udall: the king --.ner: justice kennedy our justice alito or roberts i don't know if i can say this is the '01 that has stunned the best but i admire and respect their service. >> moderator: is there anybody on the bench today that you could not vote for? mimicries the people i have disagreements with. summer justices i disagree but the fact is they have gone through an arduous journey to achieve the status of a supreme court justice and deserve our respect we will follow the rule. >> moderator: what about justice ginsburg? gardner: that is not a vote we would ever have. udall: congressman gardner is a friend of mine but you can hear the lawyer in him when he asserts those questions. sotomayor is a hero i had the privilege to vote for her and just this case again and take their responsibilities seriously and they have been well served. >> moderator: you could not vote to confirm? >> i believe justice scalia is out of the mainstream and i respect him for his service but when you look at citizens united de

udall? udall: clearly my record is better than my opponents. all you have to do is look at the votes and the bills he sponsored. i guess i would start with the personhood movement of congressman gardner sponsored. it would ban all abortions and limit access to most forms of contraception. we've had about twice in the state of colorado over 70% rejected and we have it again this year. congressman gardner has his support. we have a real opportunity to ensure that they receive the same and that's been in front twice a game sure women receive the same pay as men. they are nursing mothers. congressman gardner doesn't separate the minimum wage. that would wage the prospects since two thirds of the workers in the state are women. congressman gardner has a long way to go to understand the needs of the men and women. >> moderator: same question. gardner: senator udall talks about putting forward the peace that the economy in reverse and nobody suffered more than the women around our country because o

udall: you do. you cut medicare to redirect that tax code library directed medicare advantage money into medicare to extend the life of medicare. udall: we talk about personhood you still sponsor the life that conception acted is set personhood bill to ban abortion and birth control but the proponents the republicans agree that is a representation of. but you also did an interview with another journalist so please explain why they are wrong. >> and senator udall was to focus on the same but the social issues. but senator i support increasing access to contraception and should be made available common forms or will form over the counter without a prescription. we need to fix the law the past that prohibited that funding from being reimbursed. we have to increase access. with just a few days ago you refuse to say if you supported increasing access it is outrageous summer was to ban birth control and "the denver post" does describe your campaign as obnoxious insulting to the people of colorado because

-- that senator udall reports.en i refuse to do is say the that 200 should -- 50,000 jobs should be lost and let our economy hit because offense senator udall's plan to follow the president money nine percent of the time. >> a brief rebuttal. >> commerce men gardner continues to refuse to answer the questions. we have some of the lowest energy prices in the world. we are going to lead the world, but how can you support a senator that helped lead colorado is the senator does not even believe in climate change? >> thank you. i want to get an short questions and god willing short answers, first for you, congressman, can you name a democrat you voted for? >> that i voted for? no. can youor udall, name a republican you voted for? >> not the last 10 years. >> when you fire a gun an? >> late last year a shotgun. >> congressman? >> i went up hunting this fall. >> a board member's suggestion that students should not be openly encouraged to engage in civil disobedience. curious, senator, whether you engaged in civil disobedi

senator udall would keep it.the whartens have a good idea who will get their votes. >> i do think it's time that maybe we do have some new leadership in the senate from the state of colorado that will be more representative of the people here. >> when we come back, we revisit marijuana retellers, the hackett sisters. what will happen in a state where politicians now have to court people the feds still consider done dealers? then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. the rain, the mud-babam! we're new to the pacific northwest. it's there. the outside comes in. (doorbell) it's a swiffer wetjet! oh, i love this! i could do this everyday. ewww. sunshine is overrated, n

senator udall, to you. you called for putting a price on carbon pollution, enacting cap-and-trade legislation and you lauded recent epa proposals to slash carbon dioxide emissions, coal producing power plants. industry officials say such action would dramatically increase -- cost jobs. why shouldn't the epa and washington consider the economic burden on your home states energy industry when moving forward with these policies? udall: this is an exciting time because colorado is leading the way. with the best of the above energy community. everything from the clean burning coal in the northwestern part of the state to the natural gas we're producing here on the eastern plains to abundant wind and sun what you're saying today. we were ready. carbon pollution israel. coloradans know the climate science, a lot of which is generated here issuing as we have to act. coloradans see this as an opportunity. we are prepared to put a price on carbon to the last time we put a price on pollutants was under the leadership

