and i approved this message. >> that schauer guy is full of baloney. you wouldn't do that to your mom, would you, tim? >> reporter: even walberg's 94- year-old mother has been dragged into the fray. >> i'm tim walberg. my mom and i approved this message. >> reporter: schauer is clearly hoping the social security issue will help him with seniors, who usually turn out in reliable numbers, even in mid-term elections. but the seniors we met at this morning exercise class in tecumseh, michigan, had a lot more than social security on their minds. >> i'm very disillusioned with the whole thing. i am going in the voting booth and i am going to vote against every politician in office. >> reporter: like other voters in this district, these voters are looking not for the right party, but the right candidate. >> my concern is to vote for the person that i feel is the most sincere to get us back on track. >> i think a lot of them have come to realize that politicians themselves are not the answer to these issues that we're facing here in the state. >> reporter: one

vote against mark schauer. on election day, take the right path, vote against jim marshall.gary mcdowell. bobby bright. vote against john spratt. vote against john adler. bill foster. debbie hall ver son. martin line rich. vote guest chet edwards. american future fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> let's call in howard fineman. good evening. >> hi, keith. >> the post called ate spending frenchdy conducted largely in the shadows. is there precedent for it? what does a government elected by this american future fund look like snanchts cross between the bush administration and the mckinley administration. the last time it was like this was when the republican party was a wholly owned subsidiary of j.p. morgan and the pennsylvania ra ra railroad and andrew carnegie. the decision was important legally and psychologically. the leaders and republicans in general. republicans like rove have slis ted t solicited the money. the corporations that were cautious by nature were worried about lawsuits. they're not worried about i anymore thanks to the supreme court.

vote against mark schauer. on election day, take the right path, vote against jim marshall.ote against gary mcdowell. bobby bright. vote against john spratt. vote against john adler. bill foster. debbie halverson. martin heinrich. vote against chet edwards. american future fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> let's call in howard fineman. good evening. >> hi, keith. >> "the post" called it a spending frenzy conducted largely in the shadows. is there precedent for it? what does a government elected by this american future fund look like? >> a cross between the bush administration and the mckinley administration. the last time it was like this was when the republican party was a wholly owned subsidiary of j.p. morgan and the pennsylvania railroad and andrew carnegie. the decision was important legally and psychologically. the leaders and republicans in general. republicans like rove have solicited the money. the corporations that were cautious by nature were worried about lawsuits. they're not worried about it anymore, thanks to the supreme court. >> the

let's save medicare and cut schauer. >> you call social security worele woreless -- worthless and say you want to privatize our social security. you are going to have to answer to us. >> i approve this message. >> is that in the advertisement that you want to privatize social security and you say well, we know how you stand. we don't know how you stand. >> i want to secure social security, not privatize it. it is what it is. my mom is on it, you are on it. i will be on it. i don't have a choice. but let's secure it. i introduced legislation to secure it, put a lock box around it. >> if you were to watch the ads, seniors are very confused about what is going on in this race and who to believe, really. if you were to watch the ads and not have any other information other than what you are seeing on television, you would be led to believe that if one candidate is elected you will be out on the street. these ads are very despicable to the point where they are flat out lying to seniors about their views on social security and medicare and it is really doing a disservice to these here becau