mr. heller: i ask the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. ago on this day, nesms of freedom and equality attacked the united states and murdered thousands of innocent people. from this attack, our nation grew stronger. the -- united by our beliefs, america rose to defend the homeland and take the battle to our enemies. and it has not been easy. no, it's been a long 11 years of combat in afghanistan and iraq. but our military and its leaders have brought the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, osama bin laden to justice, and for a decade, america has been safe from the next round of attacks that we all thought were imminent 11 years ago. none of this could have been accomplished without the brave men and women of our armed forces. on 9/11, the mission of our military changed overnight. those already enlisted knew they would be heading for war, and many more joined our military knowing that they, too, would be headed for combat. from the events of 9/11, the best of america was reborn. a new generation of americans dedicated to service and preservat

mr. heller was up a few points. most polls show a tight. -- a tie. each candidate needs to find a way to break out. from heller, you can expect to see some attacks on ethics issues, which is that shelley berkley is under investigation, and this is expected to be a big issue in the race. everybody thought it would be eight games change. host: what for? guest: committee is investigating whether she used her position in congress to help benefit her husband's business. in july they made the decision to go forward with an investigation of her. this was thought to be a huge deal, especially because she is a member of congress. she is not necessarily well known in the northern part of the state. republicans have used this issue to define her to voters who did not know much about her before. what we have seen is the issue is baked in at this point in the polls. before the ethics committee made their decision, the race was pretty much a tie. host: as far as the representative is concerned, what does she have to do against the opponent? guest: what you can exp

. >> nevada senator dean heller tried to distance himself from mr. romney's comments. scott brown the senator from massachusetts, mitt romney's -- where he lives now, also doing the same. and in the case of mr. romney, he isn't backing away from the assertion that there is too much of a dependency state. though he has backed away from the idea that 47% of the folks who don't pay income taxes consider themselves victims and who are owed sort of government entitlement. none the less, mr. romney very aggressively going after mr. obama for the dependency society, watch. >> the question of this campaign is not who cares about the poor and the middle class. i do. he does. the question is who can help the poor and the middle class. i can and he can't. >> pollsterring in new polls today suggesting in battleground states mr. obama a bit of an edge. the associated press and gallup poll nationally it's still a dead even virtual tie, shep? >> shepard: carl cameron in south florida with the romney camp. the white house says the romney campaign is trying to distract voters fundraise

mr. romney's vision of 47% of americans as dependent and entitled is, quote, not the way i view the world. senator dean heller running for re-election in a tough race in nevada, likewise saying, he does not view the world the same way mitt romney does. linda mcmahon, the wrestling mogul who is running for senate in connecticut. she says she disagrees with mr. romney. mark meadows, running for congress as a republican in north carolina, says that he is different from mitt romney. lamontagne, running in new hampshire, promising not to be a partisan -- is promising not to be a partisan governor in the style of mr. romney and his 47% speech. but here's maybe the biggest panic button that there is on the republican side right now. it's from the "huffington post" today. a republican operative working on congressional races, quote, warned that in key swing states, mitt romney's support and internal polling is well below that of republican candidates in districts where the presidential nominee needs to get big support to have a chance at winning. this is the quote from the republican operative. "he is just well under