they are now 50% for michael bennett, the democrat. 45% for ken buck. with 22% of the precincts reporting. >> we saw a lot of votes. going into tonight several sources said that this might be the most likely candidate for a recount. they thought it would be that razor thin. >> ifill: the law are already on the ground. >> the lawyers are already definitely on the ground. although some democrats were heartened by the early vote that they were looking at going in here. colorado along with nevada in that harry reid race are the two places that the democrats felt strongest about their ground game, about their efforts. >> i think the race is going to tighten as david. just 22% of the vote in. i think it will be much closer. >> ifill: let's move on to ohio governor's race. a couple governor's races where we still don't know the outcome even though polls closed some hours ago. john kasich a republican 50% of the vote right now with 91% of the precincts reporting. it appears to be maintaining a narrow lead over ken strickland the incumbent democratic governor. >

karl rove put $25 million into michael bennett's race. he lost that race. he spent 25 million according fec. i am not sure that was the absolutely most -- the absolute most efficient use of campaign funds. they might have taken more seats if they had more field operations. if they had done that and if rove had not done that, they might have taken 100 seats. i do not know why the democrats want to replicate that mistake. host: back to the bonds. brooklyn, new york on our line or democrats. caller: good morning to you both. i was wondering if you knew about the 99ers. everyone is talking about the 2 million newly unemployed. what about the people that have not gotten benefits since march? how are we supposed to survive? guest: i am sorry that is happening to you. it is wrong that we are not trying to find a way to help people who have been chronically unemployed. it is criminal. this is not what a just society does. we have denigrated people who have been unemployed for a long time and treated them as if they do not want to be employed. we do not include them

michael bennett has never stood for election before. even as a democrat he can kind of claim this outsider which has been very strong this year. he's running against ken buck the district attorney for weld county, kind of a rural big rural county here. and he's never run on the state level. he's got a lot of backing from the tea party. he's made some missteps and to back off some positions. michael bennett's campaign has especially in recent weeks really tried to turn the conversation from the economy where they were not doing so well, where ken buck was doing much better to social issues. there have been a lot of mailers about ken buck's stance on abortion, on other areas like that. you've just seen been bennett drive his base out on the ground strong effort here and in a race that for a long time i think the republicans have really been feeling they could pick up bennett has stayed competitive all the way throughout. it's worth mentioning that this race has overall the most outside spending of any senate race in the country. the mon m

appointed senator michael bennett wins the seat on his own. >> i'm not going back to washington to play politics, i'm going back there to fight for more jobs, better jobs. >> reporter: and with joe manchin's win, democrats held west virginia, where the president is unpopular. >> i believe washington can learn a few lessons from west virginia. a little common sense goes a long way. i can tell you that. >> reporter: in the house, republicans picked up at least 60 seats. six in the senate, but there democrats hold onto control. and we're still waiting for winners in two senate races, alaska and washington state. it will take a while. and brian, change can sweep you in and out. 18-term congressman jim overstar, one of several democratic committee chairs, defeated. he first came to office in the wave that followed watergate. brian? >> kelly o'donnell on the hill, which will take on a new feel starting with this new congress. kelly, thanks. >>> since our election night team is back together tonight, we want to talk about some of the lessons of last night, beginning here with andrea mitchell.

talking about the tea party favorite, ken buck, up against the incumbent michael bennett.polls show buck has a point or so advantage. he's benefiting from a very strong republican voter turnout. however, analysts say he has what they say boot in mouth disease. on the other side, the democrats are desperate to hold on to a state obama held two years ago. they're pouring money into the state. total so far, $40 million spent on the senate race. more outside money than any other senate race in the country. >> we'll be watching it tomorrow night. tom, thanks. >>> to the east we go to illinois. a pitched battle for the senate seat once held by president obama. carol marine of our nbc station wmaq standing by in chicago with that. hey, carol. >> reporter: hello, brian. late polls give republican congressman mark kirk a razor thin edge over alexi giannoulias in this battle for the obama senate seat. the president himself came here to rev up his troops, but in his own home state, obama's approval rating is just 46%. this race has been nasty and it's been embarrassing. kirk has had

