nunn: . wartime?fford: in 2012 the democratic party finally put a plank in the platform allowing individuals the freedom to decide who they wanted to marry. were you in favor of the government of the democratic party before 2012 or argue in favor of it now? nunn: through the campaign i said i believe all people should have the same right as my husband and i. [cheering] that's been my position throughout the campaign. >> moderator: mr. perdue? perdue: i grew up in middle georgia working on the family farm. you said some very positive things about agriculture yet indoor plant you rank agriculture as number 18 on the list of priorities. in issue number 30 by question to write is gore campaign just a well-funded efforts to deceive the voters of georgia? nunn: for you to question my credentials is somewhat ironic. i've been born here. i am a ninth generation and i served in the same organization for 26 years. while you were spending your career outsourcing jobs according to your own deposition so i learned

the policies of president obama and michelle nunn.president himself said, "make no mistake, these policies are on the ballot." >> woodruff: perdue, a 64-year- old former corporate executive and first time candidate, is trying to take advantage of president obama's unpopularity with most georgia voters, by saying his democratic opponent, michelle nunn, would be a rubber stamp for obama policies. it's an argument that perdue supporters, like 31-year-old massage therapist and mother of three, erin krenz, who regularly volunteers to make calls and knock on doors for him, enthusiastically embraces: >> because there are so many bad policies coming out of washington that are going to kill all of the jobs, that are killing jobs right now. there are small business owners trying to put their heads together, figuring out "how am i going to surmount this obamacare thing." >> woodruff: meanwhile, the 47- year old nunn, daughter of former four-term georgia democratic senator sam nunn, has spent her adult life running large non-profit volunteer serv

nunn. [applause] our libertarian candidate amanda swafford. [applause] the format of the debate is as follows. each candidate will get a one-minute opening statement, they will then answer questions from our panelists, who i will introduce in a minute. they will then be allowed to question one another. then more questions from the panelists, and then one minute closing statement. that is the format. our panelists going left to right, the special projects editor with wmaz macon, mr. randall savage. host and reporter with gpb radio, ms. leah fleming. news anchor and reporter in atlanta. and veteran columnist with the "ajc," mr. jim galloway. candidates, analysts, crowd, thank you for being here tonight. we are officially underway, and we will begin with a one minute opening statement as drawn. mr. perdue, you have the honors. >> thank you. wow, great to be home. welcome to perdue country. [applause] folks, this race is not about michelle nunn, it is not about me. it is about the direction of

he's running against michelle nunn, the daughter of a very famous georgia politician, sam nunn.taken the lead in the polling average. a state that republicans figured at the start of the year was theirs. if those assumptions had held. if these states hadn't gone crazy, then republicans would have georgia. republicans would have kansas. no sweat. republicans are at 51. this thing is over before we get to colorado and iowa. instead, because david perdue is stepping it, because michelle nunn has run a very good campaign, because georgia is changing and because of all the chaos in kansas, republicans are stuck at 49 when we start making assumptions, and you have a real battleground and real suspension on election night. >> steve kornacki, thank you very much. coming up next here, two senators put politics aside for one common goal, staying alive. it's a decent goal as that goes. senators martin and jeff joining us live to explain. here's what they told david letterman last night. >> you were unable to start a fire. that's embarrassing for both of you. >> you're from new mexico! you'

nunn?> well, we actually agree on some of those things. i do believe we need to make sure we're alleviating regulatory burdens on small businesses and we need to make sure that we are reforming our tax code. we need to reduce our corporate tax rate and insent innovation and investment here at home and we need to continue to invest in infrastructure which we know is a important part of the economic development. but i also think that we need to raise the minimum wage. i think it's one of the things we need to do. and when people are looking at, you know, what we can do in congress, it is to make sure that everybody who is working has the capacity to be self-sufficient. i think this is a place where david and i disagree. i asked david the last debate whether he believed that we should raise the federal minimum wage. he does not. but also, i asked him, do you actually think there should be a federal minimum wage and at what rate do you think it should be. >> mr. perdue, go ahead. >> thank you.

