happy friday, everyone. i m erin burnett. the million dollar election so far. $35 million have been spent in only four states on the republican side. and 85% of the money that gingrich and romney s super pacs has spent have been on negative acts. gingrich exaggerating, dropping reagan s name 50 times. but reagan mentions gingrich only once. there are a lot of reasons not to elect me. all right. but $35 million super pac damage so far is just a scratch compared to the gash this money will inflict on candidates before november. american crossroads and priorities usa action are two names we all need to know. they re the big super pacs for the republicans and the democrats. and they say they will raise millions of dollars for their candidate. who is bank rolling all of this. you may find out a little bit on tuesday. that s when super pacs are required to reveal their donors. but guess what? there s a loophole and both american crossroads and priorities usa action are exploi
about it after you read it and after it was passed. this is not an inspiring or confidence inspiring moment by manchin. as governors, sure, you weren t voting on the bill but you have a tremendous responsibility because you will be implementing a lot of that bill. and the governors had just as much a responsibility to know what was in the bill. if you had people, remember, going to those town hall meetings in the summer of 2009 and voters had read the bill when the congressman hadn t even read the bill. for him to admit that, one, he probably thought it might help him, i guess, try to have some sort of plausible denyability about the bill so he could help win his race but it s not just because of that comment but it s a series of comments like that. the feeling in west virginia. i think that that race will go to there on november 2nd. his approval rating is close to 70% but on the national level, he s not resonating because people want somebody to