do you accept his explanation? that s for the voters. but even more troubling than untruth was the military record than his phantom teaching career. more troubling to me are his votes in washington, d.c. here is someone where you don t know where he stands. the chicago sun times pointed out friday we don t know where he stands on important issues. now, david, the people of illinois may not always agree with everything i say, but they always know where i stand. he says he votes for cap and trade and doing it for the security of the united states and then as a republican for the senate and said he would never vote that way again and it was a huge mistake. they asked him on the don t ask, don t tell. he said he s not sure yet. i ll tell you where i stand. that s leadership. that s what the people of illinois want and that s what i m give them the rest of my career. that s the fundamental difference in principles, values and more or less between myself and the congressman. i want to
question from dmitri morris. congressman kirk, i ll start with you on this. name two issues on your party s platform that you do not agree with and why. for example, i backed stem cell research. i very much support hate crime legislation where it went through the house. i also supported health insurance for low-income kids through the s-chip program, rated as one of the most independent members of congress. fiscal conservative, social moderate. mr. giannoulias? two areas of the democratic party you don t agree with, where you bunk your party? as i mentioned, the way t.a.r.p. was handled was an enormously republicans started that. there was a missed opportunity. i would have loved to have seen increased access to capital requirements for banks to lend money out. we fought and saved jobs, one thing we did was go after wells fargo and looked at them and said, listen. you can t let this company falter. you can t let them fail. you know, congressman always uses the word indepen
the rest of my life. i still talk to her. i still think of her. he took my daughter. he took something that was very important and precious. that s all for now. for all of us here at nbc news, that s all for now. for all of us here at nbc news, thanks for joining us. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the president is on the trail trying to protect home turf, stumping for his old senate seat. you can trust him, you can count on him. as the gop threatens to change the balance in washington, the fight for the illinois senate seat is still too close to call. we kick off our election year senate debate series, with a showdown between the democrat and the republican. the big issues jobs, spending and taxes. and the credibility issue dogging both candidates, making this an intensely negative campaign. then our political roundtable, on the bigger picture. then our political roundtable on the bigger picture, how new jobless numbers affect the campaign, whether democrats
then our political roundtable on the bigger picture. how new jobless numbers affect the campaign, whether democrats can make the election a closer contest than most expect. and another high-level departure from the white house. with us, time magazine columnist joe klein and the wall street journal s peggy noonan. good morning. with only 23 days to go, the campaign team of president obama and vice president biden heads to philadelphia today to try to rally democrats to turn out for pennsylvania senate candidate joe sestak. here in washington, this morning, it s all eyes on the tight battle in illinois. hello, chicago! it s good to be home. the fight is personal for the president. in some very tough circumstances, in a tough political season, he has not wavered. and that s the kind of person that you want. that s the kind of person that you know when the going gets tough in washington, will be fighting for you. democratic state treasurer alexi giannoulias, neck