and michelle nunn's gotten traction because that's what georgians want.to do to help georgia? how will you represent the state when you're elected. >> what have the dynamics of this race been like throughout. obviously, michelle nunn has high name recognition, thanks to her father who's very popular, retired, while being very popular. what have been the dynamics driving this? is it a question of this sort of turnout base question? is it a question of whether she can win over a certain segment of the population, particularly the add lan that suburbs who are generally inclined to vote for republicans but might give her a look? >> michelle is appealing to people across the state. i know the suburbs and the city have a predominant number of voters. but michelle has been working all across the state. she's appealing to people who want to see a change in washingt washington and want to see a representative who's going to see a representative of all 06 georgians. both citizens, everyday folks, entrepreneurs are attracted to her. you'll see she's spent her entire

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democratic candidate with stellar name recognition, sarah nunn, daughter of george nunn, well, this is georgia. a state where not one democrat holds statewide elected officer. in the last two woks, the senate race has seemed to shift to michelle nunn. >> it remains a very tight race. if neither candidate gets to 50 pnt, it would go to january runoff that could control the entire senate. now, most observers have atributed the surge to be a candidate. he's had to fend off charges that he paid female managers less than male managers. purdue responded this is concerning out sourcing, yeah, i spent most of my career doing that. that has not helped david purdue. the real reason for nunn's improved standing is that the pollsters had been understating the black share of the electorate in georgia. a liberal group called focus on georgia says it has along with its partners, collected more than a hundred thousand voter registration ballots across the state. the electoral math is georgia is actually prosecutety favorable to democrats. >> there are 600,000 unregistered black people in the state and

nunn? you run to win, but if there is a runoff, what do you tell voters about how to evaluate the two? >> i am going to be looking at the candidates during the runoff and at their prospective hearties, and i am going to be looking at their private sector theyience and the things have done while serving in the private sector and looking at those concerns during the runoff. faxed to listen to your answer it sounds like you think there is definitely going to be a runoff. >> i believe that is what polling is telling us. i remain optimistic georgia will take a stance to understand the power and responsibility to change the way we have been doing government lies in their hand. >> your time to ask a question. >> you played an integral role in the merger that resulted in at least 90 people losing their jobs, saying in an interview the losses were necessary to have the strength and successes of today. one of your major attacks has been loss of jobs. what obligation does corporate america have to its

what we have to do in georgia is to get michelle nunn over 50. we need 50 more votes in every precinct. you're in atlanta. you can feel the energy. it's resonating in the black community. congressman john lewis was out campaigning with michelle nunn yesterday. he was absolutely on fire. president clinton will be in atlanta on friday. you can just feel the energy building as we go into the home stretch. we've got to get her over 50 plus so we don't have to do this again. >> besides the senate races, a lot of incumbent governors, republican governors, are close in the polls in their races this year. scott walker, who i mentioned. rick scott of florida. sam brownback of kansas. and paul lepage of maine. does that say to you that the gop policies and practice have turned out to be unpopular, joan? >> well, i think all of those governors have overreached in one way or another, reverend al. and thought they had a mandate with much more conservativism than they did. and they all have relatively good or even excellent contenderers. mary burke is a newcom

i think that it's great that nunn said she wasn't going to run away from this stuff. that bringing up trayvon martin and stand your ground laws is appropriate. if you're going to bring them up, we want to see change happen if you're going to do that. >> it becomes crass if voters are participating and elected officials do nothing about preventing the next ferguson. thank you guys for your time. >> thank you. >>> a reminder, all this week, msnbc hosts are answering your questions about the midterm elections on a little thing called twitter. tomorrow, my friend and colleague melissa harris pif perry hosts a twitter chat at 10:00 a.m. eastern, and thursday, i will be taking your questions. please be kind or don't. i don't know. at 11:00 a.m., please tweet at me. >>> coming up, 30 years after releasing this ad in his first senate campaign, look at those dogs, mitch mcconnell is once again hoping a pack of blood hounds can find the scent of victory. i'll explain what that means next. introducing dance-all-you-want bladder leak protection from the experts in feminine protec

and brazen if i may say that obamobama nunn support, i am not sure that michelle nunn is thrilled that president called a georgia radio station to give her a boost. president doing today what democratic party wishes he would not, listen to president, throwing his full support behind michelle nunn. >> and if michelle non nunn wins that means democrats keep control of the senate, and we can keep on doing some good work. it is critically important to make sure that folks vote. lou: turning out to vote, saving senates for democrats, a lot is riding on michelle nunn's back. >> i support barack obama doing this in every state, this should be his side job, he does not recognize that his present makes it worse. if these democratss had it their way they would push him to the side, they would push michelle to the side, he does not get the memo, which i am grateful for. lou: this president is -- overarching aching ego that driving him? this cannot be political strategy. all of the strategists are saying stay away. >> i do think his ego gets in the way, this is insuling t inso him, 6 years, he is