. >> i'm michael bennett. >> i'm mark kirk. >> i'm marco rubio and i approve this message. >> soon inhat will be regarded as the good old days, we used to know who was behind those ads. they admitted it. >> i approve this ad. >> and you'd like to think that every once in a while a candidate would be greeted at home by a principled 9-year-old who would say, you're really getting down in the gutter, aren't you, dad? but now, thanks to that recent supreme court decision granting corporations the same rights of political free speech once reserved only for individuals, now we get to keep all that was bad in the worst of those attack ads. >> tell senator murray ouch. >> without ever knowing who approved them or paid for them. oh, sure, the organizations have names. >> american action network is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> patriotic, uplifting sorts of names that totally conceal the identity of the individual or organization behind them. why don't we just cut out all the intermediate stages and move right on to the inevitable. the biggest and most lucrative lottery of

that is an area that michael bennett has been focusing on for there was a cnn poll that indicated ken buck was doing better than expected in the suburbs outside of denver. what have you been seeing? guest: that as the frontline in this race. in almost always is in statewide elections in colorado. whoever wins the denver suburbs tend to win the race. republicans that i've spoken to feel very good about the male and early ballots they are seeking comment inarapho and jefferson county suburbs. thee republicans feel they havea our political coverage continues with the georgia governor's race. the debate took place at the studios of georgia public broadcasting in atlanta. it's about an hour. >> good evening, i'm john pruett. we would like to welcome our listeners be and live studio audience to the 2010 debate series originating from the studios of gpb. this is the debate involving the candidates for governor of georgia. let's meet those candidates. they are in alphabetical order, roy barnes, the democratic candidate. he's been a partner in a law firm for more than 30 years and was governor

. >> michael bennett describes his father as vibrant prior to being admitted to the hospital in the 2004a mission, i figured three days in the hospital and antibiotics and we would be done. >> within days, on his condition inexplicably worsened. >> his lead was double the normal size. it was black and red. >> he had picked up an infection in the hospital. >> they have their hands on equipment that is used on the patient, the furniture, the bed rails. the environment is contaminated. >> the inspection resulted in the invitation of his leg and eventually cost him his life. antibiotic resistant bacteria destroyed him organ by organ. >> i told them repeatedly again and again to put on gloves. >> the infections that killed mark bennett are part of the focus of the inspector general's report released today. 134,000 medicare patients result in harm in just one month. everything from wrong medications to hospital acquired infections. an additional 134,000 were harmed, but it was caught in time to reverse their condition. 44% of these were clearly or likely preventable. >> those numbers are lives

argue is much more important than the hypotheticals you're playing with, in colorado, senator michael bennett an advocate for the public option, a new strong democrat. i don't know if he's super liberal. i was just say he's strong and bold and he won. and he won with 89% of the obama voters, three points higher than his opponent because he consolidated his base. he won. in washington state, senator murray who opposed the iraq war has been a strong, progressive advocate. i wouldn't say she's super liberal. i don't even know why you're so hung up on the terminology. i would say she turned out voters, 13-point obama edge. she won a tight race. we could look at a couple who won or we could play word games. >> a couple of points for you, ari. first of all, the ten states were the ten battleground state where is the next election will be decided. they weren't random states. >> i want to add context on your poll. in our exit poll a 50-state poll. it said 56% of the voters thought the government was doing too much. and something like 30 -- and low 30s, government not doing enough. which seems to be a

and host: michael bennett will be of elected to the u.s. after pulling ahead of ken buck this morning. and returns from denver and boulder moved then it passe benk in the lead. just after this, she sent out a tweaked. -- he sent out this tweet. by the way, if you would like to see the candidates tweets go to c-span.org. you will see "continue the conversation." you can read all the tweets that are coming in from the different campaigns. newport, vt., nathan on the independent line. caller: first of all, thank you for having me on here. i stayed up until 4:00 last night, and i noticed from all the different news station that all of their race is about the fight between republicans and democrats. it is a head to head thing. i am attending college at the moment. i have heard very low status 1s ts of 18 to 21-year-olds voting. i feel like they do not want to vote because they do not have too many votes. host: did you vote? caller: to be honest, i did not, because i did not feel like loading for the person i hated the least. in host: where do go

