. >> russ feingold has said he's not going to do that, pat. i hate to disillusion you. >> not what i hear. >> well, okay. i am sure he's confiding to people on the right because it would be a gift, definitely, to the republicans. i do think that the new congress, the new republicanly empowered congress will consider infrastructure spending and aid to the states because they control a lot of the governorship. you have the whole midwest by job loss and democrats have a vested interest, because five democratic senators are up in 2012. the country needs it, both political parties need it. >> feingold was over taken by a republican who never run for office before, who had a wonderful white chalk board and on it he wrote the number of lawyers in the senate, 57. the number of businessmen was zero. he said they need a businessman. that resounded -- >> can i offer something here, too? i think feingold lost because he wouldn't take pack money. you can't be too pure. he needed more money and refused to take corporate money and there he is. >> you notice

voting was going against the patriot act russ feingold looks like he's going to be replaced by one of these tea party people these guys are as a republicans they're going to they're going to elect republicans russ feingold is like you know a demonstration of principle over politics and they're opposed to him there's no reason actually they should be opposed to russ feingold. but they want to elect republicans to ideologically driven and the people who drive this movement ok it's not driven from the ground it's driven from the cop down by christian bureaucrats is they need to get rid of everybody in their way all right well james. the third thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you for having me max. and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacey herbert i thank my guest james cameron actually the third is going to same email please do so at times report at r t t v dot ru until next time this is nice guys are saying. the eat.

i will also miss the daily experience of russ feingold's friendship and the qualities that distinguish his friendship, his thoughtfulness, kindness, humor and loyalty. i have treasured that friendship all the years we have served together, and while friendship doesn't end with a senate career, i will sorely miss his presence here. i will miss seeing him every day. i will miss traveling with him. i will miss the daily reminder of what a blessing it is to have a true friend in washington. our first encounter with one another was in a senate debate in which we argued about an aircraft carrier, somewhat heatedly, if memory serves. russ thought the united states navy had one too many. i thought we didn't have enough. it was, i'm sorry to admit, not a very considerate welcome on my part to a new colleague whom i would soon have many reasons to admire, but to russ' credit, he didn't let my discourtesy stand in the way of working together on issues where we were in agreement. to my good fortune, he didn't let it stand in the way of our friendship either. we are of different parties, and our po

we're going to use russ feingold as prove the progressive pitch doesn't work. the reason they went down is voters looked at what their party did. the party hasn't been tough about protecting social security. the party hasn't dun enough to nail down the abuses of the big banks. as long as that continues the voters will punish the party. so rewarding the people who made sure the party didn't do more to me is insanity. >> richard, is the whole problem the world centrist? are they really in the center of to country the people that are being called centrists in washington? >> well, you know, that's a great point. we just did another piece today. take zz. we have a proposal out, a very right-wing proposal from the two leaders of the deficit commission who can't get their commission to go along with it. this proposals says we should cut social security so we don't have to tax the wealthy, and if anything cut taxes on the wealthy. now polls have shone wn that overwhelmingly voters would rather protect the social security benefits, and they would rather see the wealthy

chris: howard dean or this guy, russ feingold? >> you know, obama should be so lucky. chris: ok. kay. >> if obama has to compromise with republicans, obviously the more he does so, the more he will anger the base. the more liberals in the democratic party will say our values have been sold out and the more they will want somebody to challenge barack obama, whoever does so is probably on a losing wicket. chris: well said. >> yes, he will face a challenge. and when incumbent face challenges -- chris: they lose. >> as george w. bush learned, ross perot. chris: give me a name. >> feingold could or someone else from the left but i think he will face a challenge from the left. >> democrats hate an empty stage. they really do. and so i mean, it might be something like al sharpton will run for publicity but i don't think it will be a serious challenge. chris: thanks for the round table. the president loved what he heard. that's the show. thank you for watching. see you here next week. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] [ male announcer ] we went to germany's nurburgring to chall

voting was going against the patriot act russ feingold looks like he's going to be replaced by one of these tea party people these guys are these guys are republicans they're going to they're going to elect republicans russ feingold is like a demonstration of principle over politics and they're opposed to him there's no reason actually they should be opposed to the spying or. but they want to elect republicans not ideologically driven and the people who drive this movement ok it's not proven from the ground it's driven from the top down by most christian theocrats is they need to get rid of everybody in their way all right well.

