. >> rick boucher, an active , lost.t what does his loss due to the community, in your view? >> i am republican and i am always happy to get more republicans and to have a majority, and obviously the gentleman who won over rick is to be congratulated for his victory. when you take aside the politics and the mathematics, as a person, there is not a better person in congress than rick boucher. also energy policy and many of the legal aspects, he is going to be really missed. he it is chairman on the energy committee and was active on the judiciary committee. a very bright person, very flexible, and somebody that was willing to work across i'll. i had the privilege when i was subcommittee chairman to have him as my ranking member on the energy subcommittee. he was just very, very good person to work with. on the political side, i welcome his successor as a part of the republican new majority. take the politics out of it, and rick boucher is one of the good folks and is an example of what being a good congressman is. he will be missed as a person, but again, on the political side

rick boucher, when can hold his own but not this time. by the way, he voted against health care but he did vote for that climate energy bill that's been nicknamed "cap and trade." republicans ran a "i love rick boucher president obama ad." and "i love rick boucher" was the phrase and they ran that ad over and over again. this was a district that john mccain carried. >> let me interrupt you and show you a result just now coming in from, again, the race you've been watching. we're calling the senate west virginia race for manchin, the current sitting governor, against the mine owner, communication's company owner, john raese. where does that put things on your board? >> that's a big hold for them at this point so if you look at this, the "what if" map, we have pennsylvania. so now there has to be a clean sweep by the republicans at this point. they'd have to win pennsylvania, illinois, they'd have to win wisconsin, colorado, nevada, california and washington. they have to sweep all seven of those in order to somehow, get control of the sena

rick boucher is one of the good -- one of the good folks and it is, you know, an example of what being a good congressman is. so he'll be missed as a person, but again i'm a political side of it, the bigger the republican majority, the better and we're certainly pleased that we have a new republican from that district. >> another big issue is the same for spectrum for mobile broadband for lots of other uses. there's various bills out there doing respect term. one calls for reallocating h.r. for spectrum known as the d block to public safety officials were bribed and interoperable communications network. where do you stand on that issue? >> guest: that's a very vexing issue. it's a very technical issue. depending on your view of government of various proposals on how to deal with it, it's obvious that we need adequate spectrum for public safety officials. one way to do it is to allocate it and mandate it. there are other proposals out there to have an option, what's called an incentive option, where you create some sort of incentive for the winner of the option to voluntarily allocate s

obviously, i'll work with him, you know, on a personal take the politics out of it side rick boucher is one of the good, one of the good poke -- folks and is, you know, an example of what being a good congressman is. so i'm -- he'll be missed as a person, but again, on the political side of it the bigger the republican majority, the better. and we're certainly pleased that we have a new republican from that district. >> host: another big issue is this need for spectrum from mobile broadband for lots of other uses. there's various bills out there dealing with spectrum. one would, calls for reallocating a chunk of spectrum known as the d block to public safety officials for a broadband interoperable communications america. where do you stand -- network. where do you stand on that issue? >> guest: that's a vexing issue, it's a very technical issue. depending on your view of government, there are various proposals on how to deal with it. it's obvious that we need adequate spectrum for our public safety officials. one way to do it is just allocate it and mandate it. there are other propos

also a state where rick boucher also lost. it tells us that there's a lot of volatility with the electorate. i know we have an awful lot of independents out there. they're democrat leaning, they're republican leaning, they switch back and forth. that's what makes them independents. i also think that you look at something like the auto bailout that was largely portrayed as something that was to benefit only a handful of states and one industry, but i think about our street of maryland and look at the number of car dealerships that have been lost as a result of what's happened with the auto industry. parts suppliers in my state. it was critical to do something to revive that. i think we've been able to see in their performance, and this economy now in growing and billing back that we've been able to preserve what would have been a really lost american auto industry. it's a tough pill to swallow. i learned that not only does our electorate indulge in very, very short-term thinking, but so do we in congress. what that means is it'

congressman rick about your -- rick boucher. we will have results for those in just a moment. the 11th district -- here are the numbers. congressman voucher is at 43% and griffith is at 55%. these are early numbers. gerry connolly, the seat previously held by tom davis, another freshman democrat -- it is another indicator for where tonight is going. >> all of those congressional races in virginia will be good indicators. 11th district, certainly, because congressman connolly has positioned his republican opponent as too extreme, as many democratic incumbents have done in this election year. he has the virginia -- northern virginia suburbs in that district. it will be telling to see whether or not that message works and helps him keep his seat. the fifth district race is a huge for democrats and congressman perriello. president obama coming in there to campaign for perriello is not really surprising. if there is one embattled congressional democrat who it would make the most sense for president obama to go in and campaign for, and on the part of the democratic incumbent to embr

