. >> from the carter center a scrap with congressman connie mack. florida is a battleground state that is very close. what does the president have to win florida? >> you have to sort out what the truth is. you have all of this stuff about $700 million being cut from medicare. it $700 million of savings to save medicare and it came out of medicare insurance companies not the beneficiaries. >> one says that close is no surprise. >> the president has the edge, and i think the edge will grow as they focus on it the president's plan for the future as composed to be romney-ryan plan they hope to pic of 27 seats and regain the majority appeared -- majority. we will see. >> the president will not be here until tomorrow afternoon. he was in norfolk yesterday and then the first lady takes the podium tonight. >> i am going to be at home and watching it with our girls and i am going to try to not let them save their daddy cry, because when michelle starts talking, that is when i get all misty. >> the president's saying he is going to try to have its of his daug

>> florida is an easy one to look at connie mack had a lot of connie behind him. that is now sort of in doubt. wisconsin has become ground zero for so many debates and national politics it's interesting to see how that place out on a local level. tommy thompson represents that the republicans had going for him over the years, and now to see him struggle is destructive. one thing to watch across the board will be at what point some of these big pac groups decide that maybe their money is better sent on senate or house races than on mitt romney and i think their ability to shift their resources could be determinate in the same way that when back in 1996 the republican party decided bob dole is a goner, let's invest in keeping majorities in senate. >> eliot: i think that moment has already occurred. they are moving money to the senate races. the wisconsin race that you talked about josh important for another reason if thompson loses, then the post election republican internal debate about what the party should do will have -- the far right will look at tommy thompson

mack and he has a plan it's called the penny play and yes it's one stand out of every dollar one out of one hundred one percent everything all the way across the board one penny why couldn't we tell you that he's not going to get it done i really can't even get a vote on that in the end is please name for me one country in the history of the world that has cut its way to prosperity united states yeah now absolutely you're sitting at a right now tom entries after we spend we spend our way into thirty thousand so i could have money or job creation the lace davies new zealand went on a mr t. and tax cutting plan that. that or not make growth it didn't because they reversed course they said oh we got all the ad because it didn't live forever we're not going to recession they engage in an aggressive privatization program and they had blockbuster but i think the united states does need to face up to the fact that we do need payrolls and we do need some we have nation and look what happened with i was. when they had the two thousand and eight financial collapse right now there they are what

. >> florida, meet connie mack with barroom brawling and road rage. >> that's pretty tough stuff there senator. anyone turned off by that ad of yours? do you enjoy running ads like that? >> well, people need to know who our opponent is. indeed all the fact checkers have checked that ad and said that it is correct. it is true. you didn't get to the part about our opponent doesn't show up for work. he's missed all kinds of votes this year. then when he does show up, as a matter of fact he votes on taking away the guaranteed benefit of medicare and he has plan to take a trillion dollars out of social security. the voters are entitled to know what the truth is. that's what we're doing. by the way that's after i've been on the receiving end of $15 million of attack ads that all the fact checkers say are absolutely untrue. >> attack and counter attack. it's politics. thank you very much. enjoy charlotte. >> thanks. >> when it comes to florida the republicans have marco rubio as their up and comer. the democrats have this man, julian castro, the keynote speaker at this week's dnc. he's speaki

mack iv in florida. if they change hands, they would need three more pickups if obama would win re-election. that would mn sweeping wisconsin,virginia, and connecticut o o l and holding nevada and indiana. as you can see, the battle to control the u.s. senate in november for republicans is quite steep. >>> today the u.n. general assembly will hear from iranian present mahmoud ahmadinejad. it his le addressing the body before hitting his term limits. they're urging delegates to protes the speech and boycotts ri is live. every time we hear him rant, are we giving this guy attention. >> reporter: forgive me if i don't swer your question. we're having a few construction problems. ahmadinejad is expected to be 16 ur a is often the case when he's here in new york, there will be large protests taking place outside the u.n. those are scheduled to take place at 11:00 a.m. and we skpeerkted to hear from high-profile speakerse ry giuliani and mayor bloomberg. he's essentially a me-duck president, finishing up the s

. >> bill: and in florida bill nelson has a lead of 53% to 39% over connie mack. those were two seats that republicans were hoping to pick up. >> republicans thought they might have a chance. they always knew it would be a long shot in florida. they believed if romney could win by three or four in florida that might have a lifting effect on connie mack -- third fourth -- >> bill: i think he's the third. >> but it's not going to happen. i've not talked to a republican in two weeks who believe's there's anything that will come out of florida that's positive for them in the senate race. they're now beginning to reluctantly resign themselves to the fact that sherrod brown won't be defeated in ohio. >> bill: so it looks like democrats hold on to the senate. >> the prospects of that are better than they have been in the last two years. i think the senate is going to be 51-49 either way. if i had to bet right now 51-49, democratic. >> bill: is there a shot with obama doing better that democrats pick up their 25 seats they need to take control of the house? >> i do not se

. >> do you have an opinion on the bill nelson/connie mack race? >> i do. i'm supporting bill nelson. i was with him the other day in st. petersburg at the rally that you showed. he's a good man, he's worked hard for florida, he's a moderate and i think he will win. >> charlie crist, former governor of florida, independent candidate for senate and supporting the president. thanks for coming up. >>> high hopes on wall street ahead of today's big announcement from the fed. the market rundown is next. >>> plus, paul ryan returns to his day job on capitol hill. >>> and while crops are witt withering in the midwest. congress tries to pass a farm bill before times runs out. >>> which of two states brought the house of representatives to its current size of 435 members? by the way, it should keep expanding but that's a whole nother debate. tweet me your answer. first correct answer will get a call on thursday from us. >>> speaking of correct answers for our eagle eye watchers, our map was right. what i said was wrong. vice president biden is in wisconsin today. no

