his top rival is michelle nunn who reportedly raised that.m kansas and they both voted no on the agreement to reopen the government. a couple of republicans may take a yes vote to elect the chances. steve daps could run to replace max bacchus and he has taken heat over the shut down at home and voted yes on the deal. shelly is heavily favored in the race to replace jay rockefeller. she voted yes last night in west virginia. a big benefit of federal spending. the most fascinating vote may have been mitch mcconnell. after spending most of the government shut down trying to dodge the spotlight, they wanted to lead on the bipartisan bill. the primary challenge facing the fund-raiser. this was not an easy thing for him. he raised a ton of money and democrats have been praising mcconnell's leadership. will it help or hurt him. let's talk about some of the winners and the losers. former director of the domestic policy counsel and assistant to the president. robert costa is a brand name in the house of republicans these days. the editor for the natio

i would be worried about what's happening in georgia where democrats put up michelle nunn.republican side paul brown who is not a mainstream candidate is now charging forward. and in virginia where kucinelli now tied to the shutdown is having real problems. had real problems all through the election but creating problems for his campaign. if you're looking at the politics of this, i think that democrats are doing much better than republicans are in a situation that democrats never would have asked for, don't want, would never want. >> just the opposite. they are sitting behind closed doors secretly laughing this is great. except now contrary to what they're saying they're not as happy with what's going on. that's why we see the panic and hysteria among democrats. now, this isn't going away. they expected. obama's approval polls are cratering. they're nervous how this is playing out, obama's pettiness, the way he's shutting down things he wants to shut down and lying about obama care. >> he's losing a lot of independents. >> let's not talk about who's losing independents. 70