heard around the political world, not from a republican but from a fellow democrat. if you missed the dig that sort of started all of this, we re going to play it for you now. take a look. asked for president obama s endorsement, you know, he can take his endorsement and shove it as far as i m concerned. martha: that is frank caprio, not happy that the president sat on the sidelines in the ocean state s tight governor race. here is what the president had to say about that controversy, this just in from a radio interview. listen to this: one of the things you learn, april, in politics is you don t worry about people saying stuff about you. as long as you know that you are focused on what s right for people. martha: all right. the big issue there is that lincoln chaffee is also in that race, he was a supporter of president obama and for that reason president obama hasn t wanted to support any one candidate in that race. he s neutral in the rhode island governor s race out of deferenc
close that gap, she s with us in america s newsroom . do not miss it. let s take a look at florida, folks, shall we? that was a hot one to watch last night, an epseat senate race. pretty cozy, all three candidates in their final debate. this was the floridians last chance to see independent charlie crist slammed by both opponents really for his decision to become an independent in this race, you ve got kendrick mec and marco rubio accusing crist of being a flipflopper, they said you could hear him flipflopping down the hall at one point. moderator david gregory piped in and he asked crist which if he makes it to washington, which party will he caucus with. who would you caucus with if you re senator? you ve dodged this question for months. are you going to be with republicans or democrats? it depends on the outcome, it depends on the answers i get to questions if i have the honor of going to washington, d.c. does that mean your vote
speaking of colors, the leaves are changing for you. back home, carl. what is happening? reporter: look at those colors. boy, talk about changing from blue to red, the trees here are absolutely stunning. road less traveled, a little robert frost reference to new hampshire and his home state, ferry town not far from here and this morning the candidates are campaigning in the western part of the state, we re just outside of milford and the second congressional district and a battle is underway and you set the stage in 2006, every, single republican congressman, not just in new hampshire, but in all 6 new england states, was obliterated. there are 22 house seats up there, and they all turned blue and have been there ever since and charlie bass is a former congressman and lost in the the 2006 tsunami and is trying to get back into office now and, bass is in a tough, close race against an avowed progressive, even liberal democrat in new jersey and mcclain custer. the polls suggest it is v
chairman of the democratic national committee, how you doing governor? and good morning to you. hi bill. bill: do you think you re getting there? in your state alone, there are eight house races that could flip in six days. well, actually, i would say ten out of the 19, there are two republican seats that i think are going to be up for grabs as well in pennsylvania. are we getting there, i don t know. are we moving in the right direction, clearly. you just look at the sestak sestak-toomy race, bill, three weeks ago that was a 12, 13-point race, now, the latest poll that came out this morning, it s a two-point race, which as you know is really in the margin of error, sestak is actually ahead in one poll so, there s no question there s movement, and the movement is that democratic voters who, right after labor day, they were saying they weren t likely to vote. many of them have decided they are voting. and they re likely voters now and that s changing the mix in the polls. will it
cash, that are coming in, from mahmoud ahmadinejad on the right-hand side of your screen. what does it mean for our military on the ground there fighting. bill: the midterms and who you wants in the state house, who is already in the white house, the president and republican house leaders squaring off on what the big vote is all about. martha: we have former ebay ceo meg whitman taking on issues in california, $142 billion in debt in that statin we ll ask her about the race, what happened last night on the stage with arnold schwarzenegger in between her and jerry brown, how did she react to that and how about the not so nice words that she has been called by the brown campaign, that is coming up. he s single and i m going to introduce you in two weeks so whiten your teeth. no coffee. [ female announcer ] crest 3d white toothpaste removes up to 80% surface stains in just two weeks. hi. [ female announcer ] for a noticeably whiter smile. crest 3d white toothpaste. to stay fit, you might