push behind the romney campaign. this is one of the big questions, the enthusiasm gap, the democrats who have been disappointed, they wanted to see barack obama do more, would they turn out? the republicans who really have never been able to muster much enthusiasm for their nominee, will they turn out for romney? how important is what major has to say, which is sort of getting people fired up at that point in the campaign. what republicans in washington tell me is that if scott walker wins this rematch in june, it means that wisconsin should be considered a very competitive swing state in the presidential election in november. ten electoral votes. ten electoral votes that democrats usually count on. the republicans are telling me, no, it is a swing state. and if scott walker wins, we better be seeing the media cover wisconsin to the end. and if barack obama loses wisconsin, that s essentially
things seem to be getting better for the whole industry. u.s. auto sales have been running around an annual rate of over 14 million, up from last year s 12.8 million. and there s going to be 15 million next year. the shares for ford are down about 30% from their high of $15.35 almost a year ago. let s hope better sales translate into better sale prices as well. mandy, thank you. if you have a little extra cash, an andy warhol portrait of elvis presley as a cowboy is expected to sell for $30 million to $50 million in tomorrow s sotheby s auction. warhol produced a series of 22 images of elvis. nine are in museums. this is the first one that s been available since 1995.
big disadvantage in getting your message out? no, i think what s missing in this debate is an idea, a real idea. people think they can throw money at this problem and solve it. i think that s exactly what s wrong. we need to be building consensus, focus on congress, not the courts. and we need to reform the tax code so that non-profits donating to super pacs have to disclose their donors and reform the financial system to get candidates to play by the rules. robert lucas, thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us. north carolina s passage of amendment one defining marriage as between a man and a woman getting a lot of reaction on twitter. it makes it a trending topic. today s tweet of the day comes from ellen degeneres. getting married was one of the greatest things i have ever done. i hope everyone in north carolina gets the same opportunity someday. imes a day?
but congressional leaders and administration leaders say they want to investigate this. two parts to the investigation, could it have been detected and how much damage could it have been done? reporter: of course, in terms of could it have been decked, it doesn t really present any challenge different than the first underwear bomb that was brought over successfully into a plane in 2009, although it didn t go off as designed. it s basically the same design. both were nonmetallic. these are pictures of the 2009 device. both had high explosives in them, different chemicals, better detonator, apparently, this time. but in terms of detecting it, it doesn t present any different challenge to screeners than the first one did because they both were nonmetallic. could it have been detected? maybe, maybe not by the screening machines. but homeland security says if you combine the screening machines with other protocols, intelligence, background of passengers, they feel relatively
governments involved here are some of the ones talking about what happened. so that s a difficult one to judge. pete williams, fascinating story, thank you so much. meantime, how about this one? officials in indonesia are searching for a civilian plane that has 46 people on board. as we understand, these are pictures of the missing aircraft. it s a russian-made plane. it was on a demonstration flight for journalists and potential buyers. last night, pilots requested to descend from 10,000 to 6,000 feet. then it went off radar during the descent. authorities haven t ruled out a hijacking or a crash. [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don t take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it s the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that s why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it s all about absorption.