we'll be watching that carefully on the back of the russ feingold victory.nother place where that might be interesting to watch is illinois. don't forget, this is in the senate, barack obama's old seat, mark kirk who was the house representative here for the republicans is standing this time and is left open to dan seals and bob dole. bob dole made an advertisement in which dan became a seal and the most extraordinary thing people will take away from this race. it's extremely tight and maybe the democrats have one chance of holding this because that senate race looks incredibly tight. >> emily, seals don't have perfect teeth like that, do they? >> in this campaign, i think i've seen seals, sheep, certainly a lot of guns and somebody stamping on the white house. >> also one of my very favorite ads was where a democrat turned to a republican and told him liar, liar, pants on fire. when he we get to the ads saying that. >> across the atlantic. the sunday times. need we go on? >> obviously not from home. i am here. >> and not wearing your pajamas because it's a

these guys are these guys are republicans they're going to they're going to elect republicans russ feingold is my.

so, i think the idea that russ feingold would challenge a sitting president of the united states, ted it. look how successful he was at that. >> look, jean mccartney did it against lyndon johnson. if you have a point of view people believe deeply in and strongly in like the anti-war liberals in america. they have no representative and obama tripled forces in afghanistan and if russ feingold went out there and ran on that issue, i agree. he's not going to beat barack obama, but he could make a place for himself in american history. >> let me ask you one more thing. you'll see how the tea partiers do. they're a huge part of this new freshman class. what about sharon angle? what about christine o'donnell and they're apparently thinking about runs. >> i know christine o'donnell has run three times now. she had that mess with bill maher. i thought she was attractive at the end of that campaign. she closed that game 19-10 and i don't know about another house seat or senate run out there. i would think this lady has a future in tv or politics. >> tv or politics. >> tv. and lotes let's leave

. >> i think what's going to happen is that a real radical like russ feingold or dennis kucinich and chance of jerry brown. >> bill: he won't do it? >> get into the race and stakeout the left alternative. >> bill: why bother. >> as those guys move up in the polls and maybe do well in some of the early primaries like mccarthy did in '68. just as bobby kennedy came in after mccarthy showed it could be done that hillary might come in after -- >> bill: sees the president faltering. look, if it were going to be on the left, why wouldn't howard dean do it? he doesn't like obama. >> dean has special issues about running. >> bill: what do you mean special issues. >> he got clobbered when he ran last time. i don't think he wants to run again. is he not that kind of a guy. kucinich is a bomb thrower and russ feingold is out of a job. >> bill: they don't have a chance these guys. >> that's it. they don't have a chance. they start at zero. get a gallup poll monday after month. >> >> they are not going to 30. that's not going to happen. >> do you remember when i cleaned your clock that we bet tha

russ feingold's defeat in wisconsin. then when they flashed at one one point that john dingell was losing, i don't think it's been called, but they flashed on the screen he has been losing, that got a big cheer. a long-time lion among the democra in the house. i just ha ju very interesting talk with one of the young rising stars among republicans in the house. that's kevin mccarthy of california. one of the so-called young guns. newshour viewers will recall perhaps that recently i think within the last couple of weeks ray suarez talked to him and eric cantor. he has sort put an interesting spin on this. he referred to this as a generational changeing election. he's talking about all the candidates who we're seeing win tonight who have no or very little electoral or governing experience. many of them young. many of them coming, he thinks, with pressure ideas. he says this signals a rude awakening for seniority in washington. i said rude awakening for both parties? he didn't want to go all that way. he said yes really, bot