in the hope of getting udall to see their son. it's not the first time they had to go. >> our goal here is to get our story out to the senators. >> right. >> and have a chance to talk with them. >> yeah. >> next morning they met with senator udall's agricultural team. >> how did the meetings go? >> it was very helpful for us to get to actually speak to his staff and kind of gave them an insight that they may not have had. >> they heard you? >> historically it's not always been the case in senator udall's office it has been iffy for us and the issues that we believe in. >> back in colorado i talk to the candidates about the brays' concerns. agriculture say big deal in this state? >> you're right, agriculture is tied to our life and how we see ourselves. >> some of the ranchers said they like what you said, they liked what you talked about but they're worried about harry reid and the democratic senate kind of pushing that away agenda from that administration. >> senator reid is from the west. he understands the importance of the agg

udall and gardner are currently neck-and-neck. and with each citizen we talk to we discover another issue that could make or break this race. fracking, ten years ago the word sounded like an insult. today, it sounds to some like the salvation of the american economy. and to others like the destruction of the environment. whatever it is, fracking or hydraulic fracturing, a high pressure method of getting oil and gas out of the ground, is a contentious issue in colorado. >> people jokingly have referred to us as the wharton brothers, which i take that as a compliment with my age. >> reporter: jc warden and his son have been running an energy consulting firm since 200. >> we keep about seven of us in the office full time. but we can range anywhere from 15 to 40 contractors at any time. >> working out of a small office, they've got a lot of big clients and deal in big ideas. one of those ideas is that fracking will not only make money but could also make america energy independent, an important goal for jc and a legacy for his childre

udall, but might have backfired.o the surprise of many, cory gardner when the endorsement of the state's biggest newspaper, "the denver post." they previously endorsed mark udall, but shifted allegiances, saying he is running and up noxious one-issue campaign on abortion issues. senator udall responded by saying it congressman gardner had not looked his political career on limiting women's reproductive choices we would not be having this discussion today. the closely contested senate race is widely viewed as a litmus test for if the colorado has shifted into the democrat column or remains a swing-state. president obama carried colorado in his two runs for the white house and republicans have not won a top-of-the-ticket race here in a decade. however, democrats are now so concerned about udall's chances that obama has urged colorado voters to consider the race as important as the 2008 presidential battle. and, on monday, former secretary of state hillary clinton headlined a fundraiser for udall in denver and posed wit

udall and gardner are currently neck-and-neck.ach citizen we talk to we discover another issue that could make or break this race. fracking, ten years ago the word sounded like an insult. today, it sounds to some like the salvation of the american economy. and to others like the destruction of the environment. whatever it is, fracking or hydraulic fracturing, a high pressure method of getting oil and gas out of the ground, is a contentious issue in colorado. >> people jokingly have referred to us as the wharton brothers, which i take that as a compliment with my age. >> reporter: jc warden and his son have been running an energy consulting firm since 200. >> we keep about seven of us in the office full time. but we can range anywhere from 15 to 40 contractors at any time. >> working out of a small office, they've got a lot of big clients and deal in big ideas. one of those ideas is that fracking will not only make money but could also make america energy independent, an important goal for jc and a legacy for his children and grand

senator udall voted for the same bill that he is accusing me of voting for so senator udall, i know throughout this campaign you have talked about things that we have done together and then tried to criticize me for so don't forget you voted for the same measure. >> okay. >> so we've established you both voted in the past to cut c.d.c. funding but we're talk ing about the current ebola crisis. senator, the obama administration has a bit of a history of having full confidence in its people right up until the moment in which it doesn't anymore. you said that you spoke with c.d.c. head tom freden today. do you have full confidence in him and do you believe he is the man to lead us all the way through this fight? >> i do have full confidence in dr. freden. i do have full confidence in the centers for disease control. they are a lauded public health agency. the world looks to the c.d.c. for its expertise. when we stand together, we're going to meet this challenge. the virus is the enemy. with all due respect to congressman gardner he's talking about two different votes. we both voted for the seques

