melancon is not getting traction in the poll. the spread is at 15.3 points in the latest poll. democrats are expected to pick off one of the races that is held by a republican incumbent. only a handful of opportunities for the democrats when you look at the environment across the country. that is representative joseph gow. he won a special election in 2008. now he is an overwhelmingly democratic district in new orleans. >> new orleans needs cao. >> reporter: president obama cut his first commercial for cedric richmond. despite cao vote for the healthcare law and telling reporters he loves the president democrats are seeing they should be able to get this seat back. cao said he felt hurt by the president's endorsement of richmond. richmond had his law license suspended before he was