could change with the case in the united states. gregg: greg burke reporting live from rome, thanks very much. juliet: many americans saying they are fed up with how washington works. this week some of them will get a chance to make auththeir voic heard and will vote them in or vote them out in primary prarac. polls open this tuesday and races drawing national interest because it will give us a better idea of the mood of the electorate. julie kirtz has the latest on this. julie? reporter: yeah, we ll get a very real sense of how frustrated voters are on tuesday night. a key state to watch is pennsylvania. both parties are putting big bucks and political star power into the race in the 12th congressional district. where the race is tight and bill clinton is in southwest pennsylvania, right now, he is campaigning for democrat mark
his top jobs because he had the courage to challenge people and was a demanding leader. but, here s my question, at a time of war, is it wise to attack the military career, a distinguished one, of a highly decorated admiral? i don t think there is any doubt that that commercial cut both ways. and i don t think it gave senator specter any leverage in the race. sestak put up a pretty convincing commercial with a bunch of veterans who actually said arlen specter, stop lying about joe sestak s record. the other point is, that on just to be balanced is that sestak has run a brutal commercial, maybe of all of the commercials run, in the last month, the most effective one and if you are a democrat the last thing you want to see in a democratic commercial is your candidate with president bush, with sarah palin and then, uttering the words, i switched parties to get
him. it s important to note that sespak might have a slight edge going into the primary. which ever democrat emerges victorious, will get a bounce in the polls and we won t know for about a month. juliet: in kentucky, we have rand paul and grayson. both republicans have dropped lowest level of support since february. what is the story with that? they have been beating up pretty aggressively in this primary. it s interesting, rand paul, even though he is not running against an incumbent is trying to run the outsider against the incumbent. he has made the campaign about as much as mitch mcconnell as against the real opponent. it s important to note, rand paul does a little bit better at this point in time. gregg: and then the four polls of all the candidates, kentucky is one to really watch.
party, not to mention his principles to save his job especially after admitting he did it to get reelected? that s exactly right, gregg. about a month ago, arlen specter actually had a 20-point lead which dissipated as you point out, even plus sect specter by two and sestak by two and it is a dogfight the last two weeks and joe sestak went to the voters, when they started to pay attention to the election and made several points. one, arlen specter switched his party, he s really just a democrat in name only. and he did it merely to get a sixth term. in the last several weeks, what has become more evident, however, is the anti-incumbency that you all have been talking about now, for the last couple of weeks. it is virulent. not just around the country but in pennsylvania as well. and, five terms, he is seeking a 6th term, and, interestingly
enough, any incumbency doesn t have anything to do with president obama. president obama is supporting arlen specter, joe sestak and arlen specter are obviously in the race, obama supports specter, sestak has to be very careful because he is and obama democrat as well, how he approaches these issues. so, it is pretty interesting how sestak attacks washington, but he cannot attack the democratic president. gregg: i looked a little deeper at the polling data and i saw something interesting. specter s disapproval rating is twice as lodge as sestak s. does that reflect that, you know, specter fatigue among voters who may be fed up with a guy who has been there for 30 years. yes. i mean, you are exactly right. and typically if you find someone with a job performance