vendetta against dick armey s son and he was defeated in the primary. he was a county judge. he was a sitting elected official. sitting official. what you have to look at right now are, looking forward, how independents perform, we all understand that democrats better be addressing the concerns of independents. i will tell you i m concerned about what is going to happen in the house this fall. i never thought the republicans would take the house become. fortunately, only 11 democratic retirements this year so far, whereas there were 28 democratic retirements in 1994 when we lost the house. democrats better be focusing on independent voters. three or four months of filing deadlines. we will have you here most primary nights, primary days to set the scene for us. yes. coming up, ten, yes, ten movies to make oscar gold. who didn t? promote more movies. how about giving me a list of movies i just shouldn t see? one way to narrow it down. stay with us. you are watching the
people taking the lessons learned from the scott brown victory and applying them there? the politics of illinois are so different and so intense. i don t necessarily see any ripple effects. we will see what the results show but illinois is a very unusual state with some very tough politics right now, internal matters. tom, i want to jump down to the house races. there s a bunch of democratic republican targets, the dennis hastert seat held by democrat, illinois 11 seat held by a democrat that shouldn t be held by a democrat. how important is the state of i will nil november to the republicans chances of picking the governor s race sets the turnout model. what you will be looking for in the midwest is what is happening at the top of the ticket to bring the turnout and the house candidates will benefit. the hastert race is fascinating, you have an incumbent state senator running against ethan hastert. sons of congressmen, dick armey s son didn t do well. dallas morning ne
family membership saying they weren t really family at all. abc s larry jacobs reports those were fighting words. reporter: the roanoke athletic club is an inviting place for a dip on a summer s day. but one couple were disinvited when the club said they and their 2-year-old son didn t qualify as a family. it was like somebody punched us in the stomach. from a place that we couldn t imagine there would be this discrimination and attack. they sued when word spread, an online petition won 40,000 signatures in their support. now the parent company, carilion clinic, has done an aboutface. the club said they will change their policy and offer memberships to cohabiting couples and their children that live with them. their lawyer is pleased, but we have come a long way and have a long way to go. reporter: abc news, new york.