he says will steve beshear furlough state employees again if re-elected?frank further county has suffered because of it. >> the last thing i wanted to do was furlough state employees but we did because we were faced with a difficult decision. as part of budget balancing we had to have another $24 million. it was either have state employees take six days of furlough or i'd have to fire 415 of them. because we had to balance the budget. constitution requires it. and so i decided that i thought everybody or almost everybody would prefer to share a little bit of the pain as opposed to 415 people losing their job. now, when i did that i took those six days my said. i took six unpaid days just like they did. i also have been writing a check for 10% of my salary back to the state treasury every month for about the last three years. because if i'm going to ask our state employees to sacrifice -- and i have. i mean, they are doing so much more work than they've ever done. some of them are doing two and three jobs that they used to just do one. because we've reduced

kentucky, democratic incumbent steve beshear reelected.ple don't think of kentucky, home of mitch mcconnell and rand paul, have a democratic governor, overwhelming victory for steve beshear. the big open question is mississippi, the personhood amendment. we are still waiting for final numbers to come in looks likely that the republican lieutenant governor will succeed the incumbent, haley barbour, but the big question that personhood amendment with national implications here. if it were to pass, this provision would set up a challenge to the supreme court, bringing roe v. wade up to question. the second thing it would create at least the possibility of an immediate ban on all abortionses in the state of mississippi with implications as far reaching for birth control for the morning after pill and ivf. significant at stake. back to you you erin. >> thanks, john. >>> out front ahead, s.e.a.l. team 6, the force that took out bin laden, a former member of the team comes out front. >>> students rallies at joe paterno's home supporting him amid

kentucky, democratic incumbent steve beshear reelected.ple don't think of kentucky, home of mitch mcconnell and rand paul, have a democratic governor, overwhelming victory for steve beshear. the big open question is mississippi, the personhood amendment. we are still waiting for final numbers to come in looks likely that the republican lieutenant governor will succeed the incumbent, haley barbour, but the big question that personhood amendment with national implications here. if it were to pass, this provision would set up a challenge to the supreme court, bringing roe v. wade up to question. the second thing it would create at least the possibility of an immediate ban on all abortionses in the state of mississippi with implications as far reaching for birth control for the morning after pill and ivf. significant at stake. back to you you erin. >> thanks, john. >>> out front ahead, s.e.a.l. team 6, the force that took out bin laden, a former member of the team comes out front. >>> students rallies at joe paterno's home supporting him amid

his name is steve beshear. he wants to talk about people forgetting and forgiving. he should lead by example. and run a positive campaign like i've run, talking about issues. he should go to fore ups that mr. galbraith and i have been to all over the state. he's refused to talk about his agenda because he doesn't have one. now, no matter how this campaign turns out, i'm going to be out there fighting for kentucky citizens, either as governor of the commonwealth of kentucky or president of the state senate. >> as president of the senate, do you want to say anything about the relationship you might have, if he's re-elected? >> you know the bottom line of it is, is i think that governor beshear hasn't a relationship with anybody in the general assembly. either in the house or in the senate. he has been irrelevant in the budget process. he's not balanced the budget nine times. we have an unbalanced budget right now and he hasn't had an agenda and you notice tonight he hasn't talked about an agenda for the future. so i'm focusing on the next seven, eight days in this cam

in kentucky, the democratic governor there, steve beshear, we're now predicting has easily gone on toe-election at this point. people wanted to opt out of health care, symbolic, saying they do not want to be forced to buy health care under the reform bill. let's go to mississippi. the same sort of split decision. you can the question of defining a person, conservatives wanted to say from the moment of conception, that's person. it was clearly an end-run on roe v. wade on abortion rights. voters there said, including many conservatives no this goes too far, calling that as a win for the no vote. that was rejected, but in the same vote, they also said your going to need the voter i.d. we haven't called it it yet, but clearly leading, need a voter i.d. to vote, largely associated with republican voters and oh, by the way, a long-time republican governor there is leaving, he is haley barbour, being replaced, we have called it, by another republican. so as you can see, all night long, a series of mixed decisions here, democrats can see some wins, republicans can see some wins. right the no

