from bankruptcy to the big show. first, the midterm elections. voting day eight days from now. a week from tomorrow. today we re going outside the beltway to tackle a question that has an impact on all of us. does this election matter? i know, i know a lot of you are probably saying what are you talking about. admit it some of you have asked. does it matter? some of you it doesn t, you haven t registered, you haven t shown any indication of wanting to vote. it s obvious here. obviously it matters. matters to the president, for instance, as you can see from this map this i m going to show you. he s hard on the campaign trail today. he s making a stop in rhode island. the first lady will be on the stump in seattle and san francisco. and vice president joe biden is in florida. matters to the president. matters to republicans. fighting like crazy to gain control of the house and capture as many seats in the senate as possible. can t help but mention the real phenomenon of thi