russ feingold has tried to reestablish that, you know, you can trust me. you know me. you know what i've done. this may not-the year to remind people what you've done if you're a sitting senator. >> ifill: we'll have a lot more to say about it later on tonight especially with ray out in nevada. we're watching what's going on right now with the reed angle race. sharron angle and harry reid the polls not closed there yet.we're waiting to see whether harry reid survives. >> if you speak to the reed folks they feel good about their early vote. of course how the election day voters now show up and turn out will have a large component of the final results in this race. what you have here is the best sort of narrative overall on the cycle. you have the washington insider and the majority leader and the tea party candidate. it hits both the insider versus outsider. this is an insurgent energetic force in the republican party. >> senator reed's son is running for governor in a very difficult race. >> ifill: i want to talk about ohio. these house races. we don't want to overlook

now i'm not sure that that means that russ feingold is already planning a primary challenge from the left to barack obama. it may mean that he is looking towards what future he will have and i'm sure it will be a robust one in the world of politics and policy in the public interest. but it's a suggestion there had been for the president ahead. as we look at some of the areas where cooperation is possible, let's start with trade come with the president has indicated that he wants to move towards enactment of the free trade agreements with colombia and south korea. doing so will mean finding probably more republicans willing to support them in congress and democrats and they face of organized labor, which is already unhappy because they didn't get the kind of labor reform, card check or anything resembling it that they wanted. and of course that's now dead. certainly john kline is not going to be inclined to do anything on that front in the house of representatives. and this will be another burr under their saddle, along with many other liberals. can he make compromise and still keep h

. >> wisconsin, russ feingold. still in trouble, evan/ >> tossup. >> gone. >> barbara boxer? >> the amazing storie -- stories about these two high- powered executives trying to buy more rhythm, but they just don't sell with the voters. >> jerry brown is ahead in the california governor's race. >> you don't have an advertisement talking nostalgically about how good it was in the 1980's, and then jerry brown saying, "yeah, i was governor." >> she had spent $160 million or so -- she has a turnout operation of her own. it worries me. if the races are tight -- >> kentucky looks like rand paul. finally, alaska, this is the duty. joe miller is the senate candidate, lisa murkowski gets be, but she is ahead in the polls. >> to miller has had a bad month, with charges against them having -- joe miller has had a bad month, with the charges against them haven't been disclosed with the ethical problems he had great he is nosediving in the polls. >> for the record, politico, abc news, ne"new york times" saying that bill clinton trying to talk kendrick meek out of the florida senate race. h

i think that russ feingold tried to do the same thing. i'm not sure that i see the evidence that the handful of people who really worked out that strategy were able to win. but look, michael, at the end of the day, unemployment in this country is close to 10% so to some degree i think that talk about messaging is overstated. so much that the democrats can do running into the gail force headwinds of an economy like this and hope and pray that it gets before before the next election. >> michael crowley, many thanks for your time. i appreciate it. >>> who is behind the computer worm. experts now say that the computer program was designed to speed up and destroy the centrifuges which iran is using to enrich uranium. we'll go inside of this cloak and dagger mystery next. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. he lightg, girlfriend. mnh-mnh. oh gosh! woo! it's this drab one-tone hair color, ick. yeah. let's szush it up. [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy with colorblend technology. in one simple step, get a blend of tones and highlights. so even in t

i think russ feingold tried to do the same thing.see the evidence that the handful of people who tried that strategy were able to win. but at the end of the day, unemployment is close to 10%. to some degree, i think all the talk about messaging is overstated. there's only so much democrats can do running into the gale force head winds of an economy like this. >> michael crowley, thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up, who is behind the computer worm? experts now say the computer program was designed to speed up and destroy the centrifuges which iran is using to enrich uranium. hey, babe. oh, hi, honey! so i went to the doctor today, then picked up a few extra things for the baby. oh, boy... i used our slate card with blueprint. we can design our own plan to avoid interest by paying off diapers and things each month. and for the bigger stuff, we can pay down our balance faster to save money on interest. bigger? bigger. slate from chase gives you extraordinary control over how you pay for life's surprises. trip...lets... slate customers

