senator o connell said what is your number one priorities if the republicans take the senate? he didn t talk about the jobs, economy, or education. he said we want president obama to be a one-term president. we need substance, not partisanship. bret: what will you consider victory on election night? my goal has been recognizing the mid-term cycles are tough. the president and i talked about this in december of 2008. i want to make sure we hold on to both houses. over the summer, other guys felt cocky they could win both. they re backing off of the senate. we re not taking anything for granted but we feel like we have a great shot for the senate. now my effort is focussed on how to help the team field a winning effort to hold on to the house. i think we will surprise some people. bret: you have said before it could be crazy for democrats to run away from president obama s agenda. democrats who are afraid to be who they are, or are pushing back on the leaders
around in intimidating ways. meanwhile, problems in north carolina. tomorrow the republican party there plans to file a federal complaint, alleging when some cast straight-line ballots for republicans the touch screen machine switched to show the votes for the democrats. election officials reportedly deny the computers are preprogrammed. if you suspect voter problems where you live, e-mail us at voterfraud@foxnews.com is the address? more on this with the panel as well. is president obama demeaning in addition office this some way with some of his actions such as appearing on the daily show ? we ll see what some folks are saying in washington. we ask the all-stars about it when we come back.
democrats. this is a blockbuster story if the former president bill clinton tried to persuade him to get out of the senate race in florida. quick round on this. steve? i m stunned. particularly ill-timed for democrats right now as we discussed last night to a certain extent tonight trying to rally the base, including black voters. this is where president spent time trying to get black voters to come to the poll. when you have something like this, orchestrating of the former president with knowledge of the white house trying to get meek out of the race by most account accounts d himself in the debate, better than charlie crist has done to support a former or a current republican governor, a governor who was once a republican is really an unbelievable thing. there was a moment in the edebate earlier this week in retrospect proves telling. charlie crist carries around with him a fan where he puts
are crazy. bret: you know there are democrats across the country doing that. joe manchin in west virginia, shooting the cap-and-trade bill. gene taylor saying he voted for john mccain. what about the candidates that are running away from the obama agenda? are they crazy? first, the good news is campaigning with candidates, the overwhelming majority of demes are proud of their party, accomplishment and president. some distance themselves. i don t tell everybody haw to run their race. i don t live in every jurisdiction. people have to do what is right for themselves and the constituents but my point is this. i think democrats thinking they can hold the democratic label at arm s length, that s nuts. you put the label after your name, be proud of it. we knew when we came in 2009 the american public wasn t 59% democratic, 41% republican to use senate margin as an example. it will get closer and it will put pressure on both sides to find common solutions.
helpful but it should have been done long ago. not with five days to go. a new york times news poll said critical of the coalition in 2008, women, catholic, and african-american and independents are switching report to republicans. according to the poll, 46% of likely voters said they would vote republican, while 40% said they would support democrats. in a wednesday meeting with liberal bloggers, mr. obama said his view on gay marriage are evolving and he defended his performance in office pointing out the jobs limitation saying, i m president and not king. presidents need to run for re-election and winning will require support from independents in two years. reaching out to one s base in a difficult mid-term election is not surprising. it s just not clear how issues like gay marriage will may for mr. obama in 2012. bret: mike emanuel live from the north lawn. thank you. the first part of the series closing arguments is straight ahead. later, one politician accused of voter f