our final question in this round is orlando montoya's question for roy barnes. >> mr. barnes, the georgia ports authority have sounded the alarm about the need to start deepening the savannah harbor and quickly. you said if congress doesn't act to finance the deepening, that you think the state should finance the project on its own and then ask the federal government for the money back later. isn't that an exceptionally risky move? and where would you get the millions for that? >> it is a risky move and is caused by the fact that our congressional delegation does not seem to have enough influence to be able to get the funding to deepen the port. they keep saying that we're going to do it and we're not. we cannot allow this port not to be deepened for the ships. now, i think what we would probably have to do is go to some private public time of partnership to raise that type of money and let a portion of it, of course, be from the state. but whatever has to be done, that port has to be deepened. where is sam nunn and richard russell when we really need them? would you ev

>> yes. >> my question is for roy barnes.ou do differently if they decide to send you back to the governor's office and one thing he would not change for the first time you were in all this? >> i think the policies we had were right. when you again smaller class sizes, higher standards in education, teacher salaries being at the national average for the first time in georgia's history? are you against a mass transit system that this traffic light in the atlanta region? are you against boards sorted by teachers? argue against the program that brought about -- are you against the program that brought about rejuvenation of our rural areas that has now been targeted and reduced? i think the policies were right. the problem i had was a two- fold. i did not spend enough time building consensus and try to explain why we had to make these changes the rapidly in order to remain competitive. i should have slowed down to explain that more. i think that i would do differently. >> thank you very much. >> mr. deal, you had the endorsement

after that, a georgia governor's debate with roy barnes, nathan deal, and john monds., a california senate debate with barbara boxer and republican carly the arena. -- fiorina. in a few moments was show president obama campaigning in ohio. this will include remarks from ted strickland. first, let it how he began his day -- at a local chicago diner. >> what is that? i feel great. we got a good turnout. turnout is so important. lots of enthusiasm. the other side is enthusiastic and we have to make sure ours is, too. we've got bacon, pancakes. we got to get this to go. friend in ohio i have to help out. a lot of hard workers. [applause] [unintelligible] we're going to come around. we're going to come around and make it. we will get going straight. how are you? good to see you again. [unintelligible] >> how are you? >> great to be home in good to see you again. [unintelligible] are we good? give me the bill. we have got it. no, i have got to pay. there you go. these guys have been working incredibly hard. i think that when the thugs in illinois see -- when the votes in ill

it's not about roy barnes. it's about education. it's about the future. it's really about georgia. and how we create jobs in this new economy and we create it through education interwoven into the fabric of economic development. i ask you to examine the qualifications on all of us. don't worry about whether we're democrats or republicans. who is best suited to manage the troubled business of this large state of georgia without scandal over the next few years? who would you call upon to run your own business? who would you choose to go in and make sure everything is paid and the company is prosperous and it is working fine. use that standard and i will believe that you will vote for me and i would be honored to be your governor. >> thank you mr. barnes. next closing statement now from nathan deal. >> about 19 months ago sandra and i embarked on this mission to try to become the next governor of georgia. during that period of time, we've traveled all across this state. we've met some great people. and i want to thank all of you for your prayers for your support, for your hard work on

on the other hand roy barnes is a long-time... was governor, was defeated when he ran for election in 2002. reputation is more of a liberal. really the question here is i think the region and the year. being a republican in georgia in the south in a wave election may cary nathan deal over the finish line. the polls suggest he's generally been ahead by 6 to 9 points. it could be quite a close race but both of these candidates have some baggage. >> ifill: david, give us a long view. let's talk about this wave election idea that stewart just talked about. what are we watching for to see what the beginning of a wave is if indeed it materializes. >> one of the first things i'm going to look for is sort of what is the shape of the electorate that is... the people going to the polls tonight, gwen, to vote. do they look like the electorate looked in terms of party make-up in 2008 and 2006? or do they look different? in other words, i believe in 2008 the national house vote, right, democrats to republicans, democrats a 7-point advantage as

roy barnes didn't come quite as close as i thought h would, but held his own and important state. so we did run three competitive races in the south, but in this way oflections where this is the hear from republicans not only have to log down, but they need to in the purple states, too. the purple states have a 50/50 state. this is when you're the party benefiting us to witness with elections. we feel alright we can hold onto some of those purple states and again as we talked before, all ofthem to some modest gains. i think it was probably too much to ask. i think were going to start making inroads and was traditionally diffilt territory. >> states like georgia and texas, you know, these are competitive states. i mean, we think about them now. they're southern state, republican states. texas is going to be a minority, maturity state within the next few yars. and no, i think that's probably one of the reasons why dga took a serious look in the battle of texas. georgia is a competitive state. and likely would be in good campaigns and have good candidates. but you can't take a think

governor's race right now it's looking like nathan deal, 59%, the republican nathan deal over democrat roy barnes but again it hasn't been projected as a winner yet but this is an update that we have for you at this moment tonight. in the south carolina governor's race we've got republican nicky haley in a dead heat with democrat vincent shaheen for the governor's race there. and that's with 21% of the precincts reporting at this point. finally a couple of interesting races to tell you about. one is the virginia 5th district. this is a race between tom perriello and right now the republican robert hurt is projected to win this by a small margin. and this is significant primarily because he was... this is a very tough district. tom perriello was a freshman congressman. he took by barack obama and president obama trieded to support him just recently. finally we just have the associated press has announced that andrew cuomo democrat in new york will be the next governor there over carl paladino. not that big of a surprise. that's the results. we'll probably have a few more later in the hour. jim? >>