economy was the most important issue this election, costing long-term democrats, like wisconsin's russ feingold, their job. but democrats pulled out other tight senate races. >> i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this victory, after the toughest and roughest campaign of my life. >> reporter: meaning capitol hill power will be divided. just as voters say they want more done in washington. and more on the change that's already happening in washington. president obama called john boehner at midnight to congratulate him. they talked about what they're going to do to work together. boehner says he told the president he wants to work on adding jobs and cutting spending. he says that's what the american people expect. rob and vinita? rob and vinita? >> so, votesers were obviously upset with the current policies. what else do we know about voter sentiment? >> reporter: we looked at exit polls. it was very interesting. one in four voters identified themselves as angry. of those voters, 84% chose the republican on the ballot. that's going to be a strong message republicans will bring,i a

of principle over politics and your post there's no reason actually they should be opposed to russ feingold. but they want to elect republicans to ideologically driven and the people who drive this movement ok it's not driven from the ground it's driven. by christian. is that they need to get rid of everybody and their way all right well james scam and actually the third thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you for having me back already and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert i think my guest james cameron actually the third is going to see me an email please do ties the report r t t v dot ru until next time this is nice guys are saying bye. in the united kingdom is available in the house bill and. the only way really to make it illegal so it's in the millstone hutto country house is the bull tells the remembering the crew made the choice to feel. the oil the ruben's hotel. for much. of this is r t glad to have you with us. tokyo the diplomatic pressure over russia's southern. japan has recalled its ambassador to r

movement right and of course the one guy in congress to voting was going against the patriot act russ feingold looks like he's going to be replaced by one of these tea party people these guys are these guys are republicans they're going to.

we're waiting to hear from russ feingold.to take your telephone calls throughout the evening and into the morning. you can also post your thoughts on our web page ad c-span.org. next up is a democrat from spokane. caller: basically, what i wanted to just positive the discussion would be the fact that there will be no african-american representation in this next senate. it looks like kendrick meek from florida and the candidate from south carolina as well as mike thurman, they are all projected to lose tonight. the only incumbent is retiring. i thought that was dead and interesting comment to make. we are all sitting here -- i thought was an interesting comment to make. we are all sitting here letting the coverage. thank you for staying up late. host: next is dawn on the independent line from florida. what is on your mind? caller: i am watching these returns and thinking that there is much celebration on both sides, but in reality, much of what this election should have been about is the economy. we are not in a depression. we

another interesting statement on the election came from the defeated russ feingold in wisconsin who as he spoke to this crowd said it's on to 2012. now that could mean many things, but one of them is a potential challenge to barack obama for the renomination and of course we know presidents who do not succeed winning a second term usually face that kind of a challenge from their own party base. but we also know that as efforts are made to find areas of common ground looking ahead of that in some of those to trade for example where we could easily imagine barack obama who has indicated support for the preacher agreements with columbia and south korea. getting them through this congress but he would get them through with more republican votes than democratic votes in both labor, which has seen its great hope for the last two years talk about unfulfilled expectations for the labor reform act will not be happy campers if obama immediately turns to ally with republicans and a small number of democrats for trade agreements, and that will be true as well if we look at some fiscal package that

there is nothing the white house fears more than an unemployed russ feingold. if there is someone who can tap dissatisfaction with the president and encourage the liberal wing of the democratic party to revolt -- rebelled is too strong -- it could be uss.body like ro i could take a question or two. i will take two questions even though they do not expect it. does anybody have a quick question? i would be happy to answer. i do a lot of q and a. you can ask about a race, a personality, or we can just go home. ok, let's go. >> what about the two-party? >> that is a good question, thank you. in this case, the first and last question is the same one. usually, i will get people say, "can you tell me about the city council race in scarsdale?" really, i have gotten that. i think the tea party is here to stay, at least in the next few years. the lesson is there were effective in organizing and energizing the republican party and they had an impact in republican primaries. i think republican presidential candidate saw that and notice that and will appeal to them, and wil

