how does a carson or cruz help him? and i have always believed that these presidential elections are about seven states. we have got colorado, florida, iowa, new hampshire, nevada, ohio, virginia. so, you know, how does a ted cruz from texas help him? you know, how does ben carson help him? or is donald just looking to a politician to balance out his own ticket? well, vice presidential nominees ultimately come down to just the selection of our nominee. so you never know totally what someone is looking for in their v.p. but here s what they should look for. they should be looking for the man or woman who shares most of their ideas and more importantly, will be a good partner in helping them govern. because the reality is v.p.s don t elect presidents. presidents nominees elect presidents. and so there has never been a good track record of those of us who have tried to speculate on who the vp was going to be and that
swing states, david. how does a carson or cruz help him? and i have always believed that these presidential elections are about seven states. we have got colorado, florida, iowa, new hampshire, nevada, ohio, virginia. so, you know, how does a ted cruz from texas help him? you know, how does ben carson help him? or is donald just looking to a politician to balance out his own ticket? well, vice presidential nominees ultimately come down to just the selection of our nominee. so you never know totally what someone is looking for in their v.p. but here s what they should look for. they should be looking for the man or woman who shares most of their ideas and more importantly, will be a good partner in helping them govern. because the reality is v.p.s don t elect presidents. presidents nominees elect presidents. and so there has never been a good track record of those of us who have tried to speculate on who the vp was going to be and that
swing states, david. how does a carson or cruz help him? and i have always believed that these presidential elections are about seven states. we have got colorado, florida, iowa, new hampshire, nevada, ohio, virginia. so, you know, how does a ted cruz from texas help him? you know, how does ben carson help him? or is donald just looking to a politician to balance out his own ticket? well, vice presidential nominees ultimately come down to just the selection of our nominee. so you never know totally what someone is looking for in their v.p. but here s what they should look for. they should be looking for the man or woman who shares most of their ideas and more importantly, will be a good partner in helping them govern. because the reality is v.p.s don t elect presidents. presidents nominees elect presidents. and so there has never been a good track record of those of us who have tried to speculate on who the vp
points before the debates. after the debates, we re dead even. we don t know whether it s moderate mitt, me too mitt or conservative mitt that will serve as president. he s unfriendly to hispanics and latinos and women want to make their own healthcare decisions. the republicans say we know what s best for you. joining us now is the anchor of fox news sunday, chris wallace. good morning. they have got colorado, ohio, two very important states. we also had two senators from virginia and wisconsin all within the margin of error. one may be up by a point or two but they re all within the margin of error and these states could easily decide the election. in the case of romney, if he wins florida and north carolina,
democratic candidate, but we re not sure. so they could hold 59 to start with. here we go with what it looks like. they would have to lose ten to lose control of the senate. we ve got charlie cook right now who says they re going to lose between four and six. stu rothenberg between five and seven. sabato says seven. those are the predictions. now let s look at the states where the tea partiers, i want you to focus on this. five states where the tea party candidates having won the nomination could screw it up in an otherwise easy win. sharron angle in nevada is up against harry reid, she is the nominee. rand paul, the tea partier. he s in kentucky, he has won the primary. marco rubio is the candidate of the republican party in florida. and pat toomey in pennsylvania. and then we ve got colorado, ken buck up against jane norton. ken buck being the tea partier. mark, you first. it seems to me that they have a problem here in that they could lose two or three of these they might have other