examples of answers and the questions are coming at you from different angles, to use tape that shows a slight deviation in the answer, it is not fair to say that i have backtracked. reporter: and bennett for his part slammed his opponent s budget proposals. the budget proposals that he has made would blow, without even talking about the tax cut extensions, $1.3 trillion more of a hole into our budget than we already have. reporter: one of about a dozen tight races right now, gregg. gregg: what are the chances republicans can take the senate, steve? reporter: will, the g.o.p. needs to pick up ten seats, and, right now, real clear politics has them gaining 7 and republican jon cornyn not predicting a g.o.p. takeover of the senate but there is a theoretical path to victory. we ll have to wait and see. julie: steve, thanks. julie: washington heavy weights sounding off on the sunday talk shows giving their takes on what we can expect,
184 million gallons of oil already spilled into the gulf and the locals we spoke to say the final end here, is a long ways off. and, phil, that is something we cannot let people forget about the residual effects. phil keating, live from st st. tammany parish, louisiana. gregg: washington heavy weights forecasting the fall elections on the sunday talk show circuit. the midterms usually unkind to the party that controls the white house. and republicans hope to make big gains in november. but, vice president joe biden, well, he s not conceding anything yet. julie kirtz is live in washington and, you know be robert gibbs i think set the whole thing off, last weekend. when he reappeared on a sunday talk show and ignited a firestorm, didn t he. reporter: it is never really a good thing, when a staff member, even a powerful one like