now president obama is coming to maine to support mike michaud and all the while half the state thinks that the independent guy, eliot cutler, the spoiler candidate, half the state thinks he just dropped out so it's now a two-man race. it seems that way but technically eliot cutler didn't really drop out today. it seemed like he was, but then he said that he wasn't. people thought he did. did he? in one very clear way, he didn't get out today. and it turns the out this is important. because had eliot cutler taken his name out of the running today formally with the secretary of state's office in maine, then anyone who cast their ballot for him among the 53,000 voters who already voted in the state, if he formally took his name out of the running today, then those 50,000 voters would have gotten a chance to pick somebody else because their candidate was out of the race, but he didn't formally take his name out whatever other confusion he called today. 53,000 people who may have voted, if you voted for eliot cutler, you voted for a guy who may or may not be running. he's staying in sort o

the democrat is mike michaud. he is finishing his sixth term in congress representing the second district. is a former president of the main state senate and a former paper mill worker. please welcome the candidates. [applause] over the next hour, i will be posing questions to the candidates. we will not be running a stopwatch, but if things run long, i will step in and keep things moving. they will be able to engage each other and respond to claims. this should allow us to have a substantive discussion on as many issues as possible. candidates will be given the opportunity to pose a question to each opponent later in the hour. each man will have one minute for an opening statement. lots were drawn, and wouldn't you know it, it came out alphabetically anyway. let's begin. we are about to hire a leader for maine. eliot cutler, although you have run before, your something of a mystery. i am not sure that you have managed anything in the last five years that they can identify easily. why should you be next governor?

he spoke to a packed crowd in portland, maine at a rally for gubernatorial candidate mike michaud. >>> former president bill clinton on hand in louisville campaigning for aliso alison lundergan grimes. hillary clinton will campaign with her on saturday in lexington. that one is tight. >>> in louisiana, republicans are calling for apology from democratic senator mary landrieu. after the low approval ratings in the south are tied to race. saying the south, quote, has not always been the friendly place for african-americans. >>> and christie is stumping for candidates in arkansas following new mexico and iowa and colorado. the second trip to iowa this week for christie as he keeps the door open for the possible 2016 presidential run. >> tracing christine romans roots. >> a lot of people asking me does christie's form of the reporter on the campaign trail -- the brash confrontation work in iowa? iowa nice. a lot of republicans don't think christie's brand -- >> confrontational politics. >> he has been there twice. we will see. >>> 16 minutes after the hour. i want to get an early look at

he spoke to a crowd in portland, maine for democrat mike michaud. >> the president is not making a stopky, but bill clinton will. he was on hand in louisville campaigning for alison grimes. she is rallying support as she faces off with mitch mcconnell. hillary clinton will campaign with grimes in lexington and northern kentucky on saturday. >>> and some republicans are calling for an apology after comments mary landrieu made about race. >>> and chris christie picking up frequent flyer miles. he is stumping for candidates in arkansas and kansas today following stops thursday in arizona, new mexico, colorado and iowa. that was the second trip in iowa this week for christie. he is keeping the door open to possible 2016 presidential run. >> he is the chair of the republican governor's association. this is why you become the chair. you want to be president so you can travel the country and campaign for other governors and ultimately win support. >> shaking hands. drawing on support. this is the time where they are counting down every minute. every minute is packed and every minute matters fo

and mike michaud is tied with paul lepage.e look at rick snyder, has a two-point edge over democrat mark shower in michigan. that's within the margin of error. republican charlie baker has opened up a seven point lead against democrat martha coakley to be the next governor of massachusetts. and undecided voters in new hampshire are weighing their options after the final debate between democratic senator jeanne shaheen and republican scott brown. the latest poll shows senator shaheen has an eight-point lead against the former republican from massachusetts. they clashed on the response to ebola, obamacare and imabrais n immigration. >> what do you see going right in the economy in sullivan county and what is going wrong and please be specific? >> you're right, geography plays a role along the southern border we have more jobs, more opportunity. infrastructure and other opportunities up north are difficult. one of the biggest opportunities is tourism. one of the biggest opportunities is ski areas and trails store snowmobiles. i s

and up in maine, paul lepage is tied with mike michaud at 42.d to find a pattern except maybe generally people don't like incumbents. >> here's one thing i noticed. four years ago was a great year to be running as a republican for governor. lots of tea party support. some of these governors got in four years ago when they might not have gotten in at another time. that was certainly true in florida. now they've got to run in a different climate. a climb that's less friendly. they have records to run on. so while it looks like a good night for republicans in the senate. not such a good night for republicans as governor. although there are some democratic governors in trouble too in colorado and connecticut. but more of them on the republican side are looking pretty chancy. >> what's the pattern? in connecticut, you had a tax increase. i know connecticut is very tax averse. is that it? >> i think americans are pretty fed up with politics and politicians. they don't think the economy is looking good for them, whatever the experts say has happened wi

he plans to headline a rally for democratic gubernatorial candidate mike michaud. >> he's trying to unseatthe republican governor. the president is expected to continue campaigning through the weekend just before the votes are counted. >> there will be a familiar face today at one of ther voting locations in maryland. governor martin o'malley plans to cast his ballot in baltimore city in a last-minute push to encourage marylanders to vote early. >> o'malley's vote comes on the last day of early voting in maryland. marylanders can cast their ballots from 10:00 a.m. till 8:00 tonight at several locations across the state. former secretary of state hillary clinton will also make a public appearance today in our region. she'll headline an early vote event for anthony brown at university of maryland college park. >>> an election day referendum here in the district is making national headlines. >> next tuesday d.c. residents will decide if marijuana sales should be taxed and repg lated similar to the way they do -- regulated similar to the way they do in colorado. we have more on a public hearin

the maine governor debate between paul lepage, mike michaud and eliot cutler. later, the alaska governor's debate. his independent challenger, bill walker and caroline cliff. sunday's georgia's governor debate between jason carter, governor deal, and andrew hunt. this hour-long debate is courtesy of the atlanta press club. ♪ >> the 2014 atlanta press club loudermilk young debate series brought to you live from georgia public broadcasting. the race for governor. >> good evening, i am brenda wood. we would like to welcome you and our live studio audience to the atlanta press club loudermilk young debate series, originating from the studios of georgia public broadcasting in atlanta. this is the debate between the candidates for georgia's governor. let's meet the candidates. they are in alphabetical order, jason carter, who has represented the 42nd senate district in the georgia state legislature since 2010. incumbent nathan deal has been the governor since 2011 and andrew hunt is the founder and former ceo of a nano technology company. let's meet our analysts. jim

the maine governor debate between paul lepage, mike michaud and eliot cutler. later, the alaska governor's debate. his independent challenger, bill walker and caroline cliff. sunday's georgia's governor debate between jason carter, governor deal, and andrew hunt. this hour-long debate is courtesy of the atlanta press club. ♪