and our coverage continues live at 7:30 pim eastern with the candidates for the tomas delininkaitis at-large house seat. for the delaware

it is also where the tea party is making a major starned as we have seen in tomas delininkaitis and other the country. we have a tea party candidate and the republican challenger who is the freshman democrat who is appointed by the governor out there, and this has become a tight race. colorado is interesting as well because a lot of the issues are what is really being debated nationally. don't forget, colorado is where the democrats have their national convention. the president was the first president, bill clinton in 1992, to carry the state in 2008. democrats put a lot of hope in colorado. the rocky mountain west is a place where democrats were in favor and now they are -- you have a change in the view point in the politics out there turning against the democrats. >> how is the first lady being received? >> she is very popular. you want someone popular going out there and taking the message out there, and that's what she's doing. she's about getting people to come out to vote. >> thank you, david. >> thank you. >> watch "meet the press" this morning on wbal-tv 11 news at 9:00. >> taking

have seen tightening in the race in pennsylvania today, which is the same television market as tomas delininkaitishe -- same television market as delaware. so some of the uninformed statements she has made, i think, have hurt. by and large, all the anti-institutional sentiment is on the washington side. the president's policies. i think they are tapping into all of that. the teaparty in that way has done an exleapt job galvanzing voters, and i think that's why he have they have a strong chance to re-take the house. i think you will hear that the senate is still an area that will be tougher for republicans. they have to run the table. i think there is some deminchishing optimism about doing that. >> you mentioned christine o'donnell. in contrast, sarah palin is doing quite a job drumming up support for the tea party movement. in the past few moments, garnering the women's vote has become a priority. why is this vote so important in this election in particular? >> well, because i think women are not only a key part of the democratic constituency in the democratic base, but they can be late deciders