>> i think the senate, the prerogative that any senator has in the senate because the rules of the senate is one senator can shut the place down, and they always say the only rules in the senate -- two rules, unanimous consent and exhaustion if you wear somebody down. but i guess many of my colleagues have different tactics. they use their prerogatives as senators in different ways. in the end, if the democrats want to get the votes on a piece of legislation, they can file cloture and shut off debate and stop one person from shutting the senate down. i think that i'm not going to pass judgment on any of my colleagues with regard to the tactics that they employed to try to achieve the objectives that they want to achieve. but in order for the senate to function effectively, you have to at some point have the necessary votes to get the 60 votes to get things done. but wung thing i will say -- one thing i will say with regard to -- i'm not going to defend all the tactics that my side employs. but if you look at the tactics the other side as has employed. harry reid has failed the amendmentry

the use their prerogatives as senators in different ways. in the and, if the democrats want to get their votes on this piece of legislation, they can have cloture and stop one person from shutting the senate down. i am not going to pass judgment on any of my colleagues with regard to the tactics they have employed to achieve the objectives that they want to achieve, but in order for the senate to function effectively, you have to add some point have the necessary votes, get the 60 votes to get things done. the one thing i will say, with regard to, i mean, i am not going to defend all of the tactics my side employees, but if you look at the tactics the other side has employed, harry reid, the majority leader in the senate, has filled the amendment to treat more times than the last six majority leaders combined. no, you know this, and i think everybody knows this. >> and open debate on alternative points of view. >> which has traditionally been in the senate, a free-flowing process, and filling the tree 40 times is extraordinary. i think it is

then the senate showdown in california. can republicans pull off a major upset in the big blue state? we'll ask the party's candidate carly fiorina. also in a surprising interview, the president talks about lessons learned in office and how the next two years will be different. we'll ask our sunday panel about barack obama's pre-election postmortem. from contentious debates to heavy hitters working the crowds, we'll have the best moments on the trail. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello, again, from fox news in washington. many political insiders are predicting a republican takeover of the house. but what about the senate, where democrats are defending 19 seats, republicans 18? and the g.o.p. needs a net gain of ten seats to regain control of the senate. for answers, we bring in two senate leaders. from austin, texas, john cornyn, chairman of the national republican senatorial committee can. from st. louis, democrat claire mccaskill. you say this is going to be a wave election. what does that mean? and will republi

if you were to get on the u.s. senate. which committees would you serve of you did not answer at this point in time. the rotary, the question came up again, you responded that you would like to serve on the energy committee. i applaud you on recognizing that for alaska. we have had an alaskan on the energy committee, i believe for at least the past 30 years. where are you asking voters to replace as the senior commitment with a freshman >> thank you. senator, in regards to answering the fairbanks of answering the question. seconds. we did run out of time in fairness. i think it's important we have a u.s. senator who builds seniority and uses it appropriately. concerns we are a resource state. we need energy policy that does that. right now. those projects are sitting empty. we can't wait another six years to open an war and nobody is buying what we have been trying to sell in the u.s. senate over the last eight years >> response. >> >> i think it's incredibly important, again, as an energy-producing state that we be helping

will the democrats lose the senate? pat. >> i think the democrats will hold the senate. >> i agree. i think -- i see the republicans getting 7, maybe 8 seats, but i don't see 50. >> they'll get 10. republicans will take the senate. they'll get 10. republicans will take the senate. >> really? >> yeah. >> will miss o'donnell make it? >> she's not going to make it to the senate. the democrat st are going to hold the senate. >> i think you probably right. issue three, obama's mendacity. >> a new book on barack obama is now in the stores. it is titled, "the mendacity of hope" written by roger d. hodge with a subtitle of quote, barack obama and the betrayal of american liberalism, unquote. on the fly leap of five prominent liberal intellectuals endorsing the book. bowman, wolfe, and cline. naomi cline says this, quote, ready to wake up from the obama dream yet? if so, this thrillingly scathing and relentlessly truthful thing is called your strong cup of coffee. secures of sloppy culture that will this political era intervene. while expertly unmasking the corporate machine that is the real