. >> give michael bennett a big big round of applause. >> ifill: and colorado incumbent michael benett was only able to claim victory this afternoon, although his opponent republican ken buck had yet to concede. >> change is hard. we can't get it done overnight, but we can get it done together. this definitely a race for the record books. >> back to work for the people of nevada. >> ifill: in one of the most watched races of this election season, senate majority leader harry reid managed to survive a tight contest in nevada. next on his agenda, he said: finding middle ground. >> the founding fathers in their wisdom said that the house of representatives should be different from the senate. and the only way you can get things done today in the senate and in 1789 in the senate was with compromise. you have to work together. i'm hopeful and confident that when the dust settles, the republicans will no longer want to stop everything. >> ifill: reid defeated tea party-backed republican sharron angle. >> and we the people have been awakened over the last 20 months. and it's been an incredibl

he retracted it a little bit since, but the campaign jumped on that and michael bennett won. if you talk about all the benefits of this sort of thing, it can work. you see particularly in california, colorado, washington, the benefits of a clean energy future, and they are voting that way. host: how much of this issue did we see in 2010? guest: we spent quite a bit of money in state races across the country. we raised over a million dollars for candidates that we supported. we contributed about $350,000 as well. we lost our biggest race in california. we helped to donate about $1 million into that race. it was a good investment. host: on the state level, 20 states have this renewable energy standard. republicans took control of many of the state governments. where do you expect the standard will be rolled back? guest: is a good question. that is one of those proposals that have bipartisan support. if you go back to the u.s. congress, we believe that measure could still make progress in a new congress. senator bingaman passed a bill out of his committee that had 15% grenoble s

the colorado senate race, as well that ended up re-electing or -- electing for the first time michael bennett. >> kevin madden, let me ask yout about john boehner taking over as the speaker of the house in the next congress. what does he bring to the job? he's your former boss. >> yes.ss so i've done this for a living a before, talked about john boehner. but one thing you have to remember about john, it's drilled into you when you workor for him is that reform is at the heart of everything he does. when he first came togt washington, and he's been here since the late '80s, he told19 the people of his district that if they wanted to send somebody to washington to rob the federal treasury, they ought to vote for the other guy. when he first came here, he mad a name for himself as being part of the gang of seven that exposed the house banking scandal. at his core, he is a reformer. he has respect for the s institution but has always sought to make it work better for both parties and make it more transparent. i think that's something you'll see, particularly with the earmark ban. john worked very

and for the democratic senators, we have learned that michael bennett, who just won his own re-electionority leader harry reid to run the arm in charge of getting democratic senators elected. we're talking about 2012 now. i am told by one source that the ask was made and he's been thinking about it, but it's not that likely he's going to accept it. that speaks to a larger issue about the democrat's struggles in the next senate election. they have 23 incumbent seats to defend. and it's going to be an uphill battle. next up, it is a name that people who are political junkies, i know we have a lot of viewers that are junkies, will recognize floyd brown. if you go back in time, he was responsible for that infamous willie horton ad against michael dukakis. he helped push gennifer flowers into prominence in 1992 for allegations she had an affair with bill clinton. he's in the state of alaska. that's right, he's helping joe miller, the republican senatorial candidate there with his recount vote or ballot count vote and also to help with his court battles as well. he said that he's going to mak

that is an area that michael bennett has been focusing on for there was a cnn poll that indicated ken buck was doing better than expected in the suburbs outside of denver. what have you been seeing? guest: that as the frontline in this race. in almost always is in statewide elections in colorado. whoever wins the denver suburbs tend to win the race. republicans that i've spoken to feel very good about the male and early ballots they are seeking comment inarapho and jefferson county suburbs. thee republicans feel they have. mr. strickland is at the podium. let's listen in. >> let me make a suggestion. we want health care for our people. we want jobs for our working families. we want a quality education for our children. we want affordable college for our young people. in ohio, we are grateful to the president and the vice president and senator brown and our democratic friends in the house of representatives. they say the american auto industry. -- they saved in the american out of industry which saved thousands of jobs in ohio. we are grateful for resources that came to class so that w