fox news project russ feingold lost the race to ron johnson and feingold campaigned on his support for health care overhaul . he lost his seat. state of democrat. barbara boxer holds on her seat and defeated carlie fiorina. she spent more than 140 million of her own dollars to try to win the seat and goes down in defeat. nevada, one of the most important races it looks like we will not have a result at this moment. a motorist in southeast las vegas ran into a transformer and knocked out power x. nevadans will not release until everyone has a chance to vote. the numbers on your screen reflect 19 percent of the vote for the senate seat of the senate majoritiy leader harry reidi am shepard smith. the news starts now. >> it is a political drama on a national stage as we watch the race results come in. and many contests are already decided . we are still waiting for answers. about the impact of the tea party movement and weather the president helped democrats. and what about the early voters who forced candidates to shake up their strategies. we are watching the results and tracking the ret

and in wisconsin, businessman ron johnson likely to defeat three-term senator russ feingold. but the big prize for republicans tonight, in nevada. the democratic leader, harry reid fighting for his political life right now. and jon karl is there. >> reporter: i'll tell you, going into this, george, this race is unbelievably close. i've been talking to strategists in both camps. and they both, of course, have their own internal polls. and also there are the public polls. and across the board, this thing is seen as a virtual tie right now. >> a virtual tie. and also, jon, there's been a lot of early voting out there. and you hear different sides. the democrats ahead by about 9,000 among the voters that have already voted. and could be up to half of the electorate. but the republicans say that's underperforming. >> reporter: it's incredible, the numbers. you have 40% or almost 40% of registered voters have already voted. in a midterm election out here, that would be a good vote overall, including election day. it's a lot of people. democrats have that lead, nearly 10,000 votes.

i would love to see russ feingold and bernie sanders. adeal ticket. that's not going to happen.rimary fight. but obama will be our candidate in 2012. >> if george is right, david, and i know you've said similar things about moving on without the president. how? how? as the guy who is supposed to be the progressive president, if he's not doing what you think he should be doing, how do you move on without him? >> well, what i heard is more resources and more organizing needs to go into progressive movement building as opposed the to bowing down to any one presidential candidate or congressional candidate. we need more investment in moving organizing. that's organizing around a set of issues. not around any one individual. the conservatives have a true conservative movement. the progressives need to invest more in movement building. organizing again around a set of issues that you're willing to pressure both political parties and any president on. >> speaking of issues, one more thing, bill, the biggest issue is campaign finance reform. >> right. right. >> hold on one quick second.

russ feingold has been in the senate since 1992. but republican ron johnson is ahead in the polls. >>> health issues force a chicago alderman to withdraw himself from the race for mayor. >>> and later in medical watch, what a major government study say being the use of omega 3 supplements in older patients in alzheimer's. >>> in lunch break, get ready for a side or a main dish, we were making butternut squash whichset >>> live at the cme group in chicago. voters hit polling stations for the mid-term elections, wall strait is buzzing about what issues are key for them this election. extending the bush tax cuts and tackling the nation' deficit that's about $1.3 trillion. traders say that trade in china's currency are also issues that need to be addressed. speaking of the economy, looks like consumers are spending again and that helps boost master card which reported third quarter profits that exceeded wall street estimates with more consumers using those debit and credit card master card taking in revenues there. but over at illinois'

i think russ feingold tried to do is same thing. at the end of the day, unemployment is close to 10%. to some degree, i think all the talk about messaging is overstated. there's only so much that democrats can do running into the head winds of an economy like this. >> michael crowley, many thanks. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, who's behind the computer worm aimed at destroying iran's network? experts say the program was designed to speed up and destroy the center which iran is using. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t and blackberry have teamed up to keep your business moving. blackberry torch now just $99.99. only from at&t. rethink possible. >>> the democrats are looking for a senator to run their senatorial campaign committee which as the name implies, exists to elect democrats to the senate. so far, no takers. that's because the democrats will be defending a whopping 21 senate seats in 2012, plus the two independents who caucused with him. it could prove to be much tougher for the democrats than this year was. some of