and udall has gone all-in on a gender gap strategy.ct, udall has been relying so heavily on womens issues like abortion and contraception that it's earned him a nickname. >> mr. udall, your campaign has been so focused on womens issues that you've been dubbed mark uterus -- >> that was lynn bartles of the denver post bringing up the -- her paper has the largest circulation in colorado and shocked the state, indeed the nation, when it endorsed gardner on october 10th. the post backed udall last time. but he's since lost their confidence. the endorsement said "udall is trying to frighten voters rather than inspire them." and "his obnoxious one-issue campaign is an insult to those he seeks to convince." some see it as a sign that the war on women strategy has exhausted itself. but cory gardner has a gender politics problem himself. it has to do with amendment 67, which would define unborn children as persons in the colorado criminal code. congressman gardner has been accused of hypocrisy flip-flopping on the colorado personhood amendment.

i'm mark udall the world is tonight end. it doesn't play off his strengths, with i is somebody you want to have a beer with. republicans said in you didn't know any better, you would think mark udall was the republican. >> because he seems dire and happy. >> for some people it doesn't work. >> fascinating. >> so control of the united states senate hangs in the balance. part of the calculation in determining that, according to local experts is who seems happy during the campaign. if you were the guy who everybody said didn't seem happy, how unhappy would that make you to hear that? >> so i was talking to lynn bartles from the denver post who is a big fan of yours, she described herself to me as a legitimately undecided voter. it makes both sides unhusseini, because she knows both you guys. if person, her experience with covering you all these years is you are fun to be with, you enjoy life, you are a conversationalist. in your ads and your campaign, are you already on mount rushmore, you are carved in stone, you are very dire

senator udall's a social issues warrior. he wants to talk about nothing else. it's something that they campaigned on four years ago when michael bennett was running in colorado. it won then. they did it again in 2012 and so they think that same playbook will win again in 2014. >> he's saying that i'm a social issues warrior. in fact he is, i'm an economic issues warrior. you talk to women, this is about economics, it's also about respect and colorado's fiercely independent. we're libertarians. and we respect our freedoms. and we think government, above all, should not be involved in these really private decisions. >> ifill: but the critical election day question may be: which women are they speaking to? are they speaking to women like cathy alderman, who's been campaigning against an anti abortion ballot initiative? >> they can vote for somebody who supports women and supports women's ability to access the healthcare services they need, versus somebody who has spent an entire political career trying to limit that access. >> ifill: or are they appealing to women

. >> what's the difference between me and mark udall on contraception? i believe that the pill ought to be available over the counter. >> on average, women make $23,000 less than men. >> on the stump in iowa in one of the toughest senate contests of the term is joni ernst, one of the first women ever to represent iowa in congress. >> thank you so much, god bless you. >> she calls herself a proud iowan, a mother, a farm girl, but she said she's not running on her gender, and she is ate not counting on women to propel her to office. this term i the economy is the issue on oh most women's minds. wages since the great recession have stagnated, women are feeling it more than men. on average women working full time make 22% less than their male counterparts cooking to the 2013 census. that's $0.78 to every $1 for a man. fewer women were unemployed, but 74% of women worked full time as opposed to 87% of men. >> women and the midterm election this time on the program, if the voting preferences of women weren't such an interesting marker, as we dissect the electi

. >> reporter: republican cory gardner and democrat mark udall, the economy is issue number one.ds tell a different story. >> congressman gardner led a campaign. >> reporter: udall needs women's support to win. so for months udall has been hammering gardner for affirming personhood amendment. >> he was the most -- >> reporter: you think he's out of step with colorado. it was the first issue with udall raised at this forum in denver. >> some think the legality to birth control should be subject to debate. >> reporter: you run the risk of even women saying, why is senator udall talking about these issues instead of other issues -- >> i've talked about lots of other issues. >> reporter: gardner says he's changed his mind about personhood. >> i believe we need to move beyond that. i was wrong. >> reporter: so show he was not anti-birth control, he released this ad -- >> birth control should be available around the clock. >> reporter: it's gotten a lot of attention and other gop candidates have followed his lead. wouldn't women pay hundreds more -- >> insurance can still cover contrac