midterm election results for you, the colorado senate race has been called for incumbent democrat michael bennett, according to the ap. this is mr. bennett's first political campaign. he was appointed to the seat vacated when ken salazar was appointed to be the interior secretary. there are still two senate races that are too close to call, in alaska and washington state. >> it's hard was that one is making a star out of britney .pears are sharor cher americans after a while get wise that the stars and the wizards and dream teams and the best and brightest really might not be what they are cracked up to be. chaos and mayhem can come to rain. henry kissinger, robyn nightmare, donald rumsfeld, just a few of the leaders critiqued derrickleebaert. >> this weekend, we'll show some of the art created by japanese americans during their time in japanese american internment camps. we'll talk about the first televised provincial the presidential debate on its 50th anniversary. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c- span3. >> the discussion on midterm elections continues now. in this panel,

campaign committee side on the colorado senate race as well that electing for the first time michael bennett. host: thanks for being with us. kevin, you are an old pro at this. let me ask in john boehner. he takes over as speaker of the house. what does he bring to the job? he is your former boss. guest: yes, so i have done this for a living before. one thing you have to remember about john, it is true when you work for him reform is at the heart of everything he does. when he first came to washington, he reminds people of this every day and he has been here since the late 1980's, he told the people of his district if they wanted to send somebody to washington to rob the federal treasury vote for the other guy. he first made a name for himself as part of the gang of seven that exposed the house banking scandal. he has great respect for the institution but sought to make it work better for both parties and be more transparent. so, i think that is something you are going to see particularly with this earmark ban. john was the last, when he was majority leader, worked hard to institute the last

where during the primary process, they actually ousted the republican party ousted -- >> brian: michael bennett that what you were just saying is that some people think that that same scenario could happen to orrin hatch this year. >> yeah. he has to look strong going into this tax showdown with president obama. the question is whether, again, the mood of the country is going to say, you know, this is not a tax cut. this is an extension of the status quo. chris christie made that point over the weekend quite brilliantly. stay with that momentum. i don't think you have to start compromising right off the bat. meet with the president first. it's a little odd that he's already floating that. >> steve: right, but laura, we're talking about a crazy lame duck session of congress, anything could happen. >> well, yes, it could. but again, i think the president is still looking at 2012 right around the corner. i think he's going to be a little more careful then charging right from the left again. i don't see that happening. you're going to see a compromise on this issue. >> brian: we're going to see, th

michael bennett, that is probably one of the most amazing results of the election cycle in colorado. in this environment, to win reelection, they feel they were able to make their argument pretty well. they contrast that with the house. they over performed in the house. at some point, there has to be accounting for that. >> who controls the agenda? is it still obama? is it john painter -- john boehner? >> nobody asked, are you still relevant, but you know they were thinking about that from the last time. what do you think? >> to some degree, house republicans did. they control -- that is one thing they always said about harry reid. we don't control the schedule or the calendar. in the house, and john boehner will. he and his leadership will decide what comes up for votes. in that regard, no longer can they sit on the sidelines and throw grenades over the fence. they have to write legislation and send it to the congressional budget office, and go through that waiting period of wondering if it will cut the deficit for not. they will have to put that out there. the president is the pres

meanwhile, karl rove put $6.5 million into michael bennett's race, which he lost. the second biggest aid he dumped money into was misery, i believe, which was a landslide -- was missouri, i believe, which was a landslide. i do not think that would be the most efficient use of political funds. i believe the republicans could have taken a lot more seats if they had an efficient field officer. a lot of the races were very close this year. if they had actually done that, they may have taken 100 seats. so, thank host: back to the funds. brooklyn, n.y., on our line for democrats. caller: good morning to you both. i was wondering if you knew about the 99ers. they're talking about the 2 million newly unemployed. the statistics show is closer to six with four million who are long term. what about the people who have been out of benefits since march for april? hard to support them? guest: i am sorry this is happening to you and i think it is deeply, deeply wrong that we're not trying to find a way to help people who have been chronically unemployed. it is criminal. this is n