in kentucky, governor steve beshear, a democrat, easily won a second term.irwoman of the democratic national committee. thank you for joining me tonight, congresswoman. >> thanks for having me tonight, lawrence. >> i want to go to the result in mississippi and the reproductive rights of women. this very clear attempt to present a direct attack on roe v. wade, being soundly defeated in mississippi. was that something you expected tonight? >> well, in mississippi, the success tonight for people who care about preserving women's access to health care, that was an incredible victory. to have that victory in mississippi sends a strong message across this country that women in this country want to make sure that they get to decide about how much access to health care they have. they want to be able to make sure that they can have the rights of reproductive choice. they don't want the government telling them that they can't get access to infertility treatments. that they might be allowed to die in a hospital, even if they have an atopic pregnancy. that's how extrem

. >> woodruff: in kentucky, meanwhile, democratic incumbent steve beshear coasted to a second term. >> folks, this election was never about party. it was always about which candidate could best bring this commonwealth together to tackle the challenges we have. >> woodruff: in arizona, state senate president russel pearce, architect of the state's tough new immigration law, was ousted from office in a recall election by a fellow republican in what many observers describe as a rebuke to his polarizing positions. while in virginia, republicans made gains in both the state house and senate in a state that is certain to be at the center of next year's presidential election. i'm joined now by karen kasler, statehouse bureau chief for ohio public radio and television. she's been covering the high profile ballot measure campaign from columbus, ohio. karen, it's good to see you again. first of all, remind us how this measure ended up on the ballot. >> well, this is the latest chapter in a story that started back in 2010 when republicans swept every office on the statewide ballot starting with

in kentucky, the democratic governor there, steve beshear, we're now predicting has easily gone on tos point. that's an encouraging sign for democrats all over the country when they see a win like that. in ohio, the governor signed into law a measure that would restrict the power of unions. the unions came out in force and said let's repeal it they succeeded, a great big way according to our projection in ohio, but this is why it is a split decision. on the same vote today, people there also wanted to opt-out of health care, largely symbolic but saying they do not want to be forced to buy health care under the health care reform bill. let's move to mississippi, where there's other ballot initiati s initiatives, same split decision you can the question of defining a person, conservatives wanted to say from the moment of conception, that's person. it was clearly an end-run on roe v. wade on abortion rights. voters there said, including many conservatives no this goes too far, calling that as a win for the no vote. that was rejected, but in the same vote, they also said your going to nee

steve beshear seems to have wrapped that up pretty easily. obviously, everything, everything, everything, piers, is about the presidential race next year. so everyone's reading the tea leaves on all these votes. >> tom, thanks very much indeed. >>> when we come back, i go one on one with one of the gop's comeback kids, a resurgent and fascinating newt gingrich. ♪ and the flowers and the trees ♪ ♪ all laugh when you walk by ♪ and the neighbors' kids run and hide ♪ deep inside you, there's a person who refuses to be kept deep inside you. ♪ but you're not ♪ you're the one be true to yourself. what's healthier than that? this is not how witness protection works! when we set you up with that little hardware store we didn't intend for your face to be everywhere. but fedex office makes it so easy. not only do they ship stuff, they print flyers, brochures -- everything i need to get my name out there. that's the problem. now we need to give you a third identity. you're paul matheson. and you're gonna run your business into the ground. erik gustafson

. >> the democratic governor there, steve beshear we're now predicting has easily gone on to re-electionoint. that's an encouraging sign for democrats all over the country when they see a win like that. on the other hand, we're watching very closely tonight virginia where the republicans, if they can take two seats in the state senate, will then hold the senate, the house, the governorship, the lieutenant governorship and the attorney general's office, all which could make that an unpleasant battleground state for president obama if they hold all those top offices in republican hands. we're watching these races around the country. this is one where we have the results at this point. >> you're watching two ballot nivtives in particular. >> let's look at ohio here. this is the ballot issue about collective bargains. earlier this year the governor signed into law a law that says that they're going to really restrict collective bargaining in this country -- in ohio for the government worker, about 350,000 of them. there's been a gigantic battle going on as to whether or not they're going to