, you know what a nunn democrat is. so david perdue who has been trying to use president obama against michelle nunn, the same way we've seen it with cotton in arkansas or even tillis in north carolina. it hasn't worked as well. now, part of that is, again, i think the fact that both of them are not of washington, both of them don't have voting records. it is why they both are so close to winning. it's why david perdue won. because he was the nonwashington guy. i think michelle nunn has more credibility as a challenger because she's a nonwashington person and because she's a democrat and she's able to talk about herself as a georgia type of democrat, a sam nunn conservative type of democrat. >> how much does the clinton legacy still matter in arkansas? >> well, he's incredibly popular. republicans, for instance, they don't even think about attacking bill clinton in arkansas. easily the most popular politician in arkansas, republican or democrat. the question is, does that translate to democrats? it certainly has helped,

and michelle nunn seized on that. one of the things that they're going to spend a lot of time on is the black vote. nunn campaigned with john lewis, the civil rights icon, the conscience of the congress. they see that as a way not only to win the race but she wants to avoid the run off. >> how enthusiastically. you were the first to mention this to me, david, how enthusiastically are african-americans going to be voting for michelle nunn when she's distancing herself from the first african-american of the united states. john lewis, i don't know if he's hurt, but i don't know what degree he helps. >> if michelle can make this about the economy. look, everyone knows what it's like to struggle and have a boss you don't like and disregard your concerns, and then people can relate to him paying women differently than he paid men, and people losing their jobs, then african-americans become engaged. >> i think it makes a difference. i think what you see with john lewis is a little bit of the wink and nod you need in politics

nunn says her opponent is guilty of o.t.a.ourcing. >> david perdue is defending his career. >> he acknowledged he spent most of his career moving u.s. jobs overseas. >> the dmc senatorial campaign committee is putting $1 million into this race because they believe it is working. it is looking like a place where the dems can steal one from the g.o.p. what do you think? >> nunn has turned out to be a good first-time candidate. she is not impressive candidate. -- and impressive candidate. perdue has made mistakes. african registration in the state is up. this may be the diems pick up and it may save the senate majority for them. >> a few weeks ago, the case was the democratic party hasn't put much money in the race. because they did not think michelle nunn could win. now they are not putting that money into kentucky, they are putting the money into georgia. some of it is going on the air and into turn out in atlanta. if they get a heavy african-american turn out in atlanta, she could well win this race. >> i have talked to republ

and change things and make things better for all businesses and we saw his debate with michelle nunn, she laid criticism on him and said that pride has caused a lot of people pain, but we saw the audience boo her. it does not seem like they're going to take that argument. >> do we know what the numbers are in terms of how many jobs he moved overseas? >> that's a good question. the deposition was 7600 workers. that was not new news, and it was not from outsourcing. that company had laid off those workers before the outsourcing took place. michelle nunn outlined how in north carolina they felt that david purdue came in with promises that he was going to turn things around, and it just didn't feel like he had their best interest at heart out there. >> as much as voters may feel angt about david purdue and outsourcing, do they trust michelle nunn with the economy in her hands if they send her to washington? is there anything that she has said that voters say this is a better alternative. >> this race was always going to be hard for michelle nunn. it's a red state, and not one that we anti

in the last two weeks momentum in the senate race has seemed to shrift towards michelle nunn.l showing she has a small edge and if neither candidate gets to 50% it goes to a january runoff that could decide control of the entire senate. now, most on observer end have said it's because of of the opponent. the revelation when he was asked about outsourcing jobs in a deposition in 2005, he responded, this is concerning outsourcing -- yeah, spent most of my career doing that. that has not helped david purdue but purdue is not necessarily the real story. "the new york times" says the real reason for nunn improved standing this the pollsters had until recently been understating the black share of the likely electorate in jazz -- georgia. a group called the new georgia project which focuses on registering voters of color. as we first reported in june, the electoral map in georgia is favorable to democrats if only unregistered voters of color would come to the polls. >> there are 600,000 unregistered black people and 230,000 unregistered asias and latinos, and if we could just sign up

