arlen specter barely beat pat toomey. these guys are not friendly toward one another.at could be a fascinating race. polls have shown pat toomey has made up some ground and recently he said he backed actually the nomination of sonia sotomayor, which is gonna surprise because he is a conservative and most conservatives rejected her. some people viewed that as a move to the middle. host: twitter -- guest: absolutely. if you are an incumbent, once you get here you are favored to stay here. freshmen are told, if it is your first term you of the bulls -- most the honorable you will ever be. -- the most vulnerable you will ever be. host: we will take a break. in the next segment we will talk about the economy and get two views. >> richard holbrooke is the u.s. special representative to afghanistan and pakistan. he will be visiting those countries next week and meeting with leaders. today he will talk about obama administration policy in the region at the brookings institution, live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. "in fed we trust," on fed chairman ben bernanke and

arlen specter barely beat pat toomey. these guys are not friendly toward one another. that could be a fascinating race. polls have shown pat toomey has made up some ground and recently he said he backed actually the nomination of sonia sotomayor, which is gonna surprise because he is a conservative and most conservatives rejected her. some people viewed that as a move to the middle. host: twitter -- guest: absolutely. if you are an incumbent, once you get here you are favored to stay her >> we will be live at the white house as president obama talks about the flight to hundred 53 attempted bombing. that is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. the president will speak on that report at 3:00. 45 minutes after that, the homeland security secretary will answer questions. that will be live at 3:45. we will also open up phone lines to get your reaction. later in the program, and about 20 minutes, a discussion on u.s. policy toward afghanistan and pakistan with the special representative to those countries, richard holbrooke. he is speaking at the brookings institute this afternoon at 2:3