ammunition they didn t have before. he doesn t just have to be on the defensive anymore. he has things, like he can try to use to attack his opponent. here s another example of this, we got a pretty dramatic illustration of the potential for democrats. in some states at least this week, in virginia, a couple polls out this week, a governor s race in quinnipiac. terry mccoll, 8 points ahead of ted cuccinelli. attitudes on the shut down. shutting down government as a way of stopping health care reform. 71% say they re against it. 24% say they support it. i don t think there are a lot of states like this, todd, that like swing states anymore. back in the 90s, there were a ton of swing states. there s e here s swing states turning against the republicans. if it is skewed in northern virginia, the tide water region is all military, veterans,
manuel it s tuesday, february 26th and you re about to watch daily rundown with chuck todd. thank you, athan and carolina is my second favorite basketball team in the acc. another day closer to sequester, another day of public posturing and what appeared to be no serious attempts to stop the sequester or even meetings between the white house and congressional republicans to pretend that they might think about stopping the sequester. the only thing different today is the address, that s newport news, virginia, where the president takes his pr campaign to the docks. we ll all be in the tide water region of virginia where workers will sit idle when they should be repairing ships and a carrier sits idle when it should be deploying to the persian gulf. the president will take a tour and make reports. virginia s largest industrial employer. according to the white house, highlight the devastating impact that the sequester will have on
naval shipyard in virginia. for example, i ll be in the tide water region of virginia where workers will sit idle when they should be repairing ships and a carrier sits idle when it should be deploying to the persian gulf. we ll have live coverage of the president s speech minutes from now. plus, the last hurdle for hagel. the senate moves towards a final confirmation vote. secretary of state john kerry in germany. the second stop on his first official foreign trip. on the jaepd of constitutesing the civil war in syria with his counterpart. first, a visit to berlin. bran denberg gate in a town hall with students where kerry defended the freedom of speech. in america you have a right to be stupid if you want to be, and you have a right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be. we tolerate it. we somehow make it through that.
deadline after another, little deadline after another is a subtrifuge, not getting it done. the president is going to stand under two massive aircraft carriers and warn of the dire cuts posed to the nation s military. and some 21,000 people at a shipyard saying looming cuts create anxiety and anger. i ll be in the tide water region of virginia where workers will sit idle when it should be fixing ships. even as he engages with the gop, later today at the white house president obama is expected to sit down with two of his troughest critics on the right, john mccain and lindsey graham. they are part of the immigration group and two nominations for