shelley berkley supports the dream act and dean heller doesn't. she's tried to cut an issue and he's tried to reach out to latino voters in the ads and other ways of outreach. >> when it comes to looking at the polling or what is suggested as far as this is concerned, what is the story in nevada? >> for pulling polling we have seen a lot of ties in the polls. there's a new one coming out tonight, nbc, it be nice fresh polling information going into the debate. the last caller. a lot of the recent polls that we have seen have been automated or they've been republican or democratic and they shall one candidate up a few points and the other candidate up a few points and basically nobody breaking out in this race yet and in the presidential race, you know, it's still considered a swing state but he has been up a few points in the polls. >> as far as their styles are concerned is their anything to note as far as how they're debating styles go? >> they haven't debated much recently, but berkeley is often called a kind of a very vague politician or, you

shelley shelley berkley has been hobbled by an ethics investigation. she stayed in the game. polls are very tight there. the democrats do have a registration advantage. they've got the harry reid machine that was put in place in 2010 and pulled him over the line. many people thought harry reid was done. they debate later tonight. that will be very interesting to see the contrast between dean heller who is a milquetoast republican. he doesn't say a lot of incendiary things. he will be tough on berkeley saying she's the most corrupt person he's ever met. berkeley is hitting him on the issue of medicare because he voted for the ryan budget twice. polls are very, very close there. i would give a slight edge to heller. >> eliot: what does it mean that the voters in nevada don't seem to care that she and berkeley is the subject of an ethics investigation? is this par for the course in washington? something about nevada? that is an interesting phenomenon. >> it's vegas, baby, right? it's interesting. i don't know how much information there is on this. remember we pay attention to th

shelley berkley's race, elizabeth warren's state. claire mccaskill's race. it's helping democratic female caidates. ec tro ie republican party has very few cotituencies left they can rely on. it's primaily old, white men. if you want to alienate women further than they've been alienated in this process, you veolitnse a they're suffering a gender gap. this makes it worse. i know it won't have an effect in the missouri race when it comes to the presidential contest, but it creates an image problem for other races in -- >> that's whbody wand to embrace this guy. they have toecause they want to theenatso. here's a new poll. let's take a look at the indiana senate race. congressman joe donnelly two points ahead of state treasurer richard mourdock. it's in the margin of error. it should set f alarm bells the nrcs, shouldn't it, sam? >>h,eais tis a trend not just about indiana. it's about, you know, maybe half a dozen states now where we're seeing democratic senate candidates basically rising up above the republican opponents. you have to look at larger trends to p

the first of the debates between dean heller and shelley berkley, the democrat. what does each person have to the chief? guest: this race has been very close for over a year at this point. polls have shown that dena hellan heller was up a few poins and then shelley berkley was up. each candidate needs to find a way to break out. you'll probably see some attacks on ethics issues from dean heller. she is under investigation. this is expected to be a big issue in the race. so i thought it would sink -- some thought it would sink her candidacy. whether she used her position in congress to help benefit her husband's business. the may decision to go for with a formal investigation of her. this has turned out to be a huge deal. she represents las vegas. republicans have used this issue to try to define her to voters that didn't know much about her before. the issue seems to be pretty much baked in. the race was pretty much a tie and continues to be a tie. host: what did she have to do against dean heller? guest: she is trying to tie getler to paul ryan's bud plan. democ

people, incumbent senator dean heller and the republican, and his challenger, representative shelley berkley, the democrat. what does each person have to achieve in this first debate? >> this race has been very close for over a year at this point, and the polls have shown the republican poll shows that dean heller was of a few points on the democratic poll showed shelley berkley was of a few points and most of them basically showed a tie. so, each candidate really needs to find a way to break out a little bit. i think from dean heller you can probably expect to see some attacks on the ethics issue which is that shelley berkley is under investigation by the house ethics committee and this is expected to be a big issue in the race. everyone thought it would be a game changer, but it might even sink her candidacy. >> what is she being looked at for? >> whether she used her position in congress to help benefit her husband's business and in july they made a decision to go forward with a formal investigation of her. so this was kind of thought to be a huge deal she's a member of congress and repre

dean heller faces shelley berkley free market. you can watch it at 11:00 p.m.astern time on c-span. >> in order to foster work and enterprise in the middle east and other developing countries, i will initiate something i call prosperity pax. working with the private sector. the program will identify the barriers to investment and trade and in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurialism in developing nations. >> we believe that freedom and self-determination not unique to one culture. is not simply american values? those are universal values. i am convinced that ultimately government is by the people and for the people. it is more likely to bring about the stability and prosperity and individual opportunity that serves as a basis for peace. >> next wednesday, october 3, mitt romney and president obama meet in their presidential debate, moderated by jim lehrer of the news hour. watch and engage with c-span, including a live debate preview. after the debate, your reactions, calls, e-mails and suites. follow us on c-span, c-span radio and at c-span.org. >> the federal

from heller, you can expect to see some attacks on ethics issues, which is that shelley berkley is under investigation, and this is expected to be a big issue in the race. everybody thought it would be eight games change. host: what for? guest: committee is investigating whether she used her position in congress to help benefit her husband's business. in july they made the decision to go forward with an investigation of her. this was thought to be a huge deal, especially because she is a member of congress. she is not necessarily well known in the northern part of the state. republicans have used this issue to define her to voters who did not know much about her before. what we have seen is the issue is baked in at this point in the polls. before the ethics committee made their decision, the race was pretty much a tie. host: as far as the representative is concerned, what does she have to do against the opponent? guest: what you can expect to see tonight is for one thing and she is trying to tie heller to .aul ryan's budget plan democrats love to say that heller voted for the plan twice,

dean heller is being challeneged by shelley berkley. the race is being rated as a toss up. a poll shows heller leading berkley among likely voters. host: caller: [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [no audio] he decided he would move his >> we drove across country. we were headed for california. we never left. my dad was a waiter. put waiter's salary, he food on our table, close on our back, and two daughters through college. i worked my way through college as a waitress, a cocktail waitress. i think it is my job to make sure people who come after me have the same opportunities my family had learned became to nevada. thank you. >> thank you. thank you to my opponent for being here tonight. thank you so much. i grew up here in nevada with five brothers and five sister. my father was a mechanic and a mother was a school coke. my father created his own business. took him years. hard work. the government did not help. there were certain important principles he lived by. if you work hard every day you g

he faces congresswoman shelley berkley. live coverage at 11:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. friday night, another senate debate. this one from wisconsin between tommy thompson and congresswoman tammy baldwin. watch live at nine eastern. >> to foster work and enterprise in the middle east and other developing countries, i will initiate something i will call prosperity pacts. working with the private sector, the program will identify the barriers to investment and trade in entrepreneurship in developing nations. in exchange for moving as barriers and opening their markets to u.s. investment and trade, developing nations will receive u.s. assistant packages focusing on developing liberty, the rule of law of property rights. >> believe freedom and self- determination are not unique to one culture. these are not simply american values or western values. they are universal values. even as there will be huge challenges to a transition to democracy, i am convinced government of the people, by the people, and for the people is more like