. >> but if you're connie mack, you have to have mitt romney win florida. >> i think so. the same thing with josh mandel in ohio. >> shelly berkeley in nevada. >> i think that's the case, too. some of it has do with the margin. look, president obama won massachusetts four years ago by 695,000 votes. i don't know how many votes -- how many obama votes scott brown can get but i know it is a lot easier for him if the president wins massachusetts by only a half a mall. >> let's stick with massachusetts. four polls in a row have now showed warren ahead. >> it appears to be some short-term movement to her. we've had movement back and forth in the state. i think it depends on who has what ad up and what the narrative is. these states are going to continue to move back and forth. i wouldn't assume that where we are today is where we're going to be in november for all these states. >> senate control. where is it at right now? >> a year ago i would have told you the republicans are more likely than not to win the senate. i think that's now no longer the case. we have it as a jump b

i think we're going to win, win the senate as well, whether it's connie mack in florida or george allen in virginia or josh mandell in ohio where senate seats in missouri, nebraska, north dakota, montana, new mexico, wisconsin, michigan, we have a lot of great seats, defend scott brown, save him and massachusetts, and there's other places we could be in trouble. maine, we'll probably lose that. i'm a realist. we'll win the senate and house. here's the real challenge. republicans get one more chance. they don't get to do again what they did in 2004, which is not take their mandate and reform. they don't get two years. i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney that they have 100 days to reform medicare, reform social security, got to get spending under control, and it can't be like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. republicans hold meetings and think about it a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform, they have to rebuild the military, get the 313 chips, restore the t

there is a great guy over there representative and soon-to-be senator connie mack. [chanting usa ] ] i want to thank your congressman, dennis ross. thank you for being here. i want to thank my chairman of my campaign in florida, adam putnam, the new agriculture commissioner. and my other chair person. attorney general pam mundy. i appreciate your help and support. florida gave me the boats i needed to become the nominee. i think florida. one more task -- i need to have you do the work on november 6 that get me elected the next president of the united states. that has to happen in florida. [applause] for that to happen, you'll have to go out and find people who voted for barack obama. they are here. there are not as visible as they used to be. you can see some of the glue on the back of their bumper sticker where it used to be. you can find them and convince them to get on albertine. we want to be held accountable for the promises we made last night. and the night before. we spoke to the american people about what we will do if we become president and vice- president

mack 53% to 39%. in ohio, sherrod brown leading. in pennsylvania, bob casey leads 49% to 43%. so down ticket. going down ticket, the stench. >> you're going to have what's left of the republican party which is pretty much the remnants of what an actual party is. it is the hangers on. the people who wear the -- >> stephanie: doing a little wiggy. >> they call themselves the wigs. >> maybe just maybe we will actually move into a position where it's the democrats debating the green party for the next two decades and we actually have policy issues and real governing going on because you have two parties who actually look to the future, hoping it actually exists. as opposed to some sort of armageddon dust storm that will -- you know, what i'm looking for -- see the president come out like a super volcano kills all of the crops. >> stephanie: president of water world. karl in michigan, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi karl. >> caller: yes hi. >> stephanie: go ahead. >> caller: yeah, well, it rankle

there is a great guy over there, soon to be senator, connie mack. crowd: usa! usa! >> i also want to thank your congressman, dennis ross. dennis, thank you for being here. i want to thank my chairman of my campaign here in florida. it is great to have adam putnam here, your agriculture commissioner. and my other chair person, your great attorney general, he him monday. i know they were out here speaking a moment ago -- attorney general, pam bundy. i think florida. i need to have you do the work that gets me elected the next president of the united states. that has to happen here in florida. for that to happen, you are going to have to go out and find a person or two who voted for barack obama. i know they are here. they are not as visible as they used to be. you can see some of the glue on the back of their bumper sticker, where it used to be. you can find them. find them and convince them to get on our team and help us. we want to be held accountable for the promises we made last night and the night before. paul ryan and i both spoke to the american people about wh

connie mack's going to have his own nbc show? that's crazy. i've heard his son's running for something, too. >> with a pretty colorful life. >> okay. you know, you guys are the biggest -- >> thursday night football. green bay packers trying to get back on track at home, and they got an awful lot of help from vanderbilt's own jay cutler. throwing many complete passes to guys in green jerseys. >> also he pushed his own linemen. is that a bad sign? [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs,

mack -- mackey. i've been working for the heritage foundation. being on the road and meeting members from the organizations and representing the great groups has been a privilege and i do want to say it has been such an encouragement to those of us that black heritage and frc to meet folks all over the country the whole of the values and champion the values that everybody in this room does. i want you to know they are all there. you are kind of lost in the battle you forget or wonder of people love their really paying attention? you watch your tv and see all that is going on and think is anybody else is scared and nervous about the country as i am? yes they are in places like colorado and florida and pennsylvania and michigan and so many of the places that we have been, so you should be encouraged by that. i know you are seeing a lot of polls and things are up and down and the media saying maybe it's not as close as we can think. ladies and gentlemen, do not believe it. do not believe it. i'm telling