obviously, what helps michelle nunn insulate herself a little from that is her last name.older georgia voters, they know the nunn name stands for a different kind of democrat, conservative democrat. that's been to stick closer to her than people like mark pryor, mark begich. i think the fascinating thing to understand about georgia and why these races, i think, are really close, it's a simple reason. it's the economy. georgia's unemployment rate two points higher than the national average. if this were 2010 you'd say, boy, that's going to hurt all democrats. you're looking, it's been a republican governor the last four years. it's a republican-held senate seat. i think it's why, for instance, the outsourcing hit that michelle nunn has done on david perdue and his business background, you know, for some of these small towns in georgia, they look at that and they say, oh, yeah, that's what happened to my job or that's what happened to my son's job or my dad's job. and so, i think it tugs at the heart a little bit. that's why it's, i think, helped stall perdue's momentum. que

same thing for michelle nunn. look at the polling.helle nunn is getting 80% of the black vote -- >> jesus said that peter denied him three times before the crow. remember? they figured you were good for that. is that the low expectation? >> i think people understand, grimes is not going loud and proud for obama. black voters are democratic all the time and i really don't expect them to fall off because of -- they're not obama voters, they're democratic voters. i think you'll see that in the polls at the end. what do you think it's like being the president right now, when you hear the people you've been con sorting with politically, not a long time for him, but all of a sudden, they're all denying him. it's like being a father of a teenage daughter. you get used to that. but he's got two teenage daughters. i know what it's going to be like for him, dad, you have to walk so close to me? do you have to act like you're my father? can't you keep your distance? what are you doing here? disappear! >> listening to grimes, you would think that

>> michelle nunn has run a good campaign for the democrats. the demographics in georgia are changing aenif african americans turn out strong, perdue has run a sloppy campaign near the end talking too much about outsourcing, almost like a mitt romney candidate. republicans were supposed to have a wave at this moment but it seems to be just a tie so the president strategically is going to some of the states where african-american turnout could be a big help and republicans are hurt not having a governoring agenda. where is the contract to america, the pledge to america, they're coasting hoping to ride a wave. i haven't seen the wave starting to develop and no real policy ideas coming out of the right. >> the challenge for democrats they need those african-american voters to come out and georgia, louisiana and arkansas, but at the same time those are the voters that typically like the president, typically like the president's policies but white voters poll say white male voters do not like the president in some of the bathle ground states so his

now most people think michelle nunn has the better shot and jason carter hit a wall of late. nathan deal said you get moments to be gubernatorial. one of the five airports. you know how this works. that said, there is a third candidate in the race and the like lie hood that the governor's race ends up in a run off. even in a general election it goes to a run off. the likelihood is probably at a 30 to 40% chance. we are looking at better than a 50-50 chance. the schedule has the gubernatorial run off in december. the senate would be in january. the georgia democrats said you have to put both at the same time. it's likely if both end up run offs, they will both be in january. >> you were talking to women voters there, likely voters about the possibility that jeb bush could be running. not to jump the gun, but this is what the north carolina had to say. >> i'm more concerned with the issues and topics than they have a famous last name. >> i want whoever is in office to do their job. i don't care if they have the dynasty. i don't care. >> people really are more focused on results

michelle's father, sam nunn, first ran for the senate in 1972.was a much more conservative georgia than it is today. at the top of the ticket was george mcgovern. talk about a drag on the ticket. mcgovern went on to lose that state by 50 points and nunn won by 8. so the nunn family knows that it's possible to run into a terrific headwind. >> judge? >> without looking at all the math, i disagree with the president. i think if it switches from saxby chambliss, the republicans can still control the senate. and he pointed out the profound significance in -- the most important republican in the government and arguably the most important republican in the country and arguably the president's most bitter foyle in the government. now, is the president irrelevant? i think senator begich is wrong in that. this president, if he loses the senate, will do everything he can, quote, with a telephone or pen to prove how lawless, however you want to look at it, he can possibly be. >> speaking of that, first of all, this green card order, which is real -- >> at fi

