it is. there is always something day in and day out with this critical midterm elegation. let s check in with paul ste steinhauser. you re stuck with me for another 18 days, but you and my buddy mark preston, we were talking about that big debate between harry reid and sharon angle. it was a big showdown in washington state between anna rice, and patty murry, and peter
ros rossi, the republican nominee. a great article by our peter handy who was there at the debate. that s what happened last night. let s look ahead to tomorrow, because there s a couple of things going on. let s start with the president barack obama will be helping out the first term governor who s needing help. michael steele, the chairman of the republican national committee, teaming up with sarah palin, the former alaska governor and former vice president nominee. she ll be there to help raise money for the republican party. you can see all this stuff, of course, on the cnn political ticker and we re talking about it, t.j., so there you go. looking forward to the next 18 days with you. the next political update comes