the flaws in the present system and in this new bill, but let s face it, it does help some people. it moves us in a direction where insurance companies aren t controlling everyone s life anymore. and so you know, even worse than government controlling corporati corporations, ed, is corporations controlling the government. congressman dennis kucinich, always a pleasure. good to have you with us. thank you. speaking about john race circumstance he got an endorsement today from sarah palin, but get this, in typical sarah palin form, she tweeted her endorsement for raese to pennsylvania. oops. only problem is that raese is running in west virginia. just a minor detail there just unbelievable. now, if you thought that was psycho, wait until you hear what sarah palin s pal, christine o donnell, just said. she has no idea what s in the constitution. we the people at the ed show establish her as a
transferring about $5.5 million to house and senate committees and some of the state party committees to use that money the last two weeks to beef up the get out the vote efforts. the dnc says they ve transferred about $20 million this election cycle over there. republicans doing similar things. it is crunch time. also happening right now and this is important. west virginia. if the republicans win back the senate and need ten seats to do it one of the states they may do it in is west virginia. this is the seat the late robert byrd held since 1968. first and maybe only debate in west virginia between the democrat joe manchin, the popular government and john raese. there will be two others and that could change the complexion of the debate. finally, with 15 days left as we say it is so important to get the top-named surrogates out there. crisscrossing the country will be barack obama.
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
governor manchin, the democrat and republican businessman john racy for a long time, it seemed as if racy had marched off to a surprisingly large lead. but recent polls indicate that manchin is coming from behind. chris, this is a great example of what happens when you have a figure who ha very well known and popular, joe manchin and one who in john raese has lost three elections. your past matters in the state. the reason manchin fell behind for a while was to summarize barack obama. obama s ratings are so low, rock bottom in west virginia , 20s or low 30s. but, joe manchin is remerging. he has popularity, 60 to 70%. they ve gotten their campaign in gear. i think he took it for granted for too long. he woke up, just in time. i want to add, if the
tell us a little bit about you and your business experience and how you got here. well, i made my money the old-fashioned way. i inherited it. and i think that s a great thing to do. i made my money the old-fashioned way, i inherited it. when most people use that line, they are recounting an old, tired joke. when the republican nominee for senate in west virginia says it, he means it. john raese has repeatedly cited his inherited wealth. john raese s candidacy is turning out to have a touch of the crazy carl phenomenon. a little touch of the paladino. case in point. you do not negotiate with people like i have a hard time pronouncing this.