the room to talk. that was long before health care. senator mcconnell has said that the feeling was that they were not going to cooperate with the president on major initiatives as a political strategy. they did not think that was the thing to do. i want to thank senator mcconnell for having the courage to stand with us. she deserves enormous credit. at a time of maximum peril for the country, she was willing to set aside partisanship and stand with us. that is the reason why we were able to get this done. [applause] >> we could just keep up between the 800 of us here. it would be a lot better for senator collins. >> but in terms of health care, we spent much of the time talking to not just democratic senators, but republican senators. we were criticized within our party and are still being criticized today because we spent so much time trying to forge a bipartisan consensus. the president's idea was that it could be another generation before someone would try. he was determined to get at this. we wanted to do it in a bipartisan fashion. senat

i'd say around seven or exceeds likely in the senate. perhaps just as importantly when it comes to the implications for 2012, probably about eight governorships. a lot of them among the great lake states, battleground states for the electoral college. and then he mentioned their leadership committee which hopes to elect house and senate candidates in the state legislatures. and i think we'll probably make it not doub-digit backing of state leat as well, which is important down the line because of the di cycle. those legislators cycle selected this year which are the i will have an effect on control of congress, n just this year, but for a decade that could affect 15 to 25 house seats for the next five cycles. so that's what's going to come. the wise because the american people believe this president and the democratic congress has overreached a lot of voters who will come out and vote republican this year, voted for barack obama in 2008, but they thought they were voting to change washington. they didn't think they were voting to change a

the senate is controlled -- senate is controlled by republicans. and we have a republican governor with mitch. but the one district we live in, district 19, is a democratically controlled seat right now. and if the republican would win this year, it would give the republicans control of both the house, the senate, and the governorship. but the republican we're running is so totally unqualified that he shouldn't get a vote for anything. and so as an active republican, who would like to have the republicans have control of the state, i can't vote for the republican. i'm going to have to vote for the democrat and let the democrats keep control if she wins. shelly vanderberg is the democratic candidate. ron dan kline is the republican. he was kicked off the ballot for mayor here. he lost his chance to run it again. the republicans didn't want it. so it's hard. nationally i'm thrilled with how it's going. i wish in one way this is a republican year because i don't want to see dan kline win. i would rather have indiana stay in the hands of the democrats.

the u.s. military hired are in fact working for taliban. senator carl levin described the findings. >> there is significant evidence that some security contractors even work against our coalition forces, creating the threat they are hired to combat. these contractors threaten to security of our troops, and risk the success of our mission. >> reporter: in one instance, the corruption was so bad a private security contractor placed rocks from a distance were supposed to look like security personnel who had been paid to stand guard at a u.s. base. then there was the case where $12,000 a month in salary were instead going to the taliban. "the committee's inquiry uncovered evidence of private security contractors funneling u.s. taxpayers dollars to afghan warlords and strongmen linked to murder, kidnapping, bribery, as well as taliban and other anti-coalition activities." meanwhile, there is mounting evidence that pakistan continues to play a double game undermining the u.s. ally. for the sixth time in a week, militants attacked nato supply convoy. #0 v

the senator is a busy guy. there are a bunch of senate races around the country right now and we have to bring them home. i would like to think this guy here. i want you to give him a round of applause. without him, we would not have senator mcconnell here this evening. thank you very much. it is very important. the senator is going to slide out now. he is going to try to win a few other senate races around the country. thank you very much. [applause] as you know i have been active with a tea party in the past. there are a whole bunch of groups about -- around the country getting active, waking up. there are folks coming to a elections that have never been involved before. i'm excited when i meet the folks who have never voted before and there are a bunch of new groups involved. you need to hear from the sky. he speaks across the country. he is an inspirational speaker and we thank him for being here. matt kid from freedom works. [applause] >> i have no idea how i a race with this prestigious front table, but i

this is serious work we do in the senate. standing around monitoring these people on the extremes is not what we should be doing. move to the next question. >> can we all just get along? [laughter] >> absolutely. that time out well. it seems as though the partisan fighting and bickering is the order of the day in washington and it appears as if the only business being done is one party blocking the other. if elected, how do you intend to get past that and get bipartisan action going and share the responsibility of governing that you have been given by the voters? can such a thing be done? got a record of problem- solving. in my community over last 10 years, i have been involved in education issues. you deal with all types of people. it has been about accomplishing something and attacking problems and fixing problems and solving problems. i take that into the latitude to washington. we are talking about record deficits. since the democrats gained control of the congress, our deficit has exploded. a record deficit of $450 billio