i am wondering, since one of the races you target was a brick boucher of it -- was rick boucher -- net neutrality dead? guest: i think that was really about cat and trade. -- about cap and trade. he had an interview in the roanoke times last week where he said that there are these signs all over the district at -- it is unfair because i have a four- step model process to explain my vote. when you need a fourth step process to explain a vote, you will have to trouble getting that message across. that was a bad vote and i think cap and trade had a huge setback. on net neutrality, the most significant step tuesday was the aggressive change campaign to become a forward left-wing organization. they had a pledge to support net neutrality, signed by 95 candidates. all 95 candidates lost. they went 0-95 on people who thought that was an important issue to sign a pledge on. that is an enormous political signal that there is no grounds wel supportsl. i hope that chairman genachowski is paying attention to that and will not disregard the will of the people and congress and do it by backdoor recla

i am wondering, since one of the races you target was a brick boucher of it -- was rick boucher -- net neutrality dead? guest: i think that was really about cat and trade. -- about cap and trade. he had an interview in the roanoke times last week where he said that there are these signs all over the district at -- it is unfair because i have a four- step model process to explain my vote. when you need a fourth step process to explain a vote, you will have to trouble getting that message across. that was a bad vote and i think cap and trade had a huge setback. on net neutrality, the most significant step tuesday was the gressive change campaign to become a forward left-wing organization. they had a pledge to support net neutrality, signed by 95 candidates. all 95 candidates lost. they went 0-95 on people who thought that was an important issue to sign a pledge on. that is an enormous political signal that there is no grounds wel supportsl. i hope that chairman genachowski is paying attention to that and will not disregard the wilof the people and congress and do it by backdoor reclassif

you would have a hard time convincing rick boucher today that cap and trade had nothing to do with his loss. and when i pinpoint when did we start seeing the canaries in the coal mine so to speak in terms of democratic problems? it was around the 4th of july of 2009, immediately after the house cap and trade vote. that is when i first started getting sort of vibrations from democrats i knew that were coming back from their districts, and they just had their heads handed to them in a way they had never seen before. just a feeling, with people worried about jobs, the business community felt like they were under siege and i don't think the democratic congress necessarily intended to ail i don't know nate the business community but you would have a hard time convincing the business folks of that. it reminded me of a friend who was an economic advisor to president clinton said in a meeting or after a meeting he turned to somebody and said i don't understand people who love jobs and hate the people who create them. i don't think so the president or democratic congressional leadership or cong

of the president's agenda and the agenda of democrats in congress lost but also a state where rick boucher lost and what does that tell us? that tell us we have a lot of volatility in the electorate. we have a lot of independents who are deciding things but a lot of the independents there, you know, they are democrat-leaning and they are republican-leaning and they switch back and forth. that's what makes -- it makes them independents. i also think that, you know, you look at something like the auto bailout that was largely portrayed as something that was to benefit only a handful of states and one industry but i think about our state of maryland and look at the number of car dealerships that have been lost as a result of what's happened with the auto industry. part suppliers that are in my state where jobs have been lost as a result of what's happened with the auto industry. it was really critical for us to do something to revive that. and i actually that we've been able to see in their performance in this economy now and growing and building back that we've been able to preserve what wou

you know, i think you have a hard time convincing rick boucher today that cap-and-trade had nothing todo with his loss. and, in fact, to me when i pinpoint when did we start seeing that an aries in the coal mine, so to speak, in terms of democratic problems, it was right around the fourth of july of 2009 immediate after the house cap-and-trade vote. that's when i first started getting sort of vibrations from democrats i knew that were coming back from their district. and it just had their heads handed to them in a way that they've never seen before. and just sort of a feeling of, you know, when people were worried about jobs, the business community just not like they were under siege to. and i don't think the administration, the democratic congress necessary intent to any the business community. but boy, you would have a hard time convincing the business folks of that. and it reminded me of a friend of mine who was an economic advisor to president clinton, said that any meeting or after a meeting at one point, he turned to someone and said, you know, i don't understand people who love