they still won two-thirds of hispanic and hispanic saved michael bennett and especially harry reid where sharron angle backfired. young people, 57%. college-educated white women wavered. i will come back to that but still in the high forties. the turnout was down. the rest of the white electorate, and by that i mean blue-collar white men and women and college-educated white men all of which tend to be skeptical of government and the move sharply to the point where according to the exit polls the republicans won 60% of the white voters. in the history of the exit poll this goes back to 1982, no party had forgotten 60% not even 1994. there's another data set that goes back to 1952 which does the national election study of the university of michigan, and in that only twice in the party had gotten that high, 1974 and 1964 for the democrats. the erosion was the greatest among of the blue-collar voters who had been skeptical to begin with and had been hit hard by this recession and also tend to be the dubious the government will do anything to make their lives better. democrats only 134% of th

yesterday, we learned that michael bennett is the new senator from colorado., we learned that pat quinn is reelected as governor of illinois. good news for democrats. and we also learned that patty murray is now confirmed, in fact, reelected in washington state. she was happy to except yesterday. >> i am grateful for this tremendous opportunity. i want to thank all of the voters of a will to fight my opponent who called me just a while ago to congratulate me and i want to thank him and his family. i know what a sacrifice it is. >> she said that on health care, she is not opposed to repeal. >> we will move forward on health care reform. we will now see what the republicans have to offer. i will say this, i am not putting our families back at risk again. >> good for you, good for her. we are glad she is back in there. alaska is the next shoe to drop. they say they will check out all of the right in votes, but it looks likely some rakowski is going to walk away and come back to washington as the incumbent senator reelected no thanks to her republican party. scott

scapes i think that you saw the hispanic vote have a big impact for harry reid in nevada, for michael bennettin colorado. they had some impact, probably, in the margin in the susana martinez race in new mexico. >> right. yeah, a few of the house races, but the democrats just barely pulled out of the fire, i mean, hispanic act activists can certainly take some credit for that. >> anybody want to be the brave last questioner? >> thank you. hi, i'm brad finch with congressional management foundation. there's a piece in "roll call" today where a number of surveys show that the vast majority of the american public, talking 60, 70, 80% numbers want compromise and want the two parties to work together. three different surveys in this. if you had to bet on those issues or those areas where there is potential compromise in both the president and the republican leaders have thrown out a couple ideas, where would you say is the area of potential compromise in the 112th? >> why don't we go quickly down the whole row. >> i would say on the budget, but on the margins. there'll be some areas they'll find co

senator reed actually won his race more comfortably than a lot of us imagined, you know, michael bennett that's probably one the most amazing results of the election cycle. >> in colorado? >> in colorado, appointed senator in this environment in that state to win reelection. they feel they were able to make sure argument in some cases pretty well and contrast that with the house where, you know, if the republicans may be slightly under performed in the senate, they overperformed in the house, and you know, at some point there has to be an accounting for that. >> who controls the agenda? is it obama or john boehner? >> nobody asked the president at the press conference yesterday if you're still relevant, but you know they were thinking about it. what do you think? >> i think to some degree the house republicans do. they're in a position to control -- that's the one thing the senator republicans always said about harry reed when something goes wrong, we don't control the schedule or calendar. well, in the house, if john boehner is leader, he will. they will decide what comes up for votes a

they still won two-thirds of hispanic and hispanic saved michael bennett and especially harry reid where sharron angle backfired. young people, 57%. college-educated white women wavered. i will come back to that but still in the high forties. the turnout was down. the rest of the white electorate, and by that i mean blue-collar white men and women and college-educated white men all of which tend to be skeptical of government and the move sharply to the point where according to the exit polls the republicans won 60% of the white voters. in the history of the exit poll this goes back to 1982, no party had forgotten 60% not even 1994. there's another data set that goes back to 1952 which does the national election study of the university of michigan, and in that only twice in the party had gotten that high, 1974 and 1964 for the democrats. the erosion was the greatest among of the blue-collar voters who had been skeptical to begin with and had been hit hard by this recession and also tend to be the dubious the government will do anything to make their lives better. democrats only 134% of th

