turnout. carl, good to see you, thanks. reporter: you bet. jamie: kelly. kelly: president obama due in massachusetts within an hour, campaigning for his former harvard law school classmate, governor duval patrick. of the democratic incumbent is facing a tough challenge there from republican charlie baker and what s proving to be a very interesting contest in the states. our molly line is live outside the heinz convention center in boston where the campaign rally is about to get underway. and people are milling about, and just how close is the race with just over two weeks ago. and hi, kelly, yeah, this was a blustery day in boston and despite that we ve mentioned buses are coming in for the rally and president coming in to rally for his harvard pal, as well as a man with chicago roots. governor duval patrick and here in the state today, this is a close race. this is one to watch, although the most recent southern news
sharron angle. todd where do you see that race? they had a big fiesty debate in week their only debate of the campaign. i think sharron angle they are tied right now. you ve got to give angle the advantage because of the mood of the country right now. nevadans know harry reid, from top to bottom. they obviously are very dissatisfied with him. given the anger and the mood of this country, i m going to give the advantage to the outsider. chris: kirsten? i think pretty much that s the think what race is. the fact it is so close for somebody like harry reid she out performed peck expectations in the debate. i think the wind is at her back it is leaning in her direction. chris: let me ask you both any upset, either democrat you didn t expect to win or republican, one upset for either of you? at this point we ve been following it so closely there
and defending the legacy that he s already put in place. a lot of what the next two years could be about is making sure the first two years endure past his presidency. peter baker i m not normally a shill for the new york times , but really to get an opportunity you want to look at this article about the in the sunday times magazine peter s story about the mood in the obama white house at the end of the first two years of that term. peter, thank. thank four having. west virginia s senate race once considered a for democrats. one political insider says not so fast. is crystal ball rankings still consider the race a tossup
probably the most popular democrat going across the country and favorability ratings above 60%, he s especially popular here in californian an analysts say that president clinton can make the case for a candidate probably better than a candidate himself. listen. jobs, deficit, raises taxes, that resonates on one level, but when bill clinton comes in and says, i know jerry brown, i know what he did, and different clinton s persona, personality, popularity, for some voters, that could make a difference. reporter: and jerry brown is about five points ahead in the race for governor here, but there are so many undecide decided voters, people are experiencing early voting right here, now in california so they believe president clinton can make a difference. kelly, back to you. anita vogel, live from los angeles, thank you. and uncle sam laying down the law on several states that failed to mail out military ballots overseas, we ll tell you what the justice
country are running from their records and trying to distract voters with issues other than what they ve done for the last 18 to 20 months. i have a lot of sympathy for the fact checkers trying to figure out what your record is ken. because every timec you, i don t know who is coming to the debate. joining us the republican nominee ken buck his democratic opponent michael bennet turned down our invitation. mr. buck thank you for joining us today. thank you. let s start with your mainline of attack about senator bennet, he says, contrary to what you claim, he has opposed much of the obama agenda. yeah, michael bennet is a rubber stamp for president obama s agenda. voted for the health care bill, auto bailouts, the stimulus. he s hand picked by president obama. president obama offered his primary opponent three jobs to get him out of race. michael bennet owes president obama for where he