murkowski. she started a write-in campaign which is very tough to do, an uphill battle, after she lost to tea party favorite joe miller in the republican primary. scat mcadams is the democratic candidate and all three squared off in a debate last night. the highlights thaf and poll numbers on where the candidates stand on what has become an intensely tight race in alaska. didn t look that way a month ago but now it does. bill: also in the state of illinois, this is the race for president obama s old senate seat, it could not be closer, frankly, folks. republican mark kirk, seen there and democrat alexi giannoulias in the final debate before the big day, accusations of immaturity, but the testiest exchanged when kirk accused giannoulias of flipflopping on president bush s bank bailout program. here s where that went. i never said i was against well, are you for or against the t.a.r.p.? nothing has changed. i m in favor of it. so actually, we agree on this. i would have d