this could be the race that decides who controls the u.s. senate. also, you just heard from the president, pretty fiery speech there at the university of minnesota. we're going to be crisscrossing the country through this last hour of "ballot bowl" for today. jessica is down there in florida. they've got a very hot senate race. and cnn exclusively is going to have a debate tomorrow morning, sunday morning exclusive only here on cnn. we'll bring you details about that. we're also going to be going to nevada, as i mentioned. a big senate battle. i had a one on one exclusive with harry reid early this morning. he was trying to canvas with some of his volunteers, van cass for votes and he had some tough talk for sharron angle and her claim in the debate that it was time for him to "man up." we'll also be going to pennsylvania. some democrats thought may believe it was gone, the republican pat toomey was going to win easily. but joe sestak has stormed back. we'll also go to washington state where joe biden was stumping there for patty murray. she's in a t

talking about the senate. the tightest races are in states that are not particularly hostile to the democrats. >> i think chuck's point was very well taken. it is a home turf election for democrats in those last few elections and the last few states. look at california. the president's approval rating is ten points higher than it is in the rest of the country. washington state is not a bad state. democrats are sort of hanging in there. i think they'll end up losing pennsylvania and illinois, but, boy, those are awfully, awfully close. and then colorado, that's -- one strategist said that was his nominee for the most likely recount in the country is colorado, it's so close. >> michele norris, you've been around the country, talking about your book and also talking to voters. the mind-set of the voter is so interesting. provocative cover this week features barack obama surrounded here, and the headline is the angry voter. we can put it up on the screen for the audience to see. angry america, the angry voter. yet

. >> in the battle to control the senate, is this the democrats' fire wall? what worries you most about her? on the campaign trail in delaware, exclusive interviews with democrat chris coons and republican christine o'donnell. >>> then, maria shriver on a mission. >> when you are dealing with a parent with alzheimer's, you yourself feel helpless. >> across the country, families battle a silent killer. this morning we begin a special abc series examining the impact of alzheimer's on women. maria shriver's "woman's nation" takes on alzheimer's only on "this week." >>> plus, mission accomplished. >>> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-!. >>> how chile handled this national incident. jeffrey kofman covered the story from the start. >>> and -- >> elections are about keeping focused on what is the alternative. >>> in the final weeks the democrats close some of the gaps. that and the rest of the week's politics on our roundtable with abc's george will and terry moran. political analyst matthew dowd and meghan mccain. >>> and "the sunday funnies." >> vice president joe biden told "

he was in the senate with obama and endorsed him over john mccain. so i think he was returning that. it's also a signal that this president, despite all of the labels that the other side puts on him that he is a socialist, he is not a democrat through and through. he acts under other obligations as well. but i think what he did in rhode island, john, that's your home state. it's a very democratic state. he is trying to rally his base, which is young people and african americans and i think he is having some success there typically the lowest turnout in these midterm elections. >> the most democratic state with the exception of those two others. but why is obama -- is obama damaged goods, do you think? you saw the "new york times." the job approval rating is 45. >> he's no more damaged goods than ronald reagan or bill clinton was at this time in their first term. he is hurting because the economy is hurting. the democrats are going to take a hit. but i wouldn't align yourself, john, with the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell who says he is goin

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would in fact take back the senate. though it's not going to be easy. >> the republicans have to run the table on virtually all the competitive races to take control. i'm not as close to the other races as obviously i am to my own. i think we've got a great shot here. this is close. this is tough. but i think we are going to pull it out. i think we are going to be in the majority. >> shannon: also on "fox news sunday" today, west virginia governor joe manchin chided his opponent republican businessman john raese. characterizing him as an absentee candidate. someone who is only around during campaign season. the latest real clear politicsarm in west virginia shows extremely close race there as well. mansion leading raese by -- manchin leading raese 45.8 to 43.4%. the senate candidates finished their fifth debate in florida. marco rubio, democrat kendrick meek and independent charlie crist battled it out at the university of south florida. julie kirtz has the headlines and highlights on that. >> hi, shannon. fireworks this