udall has made this campaign about women especially cory gardner's support for a personhood bill.l has donated over half of his ads to that issue. >> politicians like congressman gardner shouldn't be getting between me and my patients. >> it comes down to respect for women and our lives. so congressman cory gardner's history promoting harsh anti-abortion laws is disturbing. >> gardner's eight-year crusade would ban birth control. >> seriously? it's 2014. >> seriously? that is a fair point. the left-leaning editorial board surprisingly endorsed corey gardner saying udall's obnoxious one-issue campaign is an insult to those he seekses to convince. it is a criticism that's been shared by others in the media. >> he used to have a double-digit gender gap. now that jumped to about nine points. so there's evidence that some of this singular focus. >> and of course, it backfired. >> the issue has so dom nighted the cycle will that senator udall has repeatedly had to fight back charges that he's using the issue for political gain. >> are reproductive rights the most important issue facing

udall, you're up first. in your first senate debate in 2008 when you were asked about health care reform, you said, "i'm not for a government-run solution." you voted for the affordable care act which has expanded medical care coverage for millions of low-income americans. how is this not a government-run solution? >> lynn, we did just what i suggested we should do, which is we put people in charge of their health insurance. that's what the affordable care act does. the insurance companies were running our system. we had a broken system. if you were a woman, you were charged more. if you had someone in your family that had a pre-existing condition, good luck getting the coverage you needed. if someone got sick in your family, your rates could be jacked up or you could literally be dropped off your policy. the system was flat out broke. what we did was put people back in charge of their insurance coverage. this is, again, one of the many differences in this campaign between congressman gardner and me. he beli

mark udall was a safe democrat for the most part. then as the president's approval rating started to drop, udall's numbers started to drop also. and his opponent picked up popularity as udall's numbers were dropping and now is representative gardner, a representative running against udall, it's neck and neck. this was almost unthought of a few months ago, to think that mark udall might be in jeopardy of losing. now he is. the key factor is president obama's approval rating, quite low in colorado. >> and i want to jump there with you. you believe that presidential popularity, let's say, plays a much greater role in the senate races. tell us why. >> yeah, i think that is because senators don't have as close a connection to voters. there are two senators for each states. when you're dealing with representatives and local elected officials, the voters know them a little bit better. it's easy to distinguish between what they do and what the president knows. it's very much easier for republicans in this case to tie these democratic incumbe

so, for months, udall has been hammering gardner for backing two failed personhood amendments. >> heconservative member of the house. >> reporter: you think he's out of step with colorado? >> he's out of step with colorado. >> reporter: it was the first issue that udall raised at this forum in denver. >> some think the legality to birth control should be subject to debate. >> reporter: do you run the risk, though, of even women saying, why is senator udall talking about these issues all the time instead of other issues -- >> i've talked about lots of other issues. >> reporter: gardner says he's changed his mind about personhood. >> i believe we need to move beyond that. i was wrong. >> reporter: and to show he's not anti-birth control, he released this proposal -- >> i believe the pill ought to be available over the counter, round the clock, without prescription. >> reporter: it's gotten a lot of attention and other gop candidates have followed his lead. wouldn't women pay hundreds of dollars more if their insurance wasn't covering their contraceptive. >> insurance can still cover co

mention. >> colorado republican cory gardner, though, is on the attack, accusing udall and the white house of marching mostly in lockstep. >> senator udall's brand of politics divides us, keeps us from fixing obama's failures. when my party is wrong, i will say it. when something is broken, i will fix it. >> democrats have treed repeatedly to energize women voters by talking about gardner's record against abortion rights. the effort to drive up voter concern about social issues is also on display in arkansas. incount incumbentmyer pryor is trying to hold on against challenger tom cotton. >> the violence against women act helps women get the resources that they need. when tom cotton voted against it, he turned his back on arkansas women. >> meanwhile, in alaska, the battle is between democratic incumbent senator mark begich and dan sullivan. sullivan. he transferred power over women's private choices to the government, taking away a woman's right to an abortion. he has pledged to give employers coverage. >> abortion rights are also now the focus in new hampshire. >> scott brown says:

udall has voted 99% of the time with barack obama. that's what the people in this state are going to make their determination on. >> do you think that tom stier is the reason that udall voted gems the keystone pipeline? >> he was a part of the tryouts on the senator floor, when their auditioning for stier's support. >> well, but on the key issues in this race for the senate, also the governor's race here in colorado is just as close as the senate nail bitter, we'll take a look at that, and hear from the candidates a little bit later in 24 show. with so much on the line, both parties are maximizing their efforts here in colorado clo this fall. tonight a correspondent alicia acunion reports on the political ground game. >> reporter: the opening battle cry being heard on door steps throughout colorado, campaign canvassers swarming on what political analysts anticipate could be a record setting year for grass roots efforts on the midterm. high profile showdowns for the u.s. senate, a congressional seat, the governor's office and controver

