federal spending. this is a horrible time for him to be running, because he has affiliated himself with the party that tried to hold the country hostage and in effect did during the shutdown. bill burton, your thoughts on that. the shutdown hurt cuccinelli? there s no doubt the shutdown hurt cuccinelli. and like connie was saying, this is a very tough time to be saddled with the republican brand. and if this is indeed a referendum on obama care, i would be very nervous if i were national republicans. because if you look at the polling over the course of the last weeks and months, even now when we re in the heat of the battle, as it relates to the affordable care act, terry mcauliffe s polling has continued to be steady, and the enthusiasm hasn t worn off. this is a referendum. it looks like the referendum is going in favor of obama care. bill, what about this picture right here, bill clinton, very close to mcauliffe, and has been for years. hillary clinton has been there. the pre
and despite all the uncertainty about food, about security, the thrill that ordinary people were able to overthrow a 23-year-old dictatorship hasn t worn off. lovely tu to you nnisia, we . reporter: ben wedeman in carthage, tunisia. the worries about tunisia and the economy certainly affected the stock market. the benchmark tunindex slumped 13% in the last week alone and is at a two-year low. unemployment, which sparked the unrest in the first place, went up to 13%. and the cost of living just keeps rising. and there s a shortage of some basic goods, including food. about three-quarters of tunisia s exports currently go to the european union. with the european economy itself in the doldrums, the country faces a tough time exporting its way back into growth.