senator reed actually won his race more comfortably than a lot of us imagined, you know, michael bennettthat's probably one the most amazing results of the election cycle. >> in colorado? >> in colorado, appointed senator in this environment in that state to win reelection. they feel they were able to make sure argument in some cases pretty well and contrast that with the house where, you know, if the republicans may be slightly under performed in the senate, they overperformed in the house, and you know, at some point there has to be an accounting for that. >> who controls the agenda? is it obama or john boehner? >> nobody asked the president at the press conference yesterday if you're still relevant, but you know they were thinking about it. what do you think? >> i think to some degree the house republicans do. they're in a position to control -- that's the one thing the senator republicans always said about harry reed when something goes wrong, we don't control the schedule or calendar. well, in the house, if john boehner is leader, he will. they will decide what comes up for votes an

campaign committee side on the colorado senate race as well that electing for the first time michael bennett anks for being with us. kevin, you are an old pro at this. let me ask in john boehner. he takes over as speaker of the house. what does he bring to the job? he is your former boss. guest: yes, so i have done this for a living before. one thing you haveo remember about john, it is true when you work for him reform is at the heart of erything he does. when he first came to washington, he reminds people of this every day and he has been here since the late 1980's, he told the people of his district if they wanted to send somebody to washington to rob the federal treasury vote for the other guy. he first made a name for himself as part of the gang of seven that exposed the house banking scandal. he has great respect for the institution but sought to make it work better for both parties and be more transparent. so, i think that is something you are going to see particularly with this earmark ban. john was the last, when he was majority leader, worked hard to institute the last earmarkban.

-- contests and states, you saw the hispanic vote had a big impact for harry reid in nevada,, michael bennett in our vital -- that had some -- in colorado -- they have some impact in the race in new mexico. the democrats just barely pulled out of the fire. hispanic activists can certainly take credit for that. >> anyone want to be the brave'' last questioner? >> i am brad pitch with congressional management foundation. there is a piece in will call today at the polls together a number of surveys that show that the vast majority of the american public wants compromise and wants the -- and want the two party to work together. if you had to bet on those areas where there is potential compromise, where would you say is the area a potential compromise? >> why don't we go quickly down the road. >> i would say on the budget, but on the margins. there will be some areas to find common ground, but i do not expect common ground on entitlements. education is an area where there could be some agreement. i think energy, perhaps there will be some agreement. >> i agree about energy policy. not necessarily

bennett in the end zone. toward the end of the first he found johnny knox for anotherred the pass to go up 14- 3. the turning point in the game, when the defence forced michael vick to throw his first interception of the season. cutler took advantage of the turnover to find earl bennett once again for a td pass. the defense held their own the rest of the way. the bears win 20 -- 31-26. today greg olson spoke about the team's over all effort. >> to be an all round team, a super bowl caliber team you need to play well on both offense and defence. for a while around here it's been pretty well recognized the defense has been kind of the top dog and really carried this team for a lot of years. and offense, we have taken a lot of pride in saying eh beer going to be just as good as our defense. we're going to split up as many points as possible and take the pressure off them, they don't have to win every game. >>> packers down 7 to the falcons less than a minute to go. aaron rodgers finds you're denelson to tie it with 55 seconds left. but on the ensuing kickoff eric wiens returns it to the 36. tack on a face mask penalty and they get into the field goal range, mat

bennett. you see hatch taking steps in utah. >> let's talk about a guy i once voted for, that's michael steele -- it is an absolute embarrassmenthat a country like ours has no african-american senators starting now because burruess i out and kirk is in. >> we just elected two new african-american republicans to congress. >> the house. does it bother you, steve, we have no black senators? >> yes, it does. i think michael steele would be glad to know you support him and he probably wishes you were an rnc member. >> for michael steele, the first african-american chairman of the republican party is now being run out by the usual crowd that doesn't think he did a sufficiently good job. i know if michael steele was supposed to win 80 seats or 90 seats or 100 seats, what it would have taken to make them happy, but they're unhappy with michael steele. >> you were good on that, but republican. why knock a guy who's got a winning record like babe ruth? from the time he got in there, he won new jersey, virginia, then took the house of representatives with a 60 something victory. >> here's the bottom line. for the chairman's race. you can'

