terry mccullough was leading before the shutdown, but now we show him down by eight points. go to the next one, more virginians blame republicans for the shutdown. that's higher than the numbers we had in our wall street journal poll. and look at this negative for the republican party overall in the state of virginia. 62% unfavorable rate for the party. democrats, 45%. in isolation, you would say that's not great. but democrats could sweep those three statewide races. that's a big deal. >> the president is already out there thinking about 2016. >> he is. he didn't get to do much golfing or fundraising. the house democrats say they've actually gotten people to suddenly say they want to run for congress now, those that were waiting for 2016. now they want to run because they think the shutdown is bad politics. >> ted cruz, does he come out of

. >> this does sound like it's terry mccullough's race to lose. does that change his campaign strategy? >> he is running a cautious campaign. if you watch a lot of tv in the washington or virginia areas he does not appear in his own tv ads. averaged cuccinel limili's campaign puts him in them all. where he is wearing a hawaiian shirt. they are trying to make him look like a sleazy deal maker. a wheeler dealer. it's not working in part because mcculloff is no where to be seen. they run a tightly controlled message campain. it's fair to say, given the perceptions that that is still being vastly vast trumped by the anger they have over the government shutdown and the republican party should bare the blame. >> this is becoming a nationalized race. that may be good in a sense. voters in virginia don't care for either candidate very much. the and so both candidates have a negative image. i supposed last best hope for cuccinelli that the mcculloff people say home. if there is a blizzard in virginia next month they'll come out to vote. that is the theory

democrats terry mccullough had a campaign stop. the front runner in every poll today.t is her husband's turn. >> bill clinton. >> democrats worry low turnout could lead enterprise tea party is determined to lead obama decide the ways. >> show up and vote. >> the clintons know about health care debacle's. she blasted gop for try to block obamacare bid seemed to embrace a referendum on it well beyond virginia. >> of people will be able to judge whether they like it or not in the midterm election. >> far from giving up, the gop is gearing up. texas' senator ted crews spent the weekend hunting game and those in iowa over the first presidential caucuses. >> an administration that seems bent on violating every constitutional protection that we have in the bill of rights. >> also featured republicans vying the white house and slamming obamacare symptomatic of a liberal in tmz. both sides are playing referendum politics across the country right now in buying of u.s. presidential campaigns for the next three years. virginia votes in seven days. lou: thank you. more on the r

we're seeing terry mccullough leading by 18 to 24 points.atch hve had enon the state of texas. >> i don't know. i hope we can have a conversation celebrating that republicans and conservatives have given up on what is not a winning strategy. but that day may be a few, a few months or years from now. cecile richard. thank you for joining us. >> great to see you, alex, thanks. >> some tea party republicans are being cheered back home for shutting down the government. further proof that all politics is low come. that -- is local. that's coming up. poligrip helps minimize stress which may damage supporting teeth by stabilizing your partial. care for your partial. help protect your natural teeth. [ sound fades ] at a moment like this, i'm glad i use tampax pearl. [ female announcer ] tampax pearl protects better. only tampax has a leakguard braid to help stop leaks before they happen. tampax pearl protects better. >> montana's governor john walsh is running for the u.s. senate in 2014. walsh will run to replace democratic senator max baucus who i

we're seeing terry mccullough leading by 18 to 24 points. enough in the state of texas. >> i don't know. i hope we can have a conversation celebrating that republicans and conservatives have given up on what is not a winning strategy. but that day may be a few, a few months or years from now. cecile richard. thank you for joining us. >> great to see you, alex, thanks. >> some tea party republicans are being cheered back home for shutting down the government. further proof that all politics is low come. -- is local. that's coming up. africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. at a ford dealer with a little q and a for fiona. tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who

>> if terry mccullough looks like he's going to do -- >> around ten points ahead?ht, and becomes governor, it certainly puts the state in play as a place where democrats can add it and keep it in the win column. i mean, what the republicans did with the shutdown, i think, was horrible for their electoral chances. they needed -- >> settle there is a slimdown, john. >> a slimdown, thank you. but it was a shutdown. a ted cruz-inspired shutdown. and all those people who live in northern virginia, urbanized northern virginia, gives them an incentive to come out and vote, and vote against the republican, which could swamp the more republican-leaning voters that are outside of the beltway further south in the state. >> so not great. >> no. >> cuccinelli today is holding an anti obama care affordable care act event with other attorney state attorneys general. people seem to forget that just minutes after it passed into law, mr. cuccinelli or the kooch, as he is known, rushed in and filed a lawsuit against it. how has that worked out for him, do you think? >> well, obviousl

she made out a case for terri mccullough strongly, rejecting the scorched-earth politics that have definedashington over the past few months." meanwhile, politics is the subject of "the virginia times dispatch." first lady."t chronicle,"he texas "a look at ted cruz, 70% in the latest statewide poll say that they have a favorable view of their senator, meanwhile in texas, 76% of the survey found that texas republicans disapproved of the presidents performance. roger is joining us next from columbia, kentucky. would youon is, where place your own political ideology act of good morning, roger. -- ideology? good morning, roger. i appreciate the government. we need it and everything, but i think we are basically run by money. by these elite families. bankers, insurance companies. all of that good stuff. thank you for the call. carl? i am a constitutional conservative, but i do try to listen to both sides. the other day i was watching the lady senator from california, barbara boxer, and listening to her speech on the floor of the senate. a metaphor came to mind that i think ben franklin once sai

mcculloughs' ties to the clintons, it goes a long ways back. >> it might be the least surprising endorsement in the history of the politics. terryiffe has known the clintons for almost 20 years, a top bundler for the campaign, former democratic national committee chairman. he's very close with the clintons. hillary clinton has already raised money from mcauliffe. it's a safe expectation, the campaign tells me, bill clinton will be campaigning in virginia for terry mcauliffe before election day. mcauliffe is running against ken cuccinelli, the republican state attorney general, who has his own star in the state with him, mike huckabee. they're trying to rally kwfrts in a far different part of the state, down in central virginia. guys, mcauliffe has a lead in the race. he's got about an eight-point lead according to a recent nbc poll here in virginia, so it's a safe endorsement for hillary clinton. she's jumping in the race for a friend, and it seems barring some unforeseen development that terry mcauliffe is lookly going to win this election here, guys. >> and, of course, seeing hillary clinton back in the political spotlight beg