the sign says voters should use the nuclear option, a reference to the passage of national healthcare reformlier this year. >> they use the nuclear option to pass that bill so our nuclear option is to vote them out. >> reporter: heather goss is head of the east bay tea party. >> he's been vilified in the media as extremes and whackos. we're just really concerned about the state of our country, overspending and if that's fringe and whacky, i don't know what to say about that. >> reporter: from goss' perspective tea partiers in the area are independent minded who often support conservative candidates outside the republican party. cbs5 political analyst james taylor says that's at least partly because california has gained a significant number of democratic registered voters over the last four years and has lost republicans. >> if the democrats mobilize, then the tea party is largely irrelevant in california except to raise their voices and make their concerns and issues known. >> we're independent. >> reporter: even if they lose at the polls goss says they partiers believe they are making an i

i'm really, really excited about national healthcare reform, but i also feel that it's wrought with pitfalls because i believe we're going to interject a whole new set of language into the conversation, if you will. did a lot of organizing around the parity act and making sure that substance abuse was included in the language and the wellstone... substance abuse? yes, because it was the wellstone mental health parity act, so...substance abuse? am i hearing, substance abuse? yes ma'am, yes ma'am, yes ma'am. and, and you know daphne has, has quoted bill white quite a bit and, and he's truly prolific writer and agree with the title that folks had given him, the dean of recovery. but he was saying that three ways to deal with social stigma, stigmatations stigma, stigma if you will. one is to protest stigma and discrimination are illegal and you need to protest, protest that and bring it to the forefront and hold the folks that are doing it, accountable. but there also is an educational component he talks about. and then there's a contact component. and this this is not new. i got this from a 200

reformed the finance laws. and we have given the nation it first healthcare law something they've wanted for 100 years. you can talk about the economy all you want to. you have to go to black people and talk about what concerns them and you have to do the same for women or they are not going to come out based on the economy or anything else. they want to know what you are going to do. and if you want to talk about women, talk about equal pay and about your husband hasn't got a job, and you're out here earning less than men are earning. go to them with their issues. >> okay. let's talk about messaging and the democrats i think have not messaged well this cycle. i think obama in 2008 was electric for women and he talked to them and about being raised by a single mother and talked about the economy and the problems they had and pay equity. he is not doing that. he is talking about republicans. and he is talking about what they are doing to make things bad. people believe the president is in charge and should be taking care of the problems. he passed healthcare and wall street reform he is not connecting t

leader john boehner could become speaker with commitment to repeal healthcare and financial regulatory reform. a new democratic national committee ad targets republican strategist ed gillespie. >> and karl rove who sees desperation in succession of boogie men. >> they think they're so stupid americans will be excited about an ad showing gillespie stealing a person's purse in a garage. >> west wing declaring him guilty until he proves his innocence. gibbs says they will continue to raise donor concerns through the election. >> shannon: wendell goler live at the whouchlts -- at the white house, but wendell goler says you have to check the fine print for the full story. >> a new day for gas exploration, interior secretary ken salazar announced new regulation that said in his words a high bar for the rig operators to meet before they resume deep water drilling in gulf of mexico. >> most companies are going to meet the requirements. companies that won't meet the requirement in the gulf. >> rig operators should demonstrate in advance they should handle a blow-out like april 20 and ensuing worst case scenario like the b.p. oi

national election. they don't want it to be a referendum on barack obama and his presidency. they don't want to talk about healthcare reformthey want to talk about localized issue and compare their candidate to the republican candidate. in many cases they want to say the republican candidate is tea party extremist who wants to prytize social security, or saying that unemployment is unconstitutional. if they are able to make that case, and they hear themselves favorably, then you will see a lot of the races. a republican strategist quoted in the "new york times" saying there are 20 races which are half the races we thought we had in hand are now secure. if that is the case, nancy pelosi might retain control of the house of representatives. >> shannon: what do you make of the tea party fringe? any chance that it backfires? we are seeing more and more americans finding that they self-identify with the tea party. >> after being in power for two years, it's desperate to campaign against the threat of the tea party activists. that they have influence on the policy in washington. in addition to the gallup poll, the study for amer

healthcare reform, stimulus and more? bill clinton was feeling the pain earlier this week. president obama has been here for reid in nevada, too, where unemployment is 14.4%. foreclosures are at five times the national average. both the worst in the country. >> we have a lot to do. right now we are improving the xy and make sure that every nevadaen that wants to work has a job. >> sharron angle is backed by the tea party political action committee. >> we have an opportunity to send a positive message. that message is that we are going to dub harry reid on november 2. >> voters on both sides are angry at the economy and washington. neither candidate can afford a mistake on the debate. both are looking for knock-outs because it could be the last chance for either for a break-out moment. polls suggest most voters are numb to on the blizzard of misleading or overstated attack ads. >> giving illegal aliens benefits. >> the attack ad, crazy talk and outright lies. >> it's not just extreme, that's dangerous. >> reid voted to use the taxpayer dollars to pay for viagra, for child molester and sex offenders. >> it's the nastiest, hardest fought and most important senate race in the country. this evening's deb