am miller talked about the need to privatize medicare. senator murkowski over the last few years in 2004 and 2006 you voted to cut medicare by $6 billion. in 2010 you voted to reduce medicare by 20% and voted in an appropriations bill to not fund the anchorage medicare clinic. it is a promise we need to keep to seniors. >> mr. miller, what is the solution? >> i agree with scott and i have said this many times. medicare, we have to preserve it for those currently there. those who are getting ready to go into the program, my parents are medicare recipients. but we are rationing care because of what is going on because you don't have enough that are providing the services medicare would pay for. so there have to be reforms to allow co-pays and opt out and vouchers. we have to look at prosecuting fraud. when you have elderliys taken care of services they don't need or don't get there has to be a reaction. there can't be a slap on the hand. those are some ways to cheney up the cost -- ways to clean up the cost but the whole system as a whole we have t

the delaware senate race, chris coons, christine o'donnell. she was supported by the tea party, sarah palin. she's way behind. you wouldn't know that by all the attention it's getting. some of her statements in the course of this campaign, beyond having to say she's not a witch in a campaign ad, she's gotten a lot of attention for the debate, whether she understood what was in the first amendment, separation of church and state. does she hurt the republican brand as someone who, a lot of people feel, is not qualified to be a u.s. senator? >> there's a lot of people in congress who didn't know all the ins and outs of the constitution. we have a whole roomful of people that have record legislation in terms of quantity of pages who didn't read it. who am i to say or put words in the mouth of the electorate in delaware? the tea party movement is terrific. it's created discourse that might not otherwise have occurred, it's happened at br k breakneck speed against all odds. neither of the media, left or right, were very happy that they showed up on t

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democrats fight to retain the senate. e republicans are in a strong position to recapture the house. the president saturday opened a four-state weekend swing in bridgeport, connecticut to rally support for senate candidates in connecticut, illinois, ohio to build a critical far wall to protect the senate majority across the country. republicans intensified their efforts to capitalize on the favorable political environment with sarah palin taking a last- minute trip to west virginia and asking voters to elect a republican for the democratic seat held by senator robert byrd for 51 years. the outcome of five kentuck -- contests considered tossups will determine whether the democrats will retain control of the senate. those races include colorado, illinois, nevada, pennsylvania, and washington. should they sweep those, there would be a tramp of states like california or wes. virginia. republicans need to sweep the state in order to pick up a majority in the u.s. senate. on the republican line, missouri ,greg joining us from un

you came to the senate with very little. now you are one of the richest men in the senate. behalf of the taxpayers, we would like to know, how did you become so wealthy on the government payroll? >> that is a low blow. i think most everyone knows i was a very successful lawyer. i did a good job in investing. i have been on a fixed income since i went to washington. i lived off of what i made in the private sector. i trip -- i put my five kids through school and paid for every penny of it. her suggestion that i made money being a senator is false and i am disappointed she suggests that. i would further say that if she wants the tax cuts made permanent, we have a deficit problem to worry about, also. $4 trillion it would cost to have these tax cuts extended to the future. that's quite a load. >> continue along those line. we are talking about the bush tax cuts. it would cost the federal government $4 trillion over the next decade and almost double the deficit. are you concerned that these tax cuts place an unfair burden on our children and grandchildren? >> first of all, let'

boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti- defense senator in the united states senate today. i know that because i've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. >> schieffer: lindsey graham, you are known as a very close friend of senator john mccain. you were one of his top advisors during the presidential campaign. what about that? >> well, i think john is reacting to an agenda that he thinks has really been overreaching. it is different, the senate is different now. but to your point about bipartisanship after the election, i predict there will be a good bit of it. there will be a bipartisan effort to extend the bush tax cuts and not let them expire. 2012 and 2014 democrats in swing states are going to get the message from independent voters to come to the middle. so i think we're going to have some bipartisanship when it comes to replacing the health care bill with a more moderate approach. you'll see some democrats and republicans working early on to try to moderate things, as liz said. but the senate has changed, no doubt about it. >> schieffer: bill gals

