david wasserman, nrcc has spent half a million dollars. american crossroads.f a million dollars. the dccc, zero. >> what we've seen in nevada 2 is a complete absence on the part of democrats because they recognized early on in the polling here that it just was ringing up no sale. in this kind of climate when obama is at 40%, democrats are not going to win. >> so they decided not to waste their money. >> it's a way smart on democrats' part to try to cut their losses in this situation. the problem is their losses are bleeding into democratic districts right now. >> nathan, are we overrating the republican chances in new york 9? i have ohio 2 in my head. i remember all the momentum in 2005 where democrats looked like it was a very republican district and at the end of the day a lot of people still pulled the r ballot. are we going to see that tomorrow? >> the nervousness is the democratic get out to vote effort is going to be superior to republicans. but if the public polling is correct and turner is winning 30% of the democratic vote, i think he has the momentum

the nrcc is not very good at special elections. always needed environment. that to me even exponentially shows how bad the environment is for democrats. nevada 2 should have been right in the wheel house of democrats essentially stealing a seat in the special. >> sure. i mean, the track record they had over the course of the last couple years for democrats they've won special election after special election, pennsylvania, new york, you name it. so for this to suddenly go, you know, the seat we thought was safe, says a lot about barack obama and just how difficult -- >> is it the exclamation point on a really crummy summer for the president and democrats or a sign more like what steve said, of this is a tumultuous, crazy political environment. >> we heard -- we heard a lot of antiincumbent talk in 2010 but 2010 was really anti-democratic. i think right now if the election were today the republicans would gain more seats i think so right now obama is going to try to reverse the numbers for the party overall. >> all right. >> so today

you don't see pete sessions at the nrcc, he is the head of the republican congressional committee, hes a member of congress, you don't see him taking floor footage and using it in commercials. the same with dccc. it is not something that's, you know, ticky-tacky. this is something, this is one of the downside of having a member of congress head up a political committee. there is a violation here. more than bill -- go ahead. bill: we reached out to the dnc we're waiting for response on that so we'll follow that up. there is another big issue today i know you're keenly aware of, that is in congressional district 9 here in the state of new york. this is a district vacated by anthony weiner who was forced to resign in the past year. >> right. bill: it has been held by democrats since 1923. now david weferen. bob turner is the republican. the prevoting polling has this race either too close to call or republican with an edge. now polls are open until 9:00 later tonight. what is the closeness or the tightness of the race tell you about what is happening in america? >> what it tells you not

. >> big day, two races, two victories, the nrcc is very happy and our republican colleagues in the houseembers of congress. martha: this is a shocking change for this district in new york. as we said they have steadfasted lee elected democrats since the 1920s. it has a very large orthodox jewish population. mr. weprin is of that faith for them to not elect him in this district that its heavily democratic, i don't think we can under estimate what a change in this election is. are they fed up with anthony weiner and everything that happened. how good is your argument that there is a larger ramification and an indication for the future. >> the indication we have that is very clear is that the president's policies are not only not working but also in this 9th congressional district of new york and others across the country, including nevada the president has very high negatives because of his inability of his policies to create jobs and opportunities for the american people. and this was very apparent. the president had negative ratings of up to 60%. and when a president carries this kind of