>> he's out of step with colorado. >> reporter: it was first issue udall raised at this forum in denver. >> some still think the legality of birth control and access to reproductive health services should be subject to debate. >> reporter: do you run the risk, though, of even women saying, why is senator udall talking about these issues all the time instead of other issues? >> i've talked about lots of other issues. >> reporter: gardner says he's changed his mind about personhood. >> i believe we need to move beyond that. i was wrong. >> reporter: and to show he's not anti-birth control, he released this proposal: >> i believe the pill ought to be available over the counter, around the clock, without a prescription. >> reporter: it has gotten a lot of attention, and other g.o.p. candidates have followed his lead. wouldn't women pay hundreds more if their insurance wasn't covering their contraceptive? >> insurance can still cover? >> over the counter. >> we need to fix the law that would allow over-the-counter contraceptives to be covered by insurance. >> reporter: polls show gardner any

let's watch udall. >> mr. udall, your campaign has been so focused on women's issues that you've been doubled mark uterus. have you gone too far. >> lynn, reproductive rights are important to millions of coloradans. if congressman gardner hadn't built his entire career on littling women's reproductive choices, we would not be having this discussion today. >>> is that what it is about? abortion? >> tell me the names of the kids' classmates. women, they tend in our traditional family setting to know everything about running the family. they know everything about health, education. the men are out to lunch on these issues. no wonder women care more about education. >> and health care. >> you're talking my language. >> the health care got canceled. they noticed the premiums went up. they noticed they lost the pediatrician. >> they also have pre existing conditions covered and they can keep their kids on longer. >> not if they don't have insurance. >> they have insurance. >> what we're seeing is the result of this

udall's knocked on 145,000 doors last week. the reason that we do this is particularly after citizens united, there's no way we can compete on the air waves. what we've got to do is this house by house, block by block. that's what we're doing here and all across the country. >> is it more old school, shoe leather, get out the vote? is it just more of it? >> it's that combined -- so let's talk about that, first of all. in order the do that, you have to have people that believe in the candidates and take extra shifts and make extra phone calls. this isn't something that you pay for. some people try to pay for it, but they're not successful and it. you asked what's different. what's different is the level of precision people have when they know which door they're knocking on and which call they're making. we're much more precise today than we ever have been. >> why are the polls always so wrong here? there's all this excitement today in the national press. the polls show mark begich in alaska surging ahead. and i'm thinking there'

but it's been closing as of late in part because of the incumbent, senator mark udall has brought in a lot of firepower to stir up the base. >> you want a shared future with shared responsibilities and shared prosperity, you have to elect mark udall, you got to send him back to the senate. >> the big question in colorado, ground game and getting that vote out so that will likely make the difference in that race. as you look across the country, arkansas, you would put that in the republicans column as well. and west virginia. in louisiana, you can't move it yet, still blue, it's a jungle primary as we have talked about many times, in other words there are a lot of people on the ballot down there. but in a runoff, it does not look good for the democrats in louisiana. last night, the incumbent mary landrieu was asked whether if she went back to the senate she would vote for senator majority leader harry reid. >> we'll see. i think harry reid gets beat up more than he deserves and i'm not saying yes and i'm not saying no. >> so in louisiana tonight, we would have to leave that blue, it i

udall. your first question? >> congressman, you have, as i just said, sent mixed messages to the people of colorado when it comes to women's reproductive rights. a law like the life at conception law would ban abortion and it would ban most common forms of contraception. i'm just curious what would happen if that would become the law the land. because you clearly believe that this is something we ought to implement given your long record and initiative. >> that bill is a statement i support life. i believe we had to expand access for women's health including the opportunity to allow contraception to be sold over-the-counter without a prescription, the opportunity to make sure we change obamacare to allow it to be reimbursed by insurance. that's what i believe. >> congressman, let me follow up. were you to be in the senate the life at conception act, would you sponsor it? this is an important question. this is a question the coloradans deserve an answer on and you have given a whole series of mixed answers with a

