on a government payroll? that s really a low blow. everybody knows i was a really successful lawyer. and gop candidate christine o donnell down in the polls, but still grabbing the headlines. you re just jealous that you weren t on saturday night live. i m dying to see who s going to play me, christine. one of the tight races that could tip the balance of power is in colorado, where recent polls show a single-digit race as our special senate debate continues, michael bennet with as our special senate debate continues, michael bennet with his challenger, ken buck. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. for the first time today this election season, the president and the first lady hit the campaign trail together, heading to ohio. with just 16 days until the election, is there anything the president can do to stop republicans from a major victory on november 2nd? joining me now, white house press secretary, robert gibbs. welcome back to meet
to ohio to stump for the governor, ken strickland. with just 16 days until the election, is there anything the president can do to stop republicans from a major victory on november 2nd? joining me now, white house press secretary, robert gibbs. welcome back to meet the press. thank you. we are just 16 days away. something in the washington post caught my eye that summed up the difficulty for the president and the democrats. i ll put it up on the screen. it s about the west virginia senate race and hopeful joe manchin. the headline he was one problem, the pesky d after his name. this year manchin has one problem he can t fix. quote, there s not much wrong with him, said john jenks, attending an event for republican john raese on wednesday. it s just that he s a democrat. why is that such a problem? there s different political environments in different states. but understand, david, the overall political environment is driven by our overall economic picture. it took us years
on november 2nd? joining me now, white house press secretary, robert gibbs. welcome back to meet the press. thank you. we are just 16 days away. something in the washington post caught my eye that summed up the difficulty for the president and the democrats. i ll put it up on the screen. it s about the west virginia senate race and hopeful joe manchin. he was one problem, the pesky d after his name. that s one problem he can t fix. quote, there s not much wrong with him, said john jenks, attending an event for republican john raese on wednesday. it s just that he s a drtemocra. why is that such a problem? there s different political environments in different states. the over jowl environment is driven by our overall economic picture. it took us years to get into the mess we got ourselves in at the end of 2008. it will take us a while to get out. we saw a financial system near collapse. we have a continuing housing crisis that we re making progress on dealing with. we have pos