both of them. right, from the beginning they saw these as opportunities with a weak incumbent, mitch mcconnell. his approval ratings are down. now he does have this primary fight which is turning into a real fight which he ll have to manage. and in georgia, really i think the question there is how bad does this primary turn out? if one of the tea party candidates end up winning, they hope this turns into another missouri or indiana. on the republican side, they ve got mcconnell being squeezed on both sides. lindsey graham has three. that s a runoff state, you know, you would normally say, great, more primary challengers, the better. however, if he s held up 50, problem. they ll have this problem perhaps in alaska. democrats can t get 50% in that state. very hard. there will be a competitive primary in alaska. republicans could once again watch primaries defeat their chances. over the last several cycles, the republicans have lost out on five senate seats because of
south carolina is a runoff state. ask david dewhurst what a runoff is like. that s true. steven star has a great new restaurant on 14th street. a french restaurant. i was there three times the last couple of weeks. i ll be there tonight. join me. i ate there tuesday night. did you like it? yes! what am i going to say? i m going to pennsylvania for dinner with my wife and kids. where is your restaurant? almond cancer fund board of advisers. volunteer opportunities are available in d.c. and they are moving down here from the columbia, maryland, area. touch of gray made it to number nine on the billboard charts. never thought they would crack the top 20. that s it for the daily rundown. coming up is chris jansing. bye-bye! [ female announcer ] when you re ready
the polls have blanche lincoln up by 10. is that enough, amy, fighting it out against a hard-charging mr. halter? we just have to remember that it is a runoff state. it s not a plurality state. she needs to get 50%. everyone that i talked to, both sides of this, think this is going to a runoff. so the real question is when all is said and done we re going to have the end of this not over until june. and who s going to be the more or in this case the less banged-up candidate between now and the end of june? this has been a very tough who s taking votes away who s the third candidate? who s pulling the votes away from somebody getting a majority
halter? we just have to remember that it is a runoff state. it s not a plurality state. she needs to get 50%. everyone that i talked to, both sides of this, think this is going to a runoff. so the real question is when all is said and done we re going to have the end of this not over until june. and who s going to be the more or in this case the less banged-up candidate between now and the end of june? this has been a very tough who s taking votes away who s the third candidate? who s pulling the votes away from somebody getting a majority here? this is you know what? it s so funny that you say that because i can t even remember his name right now. i don t think anybody remembers it s a he and he s going to get enough votes to prevent her from getting 50. right. all he needs to get are, you know, 5%, 6%, 7% of the vote. and when you think about the polls in this race, and they ve been all over the place, but these two have basically been stuck. she s been stuck some
clintons. the pollsters have blanche lincoln up by ten. is that enough, amy. fighting it out against the hard-charging mr. halter. sn. we have do remember it s a runoff state. it s not a plurality, she needs to get 50%. everyone that i talked to, both sides of this thing think this is going to a runoff. so the real question is, when all is said and done, we re going to have the end of this not over until june. and who s going to be the more or in this case, the less banged-up candidate between now and the end of june. this has been a who s taking the votes away who is the third candidate or who is the pulling the votes away from somebody getting a majority here? this is, you know what, it s so funny that you say that. because i can t even remember his name right now. i don t think anybody remembers his name. it s he and he s going to get enough to prevent her from getting 50? right. all he needs to get are five, six, 7% of the vote. and when you think about the polls in