hillary clinton is out there for senator udall today. >> mark udall has stressed women's rights in hispaign, i want you to understand that has far as i'm concerned and as far as mark is concerned, when he fights for women's rights, he is fighting on the frontier of freedom. because women's rights here at home and around the world are clearly at risk. women's rights are like the canaries in the mine. >> that's really interesting, because you have the denver post out there, really hammering mark udall for a single issue campaign on women's rights. in fact in a debate, the denver post reporter called him mark uterus, not even mark udall, it ereal ere really got to that point and now here's hillary clinton going out there arguing that issue. >> the one single issue campaign, senator udall was obnoxious, bombst stpollsters wg out in focus for the voters why is he using all thursday issues that are important to us, like the ri the rise of isis, not contraception for women. now the question is whether the president should have done something by executive order to say the colorado race, and as

hardest to reach when they are poled udall actually has a slight lead overall. but the bottom line here john it's all coming down to turnout. >> it's all whether they turn out and vote for udall, a lot of ads have been focused on appealing to women at the expense of latinos? >> some wags were calling udall senator uterus because he was so focused on women. the three women in the cafe say they have been left out and that's hurting the democrats and the president and hurting the democratic party's chances in colorado. >> paul beban thank you very much. >>> checking for voter fraud. thousands of people have been stricken from voter rolls as a result. but many legitimate voters are among them. more from "america tonight's" joie chen. >> grant is a journalist who has been following voting since 2000. >> i got into this stuff and when bush won by 527 votes. and now it's a decade and a half later and i'm hearing the cry of voter fraud. there's a million people committing voter fraud. is there really this big crime wave? here is the type of matching that they do. vincen

udall out with a new ad. in a competing ad, garner uses his endorsement from "the denver post" to attack udall for running a, quote, obnoxious, one-issue campaign. former president clinton defended udall yesterday at a rally in that state. msnbc's rachel maddow asked u a udall such a hard time as coming across approachable. >> she says, in person, when she talks to you one on one, her experience with covering you all these years, is that you're fun to be with, you enjoy life, you are a conversationalist. and in your ads and in your campaign, you are already on mt. rushmore. you are carved in stone, dour and serious. she feels like stylistically that may be a problem for your campaign. >> when you look at this race and you look at the case i've been making, this is a serious choice coloradans have. we move the state forward or go backwards. >> new jersey governor chris christie will be in colorado thursday. surrogates are also flooding into kentucky. where last night, borrowing a line from the 2012 presidentia

mark udall's dad even ran more president. my dad, well, he sells tractors. >> it's true that udall's dad ran for president in 1976. >> i'm disappointed congressman gardner. i have no intention of running ads or criticizing or insulting his family. i see this as an insult directed at my family. this race is between congressman gardner and me, not between our families or fathers. >> the ads are showing up in house and gubernatorial races. more on that in a second. more on the battle of the u.s. senate. in kentucky, allison grimes is trying to take out mitch mcconnell, and grimes has been hammer mcconnell's attendance records. >> where was he? he did not show up to vote on troop funding, the v.a. days when he found time for lobbyist fund racing and was on two tv shows. >> a kentucky reporter asked grimes how many days she missed as secretary of state. here is the exchange. >> how much would you say that you missed last year. >> i would tack my record against mitch mcconnell. >> i saw your ads. >> we're not here to talk. >> we're

and the white house of marching mostly in lockstep. >> senator udall's brand of politics divides us, keeps us from fixing obama's failures. when my party is wrong, i will say it. when something is broken, i will fix it. >> democrats have treed repeatedly to energize women voters by talking about gardner's record against abortion rights. the effort to drive up voter concern about social issues is also on display in arkansas. incount incumbent myer pryor is trying to hold on against challenger tom cotton. >> the violence against women act helps women get the resources that they need. when tom cotton voted against it, he turned his back on arkansas women. >> meanwhile, in alaska, the battle is between democratic incumbent senator mark begich and dan sullivan. >> alaska women can't trust dan sullivan. he transferred power over women's private choices to the government, taking away a woman's right to an abortion. he has pledged to give employers control over birth control coverage. >> abortion rights are also now the focus in new hampshire. >> scott brown says: ? >> i am proceed choice. >