he's right, unless you believe the u.s. senate is going to do the right thing. cain still there and a slate of republican senate candidates that includes an activist against women even serving in the military who once toured the country promoting the idea that being gay is curable. you know, like as if it's athlete's foot or something. unless you believe that the united states senate after this year's elections is going to do the right thing by gay service members, ha, then the decision by the obama administration whether or not to appeal this ruling is likely a decision between killing this policy, now, and letting it survive probably forever. this is not the conclusion i expected to reach after today's reporting on this subject and after today's interviews. everybody says the justice department appealing this ruling is an inevitability. it does not have to be. it is not inevitable. if the administration believes the law is unconstitutional, there is precedent that supports the administration not appealing it and letting the law die. an orderly time frame for th

and, control of the senate is up for grabs. we'll sit down with two candidates, in key battle grounds. pat toomey, the republican nominee in pennsylvania, who has seen his big league disappear and joe manchin of west virginia, playing up his anti-obama credential and juan williams speaks out. >> when i get on a plane if i see people in muslim garb, i get worried and nervous. >> chris: fired by national public radio. when does political correctness become censorship? juan and our suggest regulars discuss the controversy and our power player of the week. a different kind of sports owner. all, right now, on fox news sunday. >> chris: and hello, again from fox news in washington. in the fight for control of the senate, 37 seats are in play. and, republicans need a net gain of 10 seats to take control and it will come down to a handful of tight contests like west virginia where popular democratic governor joe manchin is in a close race against republican john raese. we'll have more on that battle shortly and pennsylvania, joe sestak

senate democrats slink out the door on their way home. r reid has to agree to schedule proforma sessions during the next six weeks. in a deal struck with mitch mcdonnell, the 110 nominees were confirmed. the vast majority of the stalled nominees would have been confirmed by a simple up or down vote, except such votes have been blocked as these nominees have been held up under a variety of senate rules abused for maximum effect. republicans have slowed president obama's agenda. where's the so-called deal? mcconnell had threatened the democrats with this. he would have sent obama's more obscure nominees back to the house. they would have to be resubmitted, slowing the process down even further. mcconnell done this in august with five of the president's nominees. if this seems lopsided, it may be because of democrats. most persons in a recent poll said they admired no-comprise politicians. while republicans in strong numbers were against compromise, democrats were generally in favor of it. the noncomprisers draw the greatest concessions from

you came to the senate with very little. now you are one of the richest men in the senate. ehalf of the taxpayers, we would like to know, how did you become so wealthy on the government payroll? >> that is a low blow. i think most everyone knows i was a very successful lawyer. i did a good job in investing. i have been on a fixed income since i went to washington. i lived off of what i made in the private sector. i trip -- i put my five kids through school and paid for every penny of it. her suggestion that i made money being a senator is false and i am disappointed she suggests that. i would further say that if she wants the tax cuts made permanent, we have a deficit problem to worry about, also. $4 trillion it would cost to have these tax cuts extended to the future. that's quite a load. >> continue along those line. we are talking about the bush tax cuts. it would cost the federal government $4 trillion over the next decade and almost double the deficit. are you concerned that these tax cuts place an unfair burden on our children and grandchildren? >> first of all, let's

there were also rebels in the senate. mark is talking about the world historical stuff that the democrats have done. perhaps americans -- i am talking about sheer competence on the business of the order of the day. just hold on a second. appropriations, nothing. no budget, in an era of huge deficits. and taxes were uncertainty is holding money on the sidelines -- no business knows what taxes are going to be january 1. now you may. >> when a party has huge majority, it has huge diversity, and that is part of the problem democrats have. >> you interrupted to say that? >> yes. hi. fedex office print our presentation, we ht they could have shipped it too. saved ourselves the hassle. i'm not too sure about this. look at th. [ security agent ] right. you never kick off with sales figes. kicking off with sales figures! i'm yawning. i'm yawning some more. aaaaaaaand... [ snores ] i see your point yeah. [ sn ] [ male announcer ] we understand.® you need a partner who delivers convenience. next te use dex office. save you fifteen pe

