the president is courting women, bill clinton and bruce springsteen were in ohio going after what you might call white blue collar people like where i came from. >>> also, prospects for the democrats holding the senate are brightening. we have some real brand new poll numbers that suggest the democrats may just hold onto this senate after all. one state where they face an uphill battle is nebraska where bob kerrey, great old bob kerrey, is hoping for a comeback. he's coming here in a minute. >> impressive crowd, the haves and the have mores. some people call you the elite. i call you my base. >> that's going to be a lot of fun tonight. this is "hardball"hardball," the place for politics. >>> with less than three weeks to go to election day, you can learn a lot about the election by simply looking at where the campaigns are spending the most money on tv ads. and this week four of the top five cities are in wisconsin or ohio. number five, madison, wisconsin. number four, columbus, ohio. third, cincinnati, ohio. number two, denver, colorado. and the top ad this week, green bay, wisconsin

is courting women, bill clinton and bruce springsteen were in ohio going after what you might call white blue collar people like where i came from. >>> also, prospects for the democrats holding the senate are brightening. we have some real brand new poll numbers that suggest the democrats may just hold onto this senate after all. one state where they face an uphill battle is nebraska where bob kerrey, great old bob kerrey, is hoping for a comeback. he's coming here in a minute. >>> coming up, the big dog on the campaign trail for president obama. in ohio together today, working springsteen's white blue collar base. >>> also, brand new poll numbers that suggest the democrats may just hold on to the senate after all. one state where they face an up hill challenge is nebraska where b bob is homing for a comeback. >>> both presidential candidates will be at the al smith dinner in new york. i'll be there. it's a big election year ritual here in this country. >> impressive crowd, the haves and the have mores. some people call you the elite. i call you my base. >> that's going to be a lot

that might be fun in ohio. while the president is courting women, bill clinton and bruce springsteen were in ohio going after what you might call white blue collar people like where i came from. >>> also, prospects for the democrats holding the senate are brightening. we have some real brand new poll numbers that suggest the democrats may just hold onto this senate after all. one state where they face an uphill battle is nebraska where bob kerrey, great old bob kerrey, is hoping for a comeback. he's coming here in a minute. >>> both presidential candidates will be at the al smith dinner in new york. i'll be there. it's a big election year ritual here in this country. >> impressive crowd, the haves and the have mores. some people call you the elite. i call you my base. >> that's going to be a lot of fun tonight even when your speech is obviously written by somebody smarter than you and certainly somebody funnier. we'll be there. anyway, this is "hardball," the place for politics. so you say men are superior drivers? yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bo

of hurricane sandy featuring the great bruce springsteen and jon bon jovi. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." the fight for the u.s. senate can be as significant as the fight for president. right now looks advantage democrats. the latest analysis is it appears more likely than not democrats will hold the majority, perhaps by only the slimmest of margins. there you have it. and the catch up is the massachusetts senate race between republican scott brown and democratic challenger elizabeth warren, and right now the clear politics poll average has warren up by 4.5. politico is up there in boston covering the race. dave, thanks for joining us from politico. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you about that race. it seems like something happened a couple weeks ago. was it the mayor's endorsement and putting all the troops? but that's only 8% of the electorate. what got her on top of the race? >> i think it's women voters that were in brown's camp, still sort of flirting with him this summer in polls, moving towards warren, and

bruce springsteen and jon bon jovi. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. with her closing arguments with her closing arguments against todd akin. >>> i'm julia boorstin with your cnbc market wrap. stocks slide despite upbeat economic data. the dow sirngs 139 points, the s&p drops 13, and the nasdaq falls by 38 points. as you heard, 171,000 jobs were created last month. that was more than economists expected, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9%. factory orders jumped nearly 5% in september. the biggest increase since march of 2011. and starbucks was a big gainer rising 9% following an upbeat profit forecast. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." ♪ >>> welcome back to "hardball." the fight for the u.s. senate can be as significant as the fight for president. right now looks advantage democrats. the latest analysis is it appears more likely than not democrats will holded majority, perhaps by only the slimmest of margins. there you have it. and the catch up is the massachusetts senate race between republican scott brown and

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of them. then the waiting game begins. by the way, bruce springsteen, the boss, joined the president in wisconsin and ohio today. he's one person who can tease the president on this final day of the presidential campaign. it's about those late night phone calls and the president's performance in the debates. >> every once in awhile i get a call like after the first debate. the phone rings. i can't get no satisfaction. all right. then after the second debate i got a nice version of i'm sexy and i know it. i stood with president obama four years ago and i'm proud to be standing with him here today. because he promised me a ride on air force one. >> anyway, he wasn't kidding. he hitched a ride on air force one to the next campaign event which was in ohio. update, he said the ride was pretty cool. >>> up next, mitt romney has been called the post-truth candidate. the guy saying whatever he thinks could help him win whether it's true or not. that's ahead. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> part of a presidential race is about policy. and part of it's about trust. you

to end it on your own terms and it tends to bruce unforeseen consequences. we have an enormous nuclear deterrent. the notion that somehow or other the iranians who have existed for 3,000 years are going to commit public suicide the first moment they have a bomb is really ludicrous. gary sec has produced a list since 1994 of annual israeli predictions that next year iran will have the bomb. so i think we can take their predictions with a little bit of caution. moreover, their public opinion is not for a strike. majority of american jews are not for a strike. they are being sensible. i think we're dealing here with a right wing government with rather one-sided notions of what security is and perhaps with a somewhat irresponsible attitude about the consequences of their actions for us because the iranians if attacked, are not going to retaliate effectively against israel because they cannot. they'll retaliate against us because they'll see us as the sponsors. so our troops in afghanistan would pay the price. and our disengagement may become very difficult to pursue. we'll have a m

christie's wish comes true. it's no secret he's a fan of bruce springsteen. over the years springsteen has not returned the love until last night. he reached out to the victims of hurricane sandy and then some. listen to this. we're a band that can't separate from the jersey shore. we'll send this out to all the people working down there, the police officers, the firemen, and also to the governor who has done such a hard job this past week. well, there you have it. the romance, the bromance, isn't as one-sided anymore. >>> also, what part of the presidential election got this 4-year-old colorado resident all choked up? spoiler alert here. all of it. abigail, that's her name, was riding along with her mom to buy groceries with npr playing on the radio. here is her answer for why the tears are flowing. >> because of barack obama and mitt romney. >> that's why you're crying? it will be over soon, abby. the election will be over soon, okay? >> okay. >> oh. >> well, anyway, npr caught wind of her breakdown of mitt romney and barack obama and issued a statement reassuring her she only had to

but we had bruce springsteen obviously with us yesterday and, you know, talking to him about what the jersey shore and those places meant to him as a kid and middle class families who had a shot at having, you know, a cottage at the beach, this isn't just all, you know, 12-room mansions. >> i know, i grew up at the shore in a row house in ocean city. i know all about it. >> those pictures continue to grab you by the heart and, you know, our thoughts and prayers go out to them. first thing the president did this morning was get on a call with fema at 7:30 in the morning. it's near and dear to him and, look, i think it's going to be a good night for us. >> okay. thanks for coming on, robert gibbs. great to have you on. thanks both to chuck and howard. coming up, what do you know about tonight? how is it going to end? keep an eye on florida and ohio. two states we're going to take a look at next. we'll talk about them and if there's going to be a clear result. chuck just warned us of the worst possible case, a two-week delay finding out what happens in ohio. i have my put bonn tbutton on

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