nation needs. we can do it better and other -- >> chris: excuse me governor, other than cap-and-trade, any other areas you disagree with the obama policies? >> the healthcare reformandate, and firewall is not strong enough for abortion. i'm pro-life. we're just a different type of democrat in west virginia. >> chris: let's begin with healthcare. you just said that president obama overreached on healthcare reform, especially the individual healthcare mandate. but back just in march, when the bill was up in the house, you said if you were a congressman, "i'd be for it. you have to move this ball forward." you said you would have been in the house as a congressman, governor, you would have voted for the healthcare reform bill. >> i am for health reform. i think every american should be for health reform, because you can't sustain it. in west virginia, the most vulnerable people we have get up every morning and go to work. they have nothing to rely to -- >> chris: but mandate is part of that bill, sir. >> the bottom line is the senate should be traded -- there should be incentives for healthcare reform to people can afford healthcare. you won't mandate and dictate to

national mall, several local healthcare workers who gathered at the union office in downtown baltimore. >> most of us, i'm just trying to make the ends meet. >> the march calls for more jobs. the comprehensive immigration reform policy and more funding for education and healthcare. in baltimore, one in five people works in the healthcare industry. but they're among the lowest paid on the east coast. >> a lot of healthcare workers can't afford healthcare for themselves. >> lisa lucas austin can buy it for herself, she relies on the state to provide healthcare for her kids. others are struggling with fewer hours. >> i have a family, a house. we're not getting paid the wages we need. >> the group hopes the march helps them push forward with what's called the heart of baltimore campaign which reports free union lengthses in the nursing homes and hospitals. >> there are approximately 100,000 unorganized healthcare workers in this region. so, we expect that if there was no intimidation by their employers, that they would have the ability to join a union. >> we organize things better as far as anything. no matter what you're involved in. and your livelihood, your jobs. >> the demand for action is the first step to a

nations are responsible for more than half of the global greenhouse gas emissions and unless china is willing to play, nothing we do is going to make any difference. >> reporter: fiorina also doesn't believe president obama's healthcare reform bill will make any difference. if elected, she would vote to scrap the president's legislation. so what would do you? >> let's do the things we know work first. let's create real competition for the health insurance industry. they don't have competition today. they exist in regulated oligopolies in 50 regulated markets. we missed the opportunity to create real competition. let's engage in medical malpractice reform. we did it in california. it lowered health insurance premiums. let's do it nationwide. let's create access to more low cost clinics for routine care. all of those things we can do. none of those things did we do in this bill. >> reporter: we have offered a one-on-one interview with senator barbara boxer. we are talking to her campaign now and we hope to talk to her very soon. terrell brown, cbs 5. >> former new york mayor rudy giuliani campaigned for fiorina today in orange county. he appeared with fiorina and van tran in little saigon. he says he is backing both candidate

national party, from the party leadership in washington, and obviously a lot of these people are against the major democratic initiatives that have been passed like healthcare, and a ball straight reform. they are speaking about this in their districts. host: the squeaky wheel gets the most attention, but the silent majority may surprise you. who is hitting the trail in these districts? you mentioned former president clinton in arkansas. as vice president by than going out? guest: absolutely. he has gone to pennsylvania. some places where people would probably not bring in president obama and former president clinton is doing the same thing. we talked about this on our website over the weekend. president clinton is the most in demand in the final few weeks before election day. he is probably the only national democrat who could go into a state like west region like he did earlier this week and campaign for governor mansion who finds himself in a shockingly difficult race against republican businessman. that is another one who is trying to run away from president obama as fast as he can. he shot a bullet through the cap and trade bill in one of his campaign ads. these are the types of

national party, from the party leadership in washington, and obviously a lot of these people are against the major democratic initiatives that have been passed like healthcare, and a ball straight reform. they are speaking about this in their districts. host: the squeaky wheel gets the most attention, but the silent majority may surprise you. who is hitting the trail in these districts? you mentioned former president clinton in arkansas. as vice president by than going out? guest: absolutely. he has gone to pennsylvania. some places where people would probably not bring in president obama and former president clinton is doing the same thing. we talked about this on our website over the weekend. president clinton is the most in demand in the final few weeks before election day. he is probably the only national democrat who could go into a state like west region like he did earlier this week and campaign for governor mansion who finds himself in a shockingly difficult race against republican businessman. that is another one who is trying to run away from president obama as fast as he can. he shot a bullet through the cap and trade bill in one of his campaign ads. these are the types of