nunn does not want to talk about obama care at all.act, she won't give a straight answer as to whether she would vote on it or not. this is exactly what we're seeing. it's not just in red state. blue states larry hogan mounting a great campaign, and president obama on behalf of speaking for president boun, and the crowd left during his speech. >> simon and larry, hey, happy halloween early. >> happy halloween. >> happy halloween. >> please dress up like al sharpton. please. >> oh, gosh. now i might have a nightmare. >> just come back with ideas next week. >> thank you, simon, larry. >> okay. >>> moving on to a serious topic, possible terror attacks north of the border in canada where a driver hit and killed a canadian soldier with his car and wounded a second soldier. the suspect later led police on a chase before he was shot and killed by police, but now we're learning the attacker may have been inspired by radical islam. trace gallagher live with more on this story. trace. >>. >> the canadians are every bit as concerned about home gr

a purdue and nunn you tell the would voters?> i will be looking at the candidates during the runoff and i will be looking at their respective parties. at their looking private-sector experience and the things that they have done well they have been serving in the private sector. addressing and looking at those concerns during the run-up. >> you sound like you definitely think there will be a runoff. >> i believe that -- that is what polling is certainly telling us. i remain optimistic that a stance to take understand that the power and responsibility to change government lies in the hands. >> thank you very much. michelle cassidy, your turn to ask a question. you played an integral role the point of light, saying in an interview that the losses were necessary. attacks on major mr. purdue has been the lack of -- loss of jobs. what obligation is corporate america have to its workers? >> thank you, christina. thank you to our panelists. great to be here. i believe we have a duty to try and be good stewards. every organization that

purdue says nhe would nunn woul be a pick. >>> nobody has been feeding me by hand. let me clarify. i probably spent maybe 45 minutes of my life with president obama. >> recent polls shows nunn has a slight lead over perdue. >> news polls shows republicans are poised to take control of the senate for the first time in eight years. peter doocy has more on that. >> a week from tomorrow voters across the country will vote. tom paten is leading 45-43 in a poll released yesterday. it has another gardner ahead 46-45 and ernst verses braley has ernst ahead. >> when the president goes on national tv and says this is about me these are my policies all of my policies are on the ball ballot, and when he further says, all of these candidates trying to distance themselves with me they all vote with me. it is a national election. >> the voter is on the two candidates not on a national referendum. when twot candidates are compared we do better. >> the survey republicans are up 11. the question, which party should control skon gres a week and a half from now they might be on their way taking contro

>> i think michelle nunn is doing a really good job.that david purdue who has been running on his business record, on the fact that he is not a politician, he has gotten a lot of mileage out of that. but he has a mitt romney problem. he is somebody who has bragged about his outsourcing in the past. >> he said he's proud of it. >> he's proud of it. "the new york times" just revealed more from that bankruptcy proceeding. where he is, his former company is saying he is a money grabber. as the company is going down, he's trying to make sure, he's trying to make sure they're covering his tax payments and giving them bonus he was entitled to. so this guy, i really admire the nunn campaign for not shying away from this because it is quite relevant. we have a jobs crisis and we don't want the same republican pro business anti-worker approach to solving it. not in georgia or anywhere else. >> the georgia election is too close to call, susan. but as "the new york times" reports it might help democrats win. quote. no other applausebly competitive

democrat michelle nunn and david perdue, take a look at this, the real clear politics average of polls shows it tied, 45.4% for each candidate, it could not get any tightener georgia. but it could get a lot longer. senior national correspondent john roberts is in atlanta tonight. >> georgia-senators ked cruz and rand paul mount a final push to election day. perdue is fighting to regain momentum after democrats tried to torpedo him like they did mitt romney in 2012, hammering him over lost jobs in a statement he made as a ceo that he stayed, quote, spent most of my career outsourcing, perdue calls the attacks destined to fail. >> the thing that my point. >> democrat michelle nunn would simply be a rubber stamp for president obama's policies. on issues like obama care and minimum wage, there is plenty of daylight between them. >> i believe he and his administration has made irresponsible cuts to our military, i also believe that the president should have done more to work with congress to address our long-term debt. >> if nunn hopes to win, she needs to court moderate republican women an