there were also rebels in the senate. and mark talks about the great world historical things the democrats have done. i'm talking about sheer competence in the business of the order of the day. just hold on a second. appropriations, and nothing. no budget, in an era of huge deficits. taxes were uncertainty is holding on the money on the sidelines -- no business knows what taxes are going to be january 1. now you may. >> when a party has a huge majority, it has huge diversity. that is part of the problem democrats have. >> you interrupted to say that? >> yes. >> all right. >> for tonight i an ounce the "rally to restore sanity baucus [applause] -- i announce the "rally to restore sanity." [applause] >> a lot of people think it is a great idea, people not comfortable with glenn beck- sarah palin politics. what do you think, colby? >> i am not down with stephen colbert, because my name is colbert. the white colberts purchased my ancestors from people who were -- >> you cannot hang that on stephen colbert. >> no, but it has al

it failed in the senate. just this past february, the house passed a repeal bill, over 400 votes for repealing it. now there is a companion bill in the senate, and i will support that vigorously. it is ridiculous that any company or corporation shod be exempted from antitrust. the ama did a study i read, in the past 14 years, some 400 health insurers havae merged. they can fix prices. >> i am consistently stunned at this health care act is characterized as socialism. it is not socialism at all. it is capitalism on steroids. you have to pay to a private corporation and you are under penalty of law for not doing so. this is not socialism by any stretch of the imagination. i am disturbed by the fact that it was drawn behind closed doors and, wit great giveaways to the prescription drug industry as well as the insurance industry. when you consider, in 2001, pfizer was the most profitable company in the fortune 503 $7.80 billion that your -- $7.8 billion that year. this is extremely dangerous. as i mentioned before

let's listen. >> you came from search light to the senate with very little. now you're one of the richest men in the u.s. senate. on behalf of nevada taxpayers, i'd like to know, we'd like to know, how did you become so wealthy on a government payroll? >> senator reid? >> mitch, that's really a low blow. i think most everyone knows i was very successful lawyer. i did a very good job in investing. so her suggestion that i made money being a senator is simply false, and i'm really disappointed that she would suggest that. >> john, is this the new politics? is this the sleaze way? this the dirtiest, oldest trick? in politics you play a number, if you made money off money you invested, money from before, you're stealing. >> well, she's just playing into what a lot of her supporters think. >> she's saying he's a crook. >> yeah. but she's playing into what a lot of her supporters think, which is harry reid is corrupt and made all this money. and chris, it's patently false. harry reid of a millionaire when he was elected to the house in 1982. he had made a lot of mon

with senator murder skou ski. theator murder -- i've been washington advocating for better schools, ports, harbor, bridges, bridges are important. i've been in washington i did know senator murkowski. this campaign is wide open. >> greta: in terms of joe miller did you know him before this campaign? >> i never heard of him before the 31st, of may. most alaskans didn't know joe prior to his endorsement from sarah palin. >> greta: a little bit of an outsider. today it was interesting seemed like the two guys again the woman. >> i think it is about issues. i think it is about alaska. we had a dialogue that went all three ways. senator murkowski as somebody who has been part of mcconnell's minority has a record. miller has what i believe to be some extreme views of the world. for us, we are talking about what it means to be mayor in alaska. what it means to have needs as a young state. alaska is a state that has not been developed as many other states were throughout the course of our history. >> greta: you have different

plus, the senate debate series continues with the showdown in colorado, democratic senator michael bennettings. >>> and before we go, the white house soup of the day, it's friday, a little cajun flavor, a little gumbo, how about seafood gumbo? beef gumbo? what kind of gumbo, guys, come on. you're watching "the daily rundown" on friday only on msnbc. [ female announcer ] kio don't eat breakfast may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast essentials. good nutrition from the start. >>> it was on this date in 1951 that cbs had some 'splaining to do. "i love lucy" appeared on cbs. it ran for six seasons, took home four emmys and is still ranked among the top five greatest television shows of all time. and somehow they had a baby while sweeping in twin babies. >>> let's move on, "decision 2010" time. in 2008, it was a landslide electoral victory for barack obama. it shifted the playing field, moving battlegro