but let me just repeat the words of senator udall. >> why does no one else think that?what we' getting at. >> i answered that question multiple times. >> i'm aware of that. >> the "post" called senator udall obnoxious, focused on one single issue. the fact is the people of colorado deserve better. they deserve more than a single issue that senator udall is attempting to give them. >> believe you, me, we're going to talk about that, but what i'm asking you about here is what appears to be the willing suspension of the facts. people who agree with you on the issue of life think you're wrong about how you're describing the bill. everybody seems to have a cohesive idea of what this is with the exception of you. what should voters glean from that. >> there are people who agree with my opinion on life. there are people who don't. i support life. i voted for exceptions, but the fact is that the bill you're talking about is a statement that i support life. now i've answered this question multiple times. but i'll repeat the words of senator udall who said when he changed his pos

udall's strategy is to hammer his pro-life opponent on social issues which helped another democrat win here four years ago. >> how is it we're still debating a woman's access to abortion or birth control? for most of us, those debates got settled by the last generation. yet today there are still politicians like congressman gardener promoting harsh antiabortion laws and a bill to outlaw birth control. >> but gardener calls that changing the subject. even though unemployment's falling, and in colorado it's well below the national average, the economy isn't improving enough to help most voters. >> senator udall clearly is a social issues warrior. that's when he wantses to campaign on and what he's made his career on. i think the people of colorado are talking about the economy. if you look at the last several years, the median household income has declined by over $4,000. people are working fewer hours every week thanks to obamacare. it really is a very near. you scratch the surface of the economy and there are people hurting. gwen: we heard good news today, that the jobless rate continu

he's narrowly leading mark udall.terday touting his endorsement from the denver post and other newspapers. >> newspapers say mark udall is running an obnoxious, one-issue campaign. >> trying to frighten voters. >> it is an insult. >> it has backfired. >> the denver post says gardner's election would pose no threat to women's rights. >> cory gardner made clear he won't support bans on contraceptions. >> and senator udall is firing back after a campaigning boost for former president bill clinton at rallies monday and yesterday. he sat down with rachel maddow and had this to say about the race. >> when you look at this race, you look at the case i've been making. this is a serious choice that coloradoans have right now. are we going to move the state forward or go backwards? i think it's so wrong for the state. >> joining me now is host of msnbc's "up," with a closer look at how this race could shape up. always good to get your perspective when it comes to this, steve. >> let's start with the obvious bad news for democra

president obama hopes to give democrats like senator mark udall something to brag about. i'm john harwood in more son, colorado. >>> still ahead, would you buy a car from warren buffet. why he decided to get into the auto selling business. >>> warren buffet is getting into the auto business, his company, berkshire has bought the auto dealer. the economy has rebounded and that caught buffet's attention. phil lebeau has more. >> reporter: it is the big business that has made a big comeback, running an auto dealership. now, warren buffet is getting into the game, buying the tire group which is the majority of the owners around the u.s. >> this is just a very, very good operation. the partnership approach that he has worked extraordinarily well. he is just getting better. >> reporter: buffet wants to sell and service cars because it is very, very lucrative. last year the average dealership's net profit was almost a million dollars, more than doubling in the last five years. with the biggest earnings coming from the service department, which has done well as americans hold ont

single issue campaign, mark udall doesn't want to talk about other important issues like our national security. so with america's national security threatened, warnings of islamic extremists, isil plotting imminent attacks but does mark udall say? >> i said last week that isil will not present an imminent threat to this nation, and it doesn't. >> really? can we take that chance? >> joining the panel this week "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, jason riley, and kim strassel. >> i think republicans are regaining their foreign policy mojo, paul, and it's good to see. but as you mentioned, obama's foreign policy approval rating well underwater here. and republicans see an opening. this isis threat has been in the news. americans don't like to see that. again, americans don't necessarily want us in every conflict around the world, but they expect their president to lead. and clearly obama has not been doing that and i think the republicans see an opening here. >> kim, who is that ad targeted to? is it the republican base to get them fired up because they tend