in the country to govern. amy, all the way across the country to south carolina, everybody was talking about the that race. nikki haley just barely missed getting 50%. she's got a runoff, but she's now considered to be the favorite. what's the lesson here? >> i wish-- well, one is , can you actually run a gubernatorial race where a candidate agrees to take a lie detector test? that, to me, was one of my favorite parts here. i think the lesson is this is a great case where the anti-establishment candidate was able to still keep that

he faced meg whitman who won the republican nomination.re are their speeches and los angeles. >> q for being here. -- thank you for being here. i know you one but [unintelligible] there is another team up there. anyway, by the way, i have done this before. [applause] still, i want to thank you. i want to thank everyone out there that boded today. the best years are still ahead. i want to thank the mayor for being here today, standing with me, i appreciate that. [applause] the sheriff, really important [applause] there is one other person who is actually more important than these people. that is my wife, anne. [applause] she is the one who figured all this stuff out. nevertheless, keeping up with her has given me the preparation to keep up with california. again, thank you very much we are here on a very auspicious occasion. i am here as the democratic candidate for governor, yes. [applause] i did not check but i think we made. [laughter] i am also here as a californian who is disgusted with the awful mess in sacramento and the policy -- an

on the republican side it a shootout between meg whitman former c.e.o. of ebay and steve poisner. he started as a moderate republican and has turned sharply right and has been trying to challenge whitman by saying she is not conservative enough. that is -- she is adamant that she will be tough as nails on, say immigration on border security. the big difference in that race is meg whitman made a lot of money running ebay and she is spending a lot of it running for governor. and ppoizner is not poor and he has more than $20 million spent. but whitman is pushing nine figures in the primary. at least $80 million of her own money. even in california that is hard to compete against. host: one of those races we will be following. might be on the air until 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. waiting for results from california and nevada, which we will talk about in a couple of minutes. a call now from savannah, georgia, leonard, democrat, on the line. tkpwhrao good morning, fellas. you are talking about specific races. a few weeks ago there were the predictions about the democrats losing so many seats and

you have meg whitman and carly fiorin two top executives who are spending a ton of money to run for governor senate. they are also being challenged on the right and some accusing them of being too moderate. it would be interesting to see if the money they have spent can put them over the top, this movement in the republican party to shift more to the right. the same thing is happening in nevada, where you have three repuicans fightingo challenge the senate majority leader harry reid. a lot of people are eager to see what kind of a candidate will be put up against him. and some other interesting races. in south carolina, the governor's race, the republican primary recently heated up wit a lot of allegations of sexual infidelity and that sort of thing. that race has become interesting as well. host: give us a sense of what the takeaway maybe from tuesday. it is early to tell, but if some of the more conservative candidates win, does that give a signal as to how the general election may go? guest: i think one thing people may look for, particularly in the early republican primaries, you have se

in california's gubernatorial race, republican meg whitman, a former e-bay executive, already has spent more than $70 million in her bid against state insurance commissioner steve poizner. in south carolina voters are choosing a successor for republican governor mark sanford in a race charged with allegations of infidelity against one of the candidates. opening statements in the federal corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich began today. a federal prosecutor alleged blagojevich was part of a series of illegal shakedowns. he has pleaded not guilty to trying to profit from his right to pick someone to fill president obama's former senate seat. blagojevich arrivedate the courthouse in chicago smiling and joking with journalists. he told them the government has lied to the media and the public about the case. general motors announced it's recalling a million-and-a-half vehicles worldwide because of the potential for fires. the recall affects several pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles and passenger cars from the 2006 to 2009 model years. gp plans to disable a heated

congratulations3 good friend and colleague, meg whitman. will now be offered two candidate at the top of our ticket who have acttally created jobs and cut costs, and we look forward to taking onnthe two career politicians on the other side. [applause] but the team mark -- the team work that has brought us here can not end here tonight. so, as we celebrate -- and it looks like you have been having a heck of a party -- [applause] let us remember that beginning tomorrow, and through november 2nd, we are going to run a tireless, fearless campaign all across california to finally%+ unseat barbara boxer. [applause] >> beat barbara boxer! beat barbara boxer! >> in her 28 years as a career politician in washington, d.c., barbara boxer is a bitter partisan who has said much but accomplished little. she may get an "bayh" -- "a" for politics, but she gets an "f" for achievement. she did say something recently that i agree with. she said that this election offers the clearest choice in the nation. i could not agree more. she is on the friige of america

on the republican side it a shootout between meg whitman former c.e.o. of ebay and steve poisner. he started as a moderate republican and has turned sharply right and has been trying to challenge whitman by saying shes not conservative enough. that is -- she is adamant that she will be tough as nails on, say immigration on border security. the big difference in that race is meg whitman made a lot of money running ebay and she is spending a lot of it running for governor. and ppoizner is not poor and he has more than $20 million spent. but whitman is pushing nine figures in the primary. at least $80 million of her own money. even in california that is hard to compete against. host: one of those races we will be folling. might be on the air until 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. waiting for results from california and nevada, which we will talk about in a couple of minutes. a call now from savannah, georgia, leonard, democrat, on the line. tkpwhrao good morning, fellas. you are talking about specific races. a few weeks ago there were the predictions about the democrats losing so many seats and our

according to the washington post, it is between meg whitman. it is then of roller-coaster ride.he began as an unknown but quickly changed that by expanding tens of millions of dollars on her campaign. that money paid for advertisements making the case that putting a boston -- businesswomen in the office is the only solution to their fiscal problems. then came the attack ads that painted her as a liberal on immigration. let's go to texas where canada is on our democrats line. on our- where anna is democrats lines. caller: what motivates me to vote? the fact that i lost two nephews in iraq and who will be going to afghanistan. i feel like if you have a criminal -- if you have a criminal mind, especially minorities when you do not get out and vote when you have the right to vote. if we deny ourselves the right to vote one day it that will be taken from us. and nobody can complain. thank you. host: let's go to kansas. john, republicans line. hi, john, are you with us? welcome. go ahead. what motivates you to vote in primaries? caller: hopefully they find the right person to run in t

meg whitman said career politicians in washington and sacramento be worn because you now face your worst nightmare, two businesswomen from the real world who are able to create jobs, balanced budgets, and get things done. next is a call from scranton, pennsylvania. thomas, democrat's line. caller: good morning. i think it should be on the issues and not agenda. gail collins had a common -- -- column today. host: what did you think? caller: i heard somebody talking about. this country is run by money. i want working people to run for office. the mailman, the truck driver, the milkman. i want the firefighter. even police officer. i don't want these rich people. it is not big government, big corporations running the country. my father told me years ago a starving dog will eat so much and then he will stop because he knows if he eats any more he will throw it all up but the rich never get enough. never get enough. this is what happens in the gulf coast. the oil companies never get enough. a starving dog knows more, to stop eating. but they are taking the money. this country is going downhill

the lady meg whitman and california spent $60 million of her own million. host: i think i saw a figure of 75 million, to $80 million produce still there? caller: just think about that. this is just one person who is able to spend more money than labor was able to put a begins blades lincoln. she spent $75 million of our own money and this is someone who worked for a big corporation. i just want to remind people that the supreme court just made this ruling that corporations -- you take the chamber of commerce and they can bring all the corporations together and bring as much money into these races as they can. the unions will go extinct and people will sit around and wonder why they are only making $10 an hour and they have no representation. one of your callers made a comment about. -- about van jones. the only person was still talks about him in the news is glenn beck. host: california -- it says a big winner in this week's primary with northern california. this piece is from jim carlton from "the new york times." "the washington times" says mccullough los