this election is not about roy barnes or nathan deal, it is about education, at the future. how weak -- how we create jobs -- i ask you to examine the qualifications on all of us. don't worry about whether we are democrats or republicans. who is best suited to manage the troubled business of this march state of florida without scandal over the next few years? who would you call upon to run your own business? who would you choose to make sure everything is paid and the company is prosperous? news that standard and i believe he will vote for me and i would be honored to be your governor. >> next closing statement from nathan deal. >> 19 months ago the senator and i embarked on this mission to become the next governor of georgia. we have traveled all across this state and met some great people. i want to thank all of you for your prayers and hard work on behalf of my candidacy. the greatest strength our state has is its people. there is a clear choice here. mr. barnes ask you who you would choose to run your business. they have chosen the ones who have been -- who have endorsed

they are roy barnes, the democratic candidate who has been a partner in a law firm -- law firm for 30 years and was governor torch from 1998-2002. nathan deal, the republic in canada it served 18 years in the u.s. house of representatives from 1992-2010. the libertarian candidate is a graduate of morehouse college in atlanta and a former employee of lehman brothers. our format tonight in the first round, the candidates will answer questions from one of our three panelist. in the second round, the candidates will ask two questions of the opponent of his choice. there'll be an opportunity for rebuttal in this round and in the third round, the panelists will continue questioning the candidates. each candidate will have 60 seconds to make a closing statement. let's meet our three panelists selected by the atlanta press club. we have tom crawford, editor of the "toward a report." aaron haynes is a reporter for the associated press. and our final catalyst is a reporter for gpb radio in savannah. in the first round, the panelists will be asked a question and last 60 seconds to answer. the fi

roy barnes didn't come quite as close as i thought he would, but held his own and important state. so we did run three copetitive races in the south, but in this way of elections where this is the hear from republicans not only have to log down, but they need to in the purple states, too. the purple states have a 50/50 state. this is when you're the party benefiting us to witness with elections. we feel alright we can hold onto some of those purple states and again as we talked before, all of them to some modest gains. i think it was probably too much to ask. i think were going to start making inroads and was traditionally difficult territory. >> states like georgia and texas, you know, these are competitive states. i mean, we think about them now. they're southern state, republican states. texas is going to be a minority, maturity state within the next few years. and no, i think that's probably one of the reasons why dga took a serious look in the battle of texas. georgia is a competitive state. and likely would be in good campaigns and have good candidates. but you can't take a t

roy barnes didn't come quite as close as i thought he would, but held his own and important state.o we did run three competitive races in the south, but in this way of elections where this is the hear from republicans not only have to log down, but they need to in the purple states, too. the purple states have a 50/50 state. this is when you're the party benefiting us to witness with elections. we feel alright we can hold onto some of those purple states and again as we talked before, all of them to some modest gains. i think it was probably too much to ask. i think were going to start making inroads and was traditionally difficult territory. >> states like georgia and texas, you know, these are competitive states. i mean, we think about them now. they're southern state, republican states. texas is going to be a minority, maturity state within the next few years. and no, i think that's probably one of the reasons why dga took a serious look in the battle of texas. georgia is a competitive state. and likely would be in good campaigns and have good candidates. but you can't take a th

roy barnes didn't come quite as close as i thought he would, but held his own and important state. three competitive races in the south, but in this way of elections where this is the hear from republicans not only have to log down, but they need to in the purple states, too. the purple states have a 50/50 state. this is when you're the party benefiting us to witness with elections. we feel alright we can hold onto some of those purple states and again as we talked before, all of them to some modest gains. i think it was probably too much to ask. i think were going to start making inroads and was traditionally difficult territory. >> states like georgia and texas, you know, these are competitive states. i mean, we think about them now. they're southern state, republican states. texas is going to be a minority, maturity state within the next few years. and no, i think that's probably one of the reasons why dga took a serious look in the battle of texas. georgia is a competitive state. and likely would be in good campaigns and have good candidates. but you can't take a think the same

republican nathan deal defeated democratic governor roy barnes with 53% of the vote and will occupy the seat now held by sonny perdue, who is term limited. neil abercrombie one in hawaii's race with 58% of the votes defeating james duke. the seat is now held by a republican linda lindell who is term limited. from this morning's "washington journal," this portion is about 30 minutes. continues. host: welcome to the program. guest: thank you for having me in. host: an article was written and the hill -- in the hill. what does president guest: analyzing that across a left/right continue what is a mistake. i think the problem is that this country has serious unemployment problems. there are economic problems. we need to find solutions that work. the public does not care if the solutions are right or left. the care if the solutions to impact their lives in a good way. is it a matter of being far left or far right? if he is effective, everyone will be happy. if he is not, no one will be. they have their own way of explaining it. host: in the article, they talked about some of the things you h