will that cause him trouble with the howard dean, russ feingold folk who is may be looking to challenge him for president next time? one of the key issues will be the s.t.a.r.t. trial which jon kyl is opposing. this isn't about waste, fraud and abuse. this is about nuclear weapons. can anybody defend this republican push to destroy nuclear peace? >>> finally, the best skit ever from "saturday night live." it's one of their best spoofs i can ever remember and that's in a "hardball" "sideshow." >>> we start with sarah palin. some are afraid we're going to end with her. david corn and pat buchanan, an msnbc political analyst. let's take a look at former governor palin last week in an interview with barbara walters. >> i'm looking at the lay of the land now and trying to figure that out if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> i would love to know what's going on in barbara walter's head. she has seen them all. she can judge the people and there she's looking at this woman going, wha

i think that former senator russ feingold as he will soon be, who was a principalled opponent of theilitary actions, and, you know, to his credit, took those stands when they were not popular and made a big point of it, is a person that might conceivably be that way. so i think there's the possibility of that. i still think it's quite unlikely. >> and on the republican side? fred do you want to? >> no, i think republican haves an absolutely winning ticket that they would put together. >> let me write this down. >> and they'd win pretty easily. that would be jeb bush is the presidential nominee and chris christie, the problem is neither one of those guys is running. christie said the other day, there's a zero challenge he'll get involved in presidential politics. i've talked to jeb bush a number of times, he sounds like someone who's not at all interested in running 2012. he's a great governor. i think he'll be a great candidate. you got to want it. and he's not. >> i do think the one thing that you do get talking to republicans, they basically put a lot of their 2012 concerns in the

it could be somebody like russ feingold. normally, something like this. i would take a question or two. does anybody have a quick question or two? i'd be happy to answer. usually i do a lot of q and a. you can ask about a race or personality or we could go home. last one and first one. >> what's next for the tea party. >> that's a good question. thank you. people have asked can you tell me about the city council race? new york. the tea party is here for the short term. the lesson was that they were effective in organizing andener guying the republican party and had an impact in republican primaries. republican presidential candidates saw that and noticed that. they will look for candidates and keep them relevant. i think they'll be involved in other fights. we have another senate class coming up. is it ten republican senators. one of them must be from maine. if you are olymia snow, you have to be looking out for the tea party person. clearly they were a plus overall and a minus nice in individual races. norton beats bennett. puts money on it. mike cast wi

too early to project, senator russ feingold, a maverick senator running against ron johnson, a plasticskosh who has put a lot of his own money into the race. in nevada again -- actually, in colorado, rather -- michael bennet who was appointed to fill in secretary salazar's seat is running against ken buck who is the county district attorney. we'll be watching this race carefully. barack obama took colorado in 2008 and once again a microcosm of what's happening in this country, majority leader harry reid is running against tea party favorite sharron angle in a very close race and we cannot project a winner in nevada yet there as well. anthony mason is following the results of our exit polls. anthony, what's rowed the boat in this mid term election? >> reporter: we want to look at the tea party, katie. 40% of the voters in our exit poll described themselves as tea party supporters and nine out of 10 of them believed that president obama's policies have the country on the wrong track. they feel strongly that the government is doing too much. 85% said that. they feel the stimulus plan is no

so russ feingold loses. that sends a message. feingold one of the more progressive voices i