. >>> catch the latest over night action in alaska's three-way senate race. >> scott is not ready to lead. joe is not fit to lead. i have been leading this state. i have been leading this state. >>> in pennsylvania, are democrats going to get off the vote for joe sestak? kog man robert brady joining us live. >>> plus, if republicans take back the house, can john boehner be an agent for hope and change? "newsweek's" daniel stone on the man who would be speaker. >>> and a republican white house and campaign insider proves fiction can be stranger than truth. the author of "18 achreacres" a republican strategist, nicolle wallace. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. with only a week to go, midterm madness is in full swing with with anti-ad lists. conservative groups still have the upper hand against liberal groups and unions out spending them five to one. this as a new poll shows more than a quarter of likely voters could still be swayed before election day with 37 state houses and control of congress on the line. let's get right to msnbc contributor, manager editor of po

the most able senators, republican or democrat, in the senate.le assume that i'd be able to win this particular seat. so, it's very -- it's very disappointing. but political parties have a character of their own. the republican party right now is very adamant about the positions that president obama and the democrats have taken. if you voted for any of those positions or even sat down and met with the democrats, you were going to be targeted by the tea party and like groups. that's essentially what has happened. and then they will take those votes and they will, perhaps, overrepresent them and ignore the good things that you may have done and that led to the defeat of all of us. we'll see how senator murkowski does as a write-in candidate. i think she's doing pretty well in alaska. but it's been a difficult time. more significantly, i've had virtually 100 or more members of the house of representatives speak to me about this. not just republicans. republicans and democrats are very concerned about what the future of the country is, what the futur

the senate is almost as strict. but members -- the modern member can't live without an electronic way of communication. but what that does is, i think, give access to lobbyists and others who have an electronic capability into the chamber, where the chamber, as far as jefferson was concerned at least, was a sanctuary for debate among members without direct outside influence. >> what about in the house of commons? would they be better off without television? >> i agree with charlie. there's no turning back. as i said, the impact of televised parliamentary debate is, i think, not great on the movement of politics. so, television will probably do less harm than charlie anticipates it might in this country. >> do the british have a constitution? >> yes. it isn't written down in one place, you understand. but i think we could be said to have constitutional arrangements rather than a constitution. >> but i read in your book here that, basically, no one has anything to say about what goes on in the house of commons but the

with the heads of the two senatorial election committee, republican senator john cornyn. >> the american people have gotten very tired of being lectured to as opposed to being listened to. >> and democratic senator robert menendez. >> dems are going to have a lot more votes in the united states senate that people think. >> then, deciphering al qaeda's latest terror plot with pakistan's embassy, husain haqqani. >> pakistan and the united states remain allies and we are allies with some disagreement. >> making sense of the political jumble on the home front with donna brazile and ed gillespie. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." a month ago, republicans thought they'd win joe biden's old senate seat in delaware but a tea party candidate beat the favorite in the primary and it it's looking like the seat will stay democratic. hard to find anybody these days thinks a republican takeover in the senate will happen. this is an anything can happen election cycle. in west virginia a republican has a shot to win the senate seat of the late robert byrd, a seat held by the legendary d

goes the senate, slowed down there nothing happens, two to conferences somewhere in the middle.dent sign it is. how does that hurt the republican party? they have moved the whole country a bit to the right on taxes? >> on taxes, i don't think it will hurt them, on deficit reduction, for instance it may well hurt them. >> come in with a budget that has a lower deficit that the senate go to the senate, they compromise, the president agrees to it but they have moved the country to the right. >> because deficit or meaningful deficit reduction doesn't include cutting discretionary program, they will have to say serious things about social security, medicare, medicaid. i'm for that looking at that. >> the president is going to be for it, too. >> the long run, maybe not the short run but got to look at it in the long run. mike a, talk about turkey, seems to me all this is basically a game of chicken. at some point, it is going to happen. the question put to joe miller up in alaska the other day was by chris wallace is sarah palin qualified to be president? at some point out in the publ

now the candidates for u.s. senate appearing in tonight's debate, the former attorney- general, khalid ayotte. and a two term congressman, paul hodes. and now the granite state the date. -- granite state debate. >> good evening, and welcome to the fourth and final night of the debates held at the new hampshire institute of politics. after three terms and the senate, judd gregg is leaving office. tonight, the two major candidates vying to replace him. candidates will get one minute to respond to each question. for major topics, that may be expanded to 96. we will allow for 30-second rebuttals. will also have questions from viewers and readers, and will be questions to each other. the candidates tonight had their padilla positions determined by draw this afternoon. they are republican kelly ayotte and congressman paul hodes. other candidates are on the ballot, but they did not meet the requirements to join the debate. we have asked the audience to hold their applause, but at this time we ask them to walk on the candidate