for governor and the associated press has already given this contest to democratic incumbent to steve beshear over williams 57% of the vote with 61 precincts reporting now. polls indicated williams had failed to catch fire with voters even in heavily republic districts. his campaign war chest was dwarfed by that of his democratic owe tonight in. two big ballot initiatives tonight in ohio. issue 2 the draft to repeal labor law restricting collective bargaining for public employees. unions have poured in money and volunteers into ohio. issue 3. a challenge to president obama's health care law on the issue of the insurance mandate. two issues is that could be big 2012 issues tonight fought in the biggest of wing states. polls have just closed in mississippi. three ballot questions there one defines life as beginning at conception. another requires a photo i.d. to vote. the last would restrict imminent domain action. the government taking property. mississippi's governor race pits democrat johnny dupre against republic phil bryant and mississippi state legislature will be determined with republic

democratic governor steve beshear trounced his republican opponent to win re-election. in his beer after americans killed the bill. arizona, michigan, iowa, maine, new jersey, and ohio all have radical right-wing republican governors who have absolutely attacked workers to balance their budgets. middle class voters who were asleep at the switch maybe in 2010 or the midterm, guess what, they're awake now in 2011. the question is, will the democrats recognize that the tide's coming in on a possible sea change in america? can they keep the momentum going? joining me now is senator bernie sanders, independent from vermont. great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be with you. >> look, we've got different pockets of the country with some crucial issues. traditional conservative values that were voted down huge. what's it say to the democrats? >> well, i'll tell you, ed, in my view, what happened in ohio last night was the most significant political victory for working class america that i have seen in many, many years. if i were republican, i would be extremely nervous.

in kentucky, governor steve beshear, cruised to reelection. he could provide a blueprint for president obama. including defining your opponent early. take note, mitt romney. in mississippi, phil bryant defeated democrat johnny dupree, the first african-american major nominee for governor in mississippi since reconstruction. and here in san francisco, ed lee. he'll be the first asian-american mayor in san francisco history. and michael nutter won reelection by a wide margin. we'll be right back. pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky -- it's amazing what soup can do. four minutes, around four bucks. chng we'renvor of. t ickeay like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. shop less. get more. make one call to an allstate agent. >>> welcome back to "hardball." herman cain defended himself yesterday in dramatic fashion in a late-day news conference, he denied the all

the democratic incumbent, steve beshear is expected to beat -- >>> this is the city's first ranked choicere allowed to pick their top three candidates. in oregon, voters are deciding who will be in the running to replace former democratic congressman david wu. wu left congress after allegations of a sexual encounter with a teenage girl. in addition, that state is rolling out its ipad voting system for the first time aimed at hope disabled residents who might have problems marking their paper ballot. in from the tea feature occupy wall street, more and more americans see themselves as part of a populist movement. so what are the implications for 2012 in the general election? bob shrum is a democratic strategist and former republican congressman vin weber is a special adviser to the romney campaign. both join us now. bob shrum, first to you, you see and you have called for more populism. you've been talk bing for the president to be more progressive and reaching out to the mood in the country. but can it go too far. could it turn against the white house, especially with what we're seeing wi

steve beshear won a second seat and huge loss for russell pierce who lost to a fellow republican. pierce is the author of that very hardline anti-immigration law that, of course, has made national and international headlines. kyra. >> mark preston, thanks so much. we'll have your next political update in just about an hour. for all the latest political news, you can always go to our website cnnpolitics.com. >>> hundreds of penn state students show up outside coach joe paterno's home as he returns from practice last night. as you can see, coach accused of doing the bear minimum in reporting child rape charges was visibly moved. >> we want joe! >> and i want you. and i want you guys. it's hard for me to tell you how much this means to me. the kids that are victims, whatever they want to say, i think we ought to say a prayer for them. tough life. when people do certain things to you. but, anyway, you've been great. >> jason carroll is covering the story for us from state college, pennsylvania. so, what's the latest on paterno's fate, jason? >> that is the big question, kyra. a lot of