we want to show you ron johnson and russ feingold from last night. an[applause] >> thank you. wow.nk you. thank you, all. wow, this is a fabulous site. and you all for coming. -- thank you all for coming. thank you. thank you. i got a call from senator fine gold. he is very gracious. he offered his congratulations and offered to help in the transition. i certainly wish him well, we all wish him well. we do. [applause] i have a few thousand people to think. i will not go by name. i want to think, by the foreanke fine introduction. i also want to say thank you carrie for singing the national anthem. i would like to thank my parents. my father is on the stage, and i am very grateful. [applause] my parents instilled in me the values that brought me to this moment, and i am sure the values that will carry me through the next chapter in my life here. i would like to thank my family, my wife, jane. [applause] carrie, jen, ben and extended family. they have given me the support i need in this past six months, because they are as much concern about what is going on in the country as i am, s

johnson and wisconsin beats longtime democrat russ fine gold. -- feingold. in utah, mike lee, who has been ahead in the polls, gets a big win over the democrat. 62% to 33%. this is what makes up a potentially a tea party caucus. we don't know about three other races. washington, alaska, colorado. there could be three more, for a total of eight in the senate. tea party caught the spirit if you want to read more, go to our website, c-span.org. host: i wanted to ask about the pennsylvania race. has admiral sestak conceded? >> he was declared the official winner by ap, which takes a little more time to declare that other networks. ap the race and pat toomey looks like the winner. host: thanks. we will be back to you for more information. we will take this call from laura from riverside, california. caller: thank you. i have watched you for years but this is the first time i have called in. host: you are welcome. caller: i just wanted to say something nobody seems to look at. i feel we are in at a very dangerous place we were in a while ago. that was during the t

because it sucks out there from pennsylvania all wait to wisconsin including a clean guy like russ feingold got blown away for reason, jobs are not created. most people don't think jobs are coming back for americans. what are you going to do to bring jobs back to people voting democrat for hundreds of years and not voting that way anymore because they are reagan democrat again? how do you bring them back? >> chris, you're a sports fan, we have talked about this. >> i'm talking about the big ten states. >> let's talk about the big ten. if you consider the first quarter being the eight years of the bush administration in which things went into a tank in a bad, bad way, 800,000 jobs per month being lost, per quarter being lost in those years, then the second quarter was the last two years with obama coming in, stabilized things, brought the country back to stability, not where we need to be. we are now in the second half. here is what we must do, chris. >> can you get it down to the 8% the president promised, that christine romer promised, his economic adviser? down to the 8% he promised? >> c

republican john boozman; wisconsin republican ron johnson beating three-term democrat senator russ feingold. >> my friends, the people of wisconsin have spoken, and i respect their decision. i've called ron johnson and congratulated him and... ( audience boos ) ...and wished him well as our senator. and i also offered my help and the help of my staff in any transition. >> ifill: but in west virginia, democratic governor joe manchin held onto the senate seat formerly held by robert byrd. and in connecticut, attorney general richard blumenthal defeated wrestling executive linda mcmahon. the anti-establishment tea party movement claimed victories in several key races. in florida, marco rubio beat back a challenge from democrat kendrick meek as well as from governor charlie crist, who switched parties to run as an independent. today, rubio said voters were sending a strong message. >> you better not go up there and become like everybody else we've voted for, because if you do, you'll never get a third chance, and more importantly, our country will suffer. >> ifill: and in kentucky, republican r

will that cause him troubled with the howard dean, russ feingold folks who may be looking to challenge the president the next time. one of the key issues are the s.t.a.r.t. treat which republican jon kyl is opposing for no other reason than to humiliate the president and to apeas the neocons. not about waste, fraud and abuse this is about nuclear weapons. can anybody defend this republican push to destroy nuclear peace? >>> finally, the best ever skit from "saturday night live," check out "snl" send-. you tsa pat down controversy. it's one of their best spoofs that i can ever room and that's in the "hardball" sideshow tonight. >> ut we start with sarah palin, well we have to. some people are afraid that we'll end up with her. david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones and write for dailypolitics.com. >>> and pat buchanan is an msnbc political analyst. look at former governor palin last week in an interview with barbara walters what a showdown that was. listen to the key question. >> i'm look at the lay of the land now, and trying to figure that out, if it's a good thing for