race, a new poll shows joe manchin the governor up by ten. he has really cleaned up. i guess it was that casting call that got the other guy in trouble. manchin s in the lead. in the new hampshire senate poll, ayotte is pulling away from hodes. she s at 50% in the new university of new hampshire poll. she s polled out. finally to alaska where the three-way senate race is basically tied. 33% for miller. 31% for lisa murkowski doing the write-in campaign. and 27% within striking distance for scott mcadams. a rare case where someone could win in the three-way even if they re on the opposite side of most people. we ll continue to check the hardball score board every night leading up to the november 2nd election. last night, the host of
a weird case where someone could win in the three-way even if they re on the opposite side of most people. but we ll continue to check the hardball score board every night leading up to the november 2nd election. a couplist, a host of face to face and chuck todd is nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent as well. i want to start with john ralston but first take a look at some of the action. here s sharron angle, the challenger, the tea partier, delivering i think a cheap shot at the senate democratic leader, harry reid. let s listen. you came from search light to the senate with very little, and now you re one of the richest men in the u.s. senate. on behalf of nevada taxpayers, i d like to know we d like to know, how did you become so wealthy on a government payroll? senator reid? that s really kind of a low blow. i think most everyone knows i was a very successful lawyer, i
want to run for the white house again, he s going to new mexico to help a republican gubernatorial candidate out there. and finally, friday, what is arguably the most important economic number in politics right now i m talking about the unemployment report. on friday we ll find out the unemployment level for the country for september. remember, this will be the last employment report before the november 2nd election. that s what s going on on the campaign trail. t.j., back to you. thanks to our paul ste steinhauser as always. we are 30 days from the mid term elections, and every day until then, we ll bring you a political conservation. we ll have a conservative political guest and liberal political guest this time every sunday. not going to be a fight, just going to have a conversation, an opportunity for each side to present views. we re going to get started with what we could call a hip-hop duo. from new york, kelly goff, regular reporter for the huffington post and the author of
well, candy, i m a social and fiscal conservative, and my record on pro-family provisions or issues is very clear. but i fell it was important to reach out to those who want to try to deal with this runaway administration and majority when it comes to spending and debt and high joblessness. that s something we can agree on. but i would say, to my friend senator menendez, i hope to work with senator menendez on immigration reform but it s a much too important issue to be treated as a political football or jam through a lame duck session. we know there are impending tax increases from the expiration of the temporary tax provisions in 2001 that the democratic party was so divided on they didn t put it up for a vote before the november 2nd election. that adds to the kind of uncertainty that job creators are feeling, which keeps them sitting on their capital and unfortunately keeps our high
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