bill: first lady michelle obama raking in the big bucks on the democratic national committee tour, attend ago fund-raiser and private gathering in new york city, she brought in a million dollars all told, asking women to support democrats in 14 days and urging all americans not to lose faith in her husband s vision for the country. here s part of what she said. regardless of where we re from, what we look like or how much money we have, we all want to leave something better for our kids. the fundamental belief that even if you don t have much, if you work hard and if you do what you re supposed to do, you can build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your children. bill: earlier in the day, she campaigned, the first lady did, campaigned in connecticut for democratic senate candidate richard pwhr e men thall in a tight race with wrestling
campaign commercials. for her part, she has grandsons who are part of mexican backgrounds, said she was trying to make the point it is difficult to pinpoint someone s race. bill: now both reid and angle locked in the