robert bennett lost his bid for renomination this year to a tea party candidate and hatch could be next. >>> we're back. one of the stars of last week's midterm blowout is rnc chairman michaelsteele. so after an impressive record of wins, why is the gop looking for a candidate to run against him? joining me now, chris cillizza managing editor of post politics.com and bob cable, republican party chairman here in the district of columbia. first, i want to you go to you, mr. chairman. first congratulations on being a true minority in washington washington. you are a minority in the republican party in this town. why are you folks or anybody talking about dumping a guy. look at the record of success. chris christie of new jersey, bob mcdonnell of virginia, scott brown in massachusetts. then picking up six senate seats, more than 60 house. i hope michael runs. i know he's thinking about it still. >> who's out to get him? >> from day one there's been a group of people who didn't think michael steele should be chairman of the rnc. some are still members of the rnc and some are off the committee. i think the facts speak for themselves. i think with michael's election victories and

bennett. thanks very much. you're in san diego at the republican governor's association meeting and i take it there's murmuring from hailey barbour against michaeln? >> there's some talk about michael steele. the real talk of the crowd is about all the presidential candidates that a lot of people think are here. i had a panel today within d ji and barbour and there's talk about replacing michael steele. i think a lot of people feel he did a decent job. the party did well in the last elections but it may be time for a change. we have to see what michael cities. we that have three or four other candidates. >> for the chairmanship. i know you're a democrat, donna, you're looking at it from the outside, but this is a guy who was chairman of the republican party the last two years. the republicans had enormous successes. does he deserve to be kicked snout. >> no, i don't think so. i think michael steele has done a great job in recruiting information run as republican candidates for the first time in history we have african-americans republicans serving in congress. you saw nikki haley, susanna martinez. michael has a lot of grassroots support. if the

bennett that's a power sweep coming around the side. a new fashioned look called bulky chic. we're a great and diverse party and a big party. michael barone, the guy who makes these big studies of elections said this may have been all things considered the biggest republican victory ever when you lock at what happened. in the house and senate federal level, the governors, wonderful new group of governors we have here and the state houses. extraordinary victory. two years ago i remember haley barber said get your chin up. don't look at your feet. get your head

they still won two-thirds of hispanic and hispanic saved michael bennett and especially harry reid where sharron angle backfired. young people, 57%. college-educated white women wavered. i will come back to that but still in the high forties. the turnout was down. the rest of the white electorate, and by that i mean blue-collar white men and women and college-educated white men all of which tend to be skeptical of government and the move sharply to the point where according to the exit polls the republicans won 60% of the white voters. in the history of the exit poll this goes back to 1982, no party had forgotten 60% not even 1994. there's another data set that goes back to 1952 which does the national election study of the university of michigan, and in that only twice in the party had gotten that high, 1974 and 1964 for the democrats. the erosion was the greatest among of the blue-collar voters who had been skeptical to begin with and had been hit hard by this recession and also tend to be the dubious the government will do anything to make their lives better. democrats only 134% of th

>> moving own to the other states spnspn >> senator michael bennett at 47%, about a 6,000 vote difference between the two. and finally in alaska, there is the write-in candidate of lisa murkowski hoping to be the first u.s. senator to win since 1964 when strom thurmond won as the write-in candidate. scott mcadams with 25% of the vote and joe miller the republican nominee at 34% of the vote. keep in mind there are a number of write-in candidates and the 34% could be a little deceiving and could be a couple days until we know the official winner in the alaska senate race. in florida, the governor race where alex sink and rick scott are vying to succeed charlie crist who the former republican turning independent losing his bid for the u.s. senate p race and scott ahead 49% to sink's 48%. we're going to your phone calls. first up is jacqueline from fontana, california, democrat's line. good morning. i should say good evening to you in california. caller: hi, how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i'm really disturb sod much outside interest money has gone into helping to assist the repub