midterm vote count. how you feel about the president, the economy, how excited you are to vote spells giant trouble for the democrats and giant opportunity for republicans. plus, some new cnn reporting on the behind the scenes battle between senators mitch mcconnell and rick scott over who should get more credit or more blame for how the senate shakes out after the midterms and an interrogation. other targets, new horrific details about the assailant who bludgeoned the speaker of the house s husband until he was unconscious. mr. pelosi asked to go to the bathroom which is where he was able to call 911 from his cell phone. the defendant realizing that mr. pelosi had called 911 took mr. pelosi downstairs near the front door of the residence. two police officers arrived at the front door two minutes after that 911 call. up first for us, though, a final snapshot of the midterm climate and it is beyond bleak for the democrats. let s set the stage, remember, republicans need on
independents grade him very poorly, only 38% approve. 62% disapprove. does he have the right priorities, only 30% say he does. are things going well in the country, only 24% of independents say yes, 76% say no. that is a giant challenge if you re trying to win these very close competitive races across the country. what do you do? well, so a few things i would note. first if you look at which i thought was interesting is people rating their own economic situation, actually more positively than they feel about the country and there you see the partisan gap really shrink so when people are rating the economy of the country you see a real partisan split but democrats and republicans feel a little more optimistic about their own economic situation. i think there s an opportunity there to talk about things that are going well, things that are improving, things that were better than a couple years ago and what our plan is for next and talk about optimism and i think i also wouldn t think