yesterday the daily caller caught up with michelle nunn in macon, georgia. as it turns out, she's not even slightly disturbed by these ads. listen to what she said. >> my understanding is what it said was we need to make sure everybody gets heard. it says, make sure that you are represented and that you have your voice heard, and so that's what i think people need to do. that's what i've been focused on the entire election, is make sure you are participating. 26 years trying to gain volunteers, specific actions, i think there is nothing more important than having your vote counted. >> here to respond to those tactics is the author of "jesus on trial," david limbaugh. is that or is that not race tainting? >> i think it is. i've written books about the first african-american on the bench, and to me this whole line of race bait iing political advertising really demeans the most important movement in the country. to me it's distressing. i think back to even what happened -- remember that james byrd ad that was used against president bush, then governor bush? it'

to him, the sort of the better he will fare but on the flip side, a lot of michelle nunn's plan for a upset victory relies on turning out the african american base and the more that base sees her on tv with obama, the more that base gets fired up. kind of a double edged sword but overall the strategy would seem to work because of obama aspire proval ratings. >> what is the ground game like in georgia? >> guest: you're seeing a lot of activity, the democrats more active probably than many cycleles in the past decade when these been swept out of power. and we've seen a surge of applications in voter registration. we'll know more in the coming days where the new voters are from which will give us a better idea of how they'll vote. we're hearing there have been a lot more new applications this year. people are much more interested in a normal midterm year because this is the first midterm election that has been close in sometime here. >> yeah and the front page of the atlanta journal constitution this morning georgia sees surge in voter rolls. >> guest: yeah, that's right. that's what i

nunn in a virtual tie with david purdue. will clinton be able to to do what apparently president obama can't do. let's start with christie first on that one. christie, what do you say about fill? >> i think the reason that michelle nunn has had some success? georgia, and i expect her to take the win there, which would be phenomenal is because she hasn't played by the traditional democratic playbook. she's really, really tuted her independence showing her in ads with george bush and also she has obviously the strength of her family name. people remember sam nunn. so she's able to campaign with bill clinton. but, again, it's because the south is a little bit of a playing ground when bill clinton was coming out of hope, arkansas. >> how toxic is the president. >> extremely toxic. you're seeing a lot of competitive democrats who are running away from the president. that's never a good sign. it depresses the base in terms of the vote. but also the money. the cash register is not ringing on the democratic side. the polls are going

we saw michelle nunn embracing her relationship, and in other places there's a rare appearance by the president. where they were appearing, and there were people who left early, almost as though they didn't want to be there with the president. what does this indicate. >> it indicates that the elections are less partisan generally speaking than santorial elections. with georgia being the exceptions to seeing president obama embraced by michelle nunn, you see him avoiding places or canada saying that we don't want him in places that he lost badly like arkansas, kentucky, and north carolina. when you look at those states, they were tighter states, when you look at arkansas, and kentucky, it's not a place that the president has done well. it's no surprise he'd come in trying to bolster the candidacy of a senate candidate. what is interesting is bill clinton took up that mantle for president obama in kentucky and arkansas, and he'll help to get a bit of excitement going for those candidates. >> in the last two weeks, we should expect to see a lot of tv commercials. there's a lot of big mon

nunn, your turn. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] thank you to our panelists, thank you to david and amanda, and thank you to our rockets and enthusiastic crowd. [applause] i'm really grateful to be here in my hometown. just a few miles -- [applause] just a few miles down the road from our family farm. kids love to come every single year. it is great to be here. yearsery proud of my 26 of living and working in georgia, and mobilizing younger going from an organization with a few thousand dollars to $30 million budget. i know that we can change washington, change the send someoneif we who is committed to collaboration and creativity and georgia values. [applause] >> ms. swafford, one minute opening statement, please. >> i am a man that s-- amanda swafford, and you may not have heard about me, but i stand for true freedom. i am bringing personal responsibility to this race, running for the united states senate because i believe it is that important. i am counting on my full-time job running for the united states senate becau

michelle nunn's campaign is trying to get per past 50%.ters at churches. registering black voters. this is a margin of error race. waiting so much to for control. >> interestingly, rand paul has been going out to tap out the libertarian support for her. i'm asking what role outsourcing has been playing in this campaign? obviously, that seems to have damaged purdue, the allegations he has outsourced this business. >> he said he was proud of the way he began his business, which included outsourcing. it's dollar to 2012 with the way they went off mitt romney and his talk about the way he runs his businesses. they're using the same playbook with a million dollars worth of ads. it is damaging. >> thomas roberts in new york has a question. thomas? >> good morning. i wanted to ask you, though, when it comes to michelle nunn and the talk of how you're saying she is trying to get out there and register more people, especially black voters at churches, nunn can't get away from president obama fast enough and is trying to align herself by showing pic

this is a big tent: you have michelle nunn, the ceo of george h.w.h points of light foundation, taking on a multimillionaire who has made a living ships jobs overseas which is what purdue has done. he has sent trips to hong kong and is running for senate in georgia. this is why she is polling -- >> i wouldn't give you an example of democrats running away from president obama. this is from the gardner debate in colorado. roll tape. >> i just want to remind congressman guarder in he is running against me, not barack obama, not my father, not harry reid, it's congressman guardianer and myself. >> the president says his policies are going to be on the ballot. the president said that. when you vote as many times you have with the president, 99% of the time you are tied hook, line and sinker to the president, who admitted you're together on the ballot. >> that's running from the president. >> the voters in georgia and cub don't care -- just like the president -- >> don't care debt. >> don't care as much as bone bone -- let me finish -- about the schools th

he call up a local radio station in atlanta, ends up making some very effusive praise of michelle nunnlking about how great she is. republicans clipped that, and the audio, you know, circulates throughout the media. i think democrats are in a really tough position right now. they're trying to talk about how much they've taken on president obama. mark udall of colorado preposterously claimed he's the last person that the white house would want to see coming up walking up there, so republicans have tried to make this election all about the president and his failed policies and how democrats have supported him from the health care law to the president's foreign policy. and now their in a -- they're in a tough position trying to stay away from him. jon: and the irony, ed, this was a president who, well, i guess six years ago when he was campaigning against president bush -- president bush wasn't exactly the same -- was in exactly the same position. he was sort of kryptonite to republican candidates, the iraq war was so unpopular, and candidate obama really made hay out of that, made hay ou

nunn? you run to win, but if there is a runoff, what do you tell voters about how to evaluate the two? >> i am going to be looking at the candidates during the runoff and at their prospective hearties, and i am going to be looking at their private sector theyience and the things have done while serving in the private sector and looking at those concerns during the runoff. faxed to listen to your answer it sounds like you think there is definitely going to be a runoff. >> i believe that is what polling is telling us. i remain optimistic georgia will take a stance to understand the power and responsibility to change the way we have been doing government lies in their hand. >> your time to ask a question. >> you played an integral role in the merger that resulted in at least 90 people losing their jobs, saying in an interview the losses were necessary to have the strength and successes of today. one of your major attacks has been loss of jobs. what obligation does corporate america have to its

purdue has been leading this race, but nunn who is the daughter of sam nunn picked up some momentum last05 deposition purdue said he spent most of his career outsourcing jobs then when purdue was asked on monday about his outsourcing record, he replied, "defendant it, i'm proud of it." an issue that nunn's campaign is hammering purdue over. will it be enough to lift her to victory on november 4th or force this race and the entire political world into overtime? joining me now to discuss the race in georgia is nate cohn. thanks for joining us this morning. so, we put the latest ppp poll up there and it shows at that, if something like this happened on election day, we would go to a runoff and the runoff would be in january. you're looking at these races really closely. what are the chances that is what happens in georgia? nobody gets 50% on election day. >> i think there's a good chance of a runoff in georgia. if it's a one or two or three-point race which is entirely conceivable than even 3% or 4% of the vote would be enough to force the runoff. the reason why i think nunn can do that wel

michelle nunn has surged against the republican. if i had been showing you this yesterday, michelle nunn would be leading in the average. today, one poll came out that put david purdue ahead of michelle nunn. he's now a half a point ahead of her in the average. this one truly going back and forth. but the key is, with alaska, it doesn't matter. all sorts of possibilities open up here. >> can you go back to georgia? i want to point out something key. you'll see there, 45.8, 45.3. both of those notably below 50 pnt. ga gae has a low, you have to get 50 pnt. >> there's a plimted candidate here who's pulling about 4%. if they have a runoff, the runoff would be held in december. there was a court ruling that went against the state of georgia a few years ago that basically says in federal elections now, you have to go an extra month. >> so an impossible runoff in georgia and jab e january or an extended ballot counting in alaska. all of that is on the table. >> here's the you will malt quirk. the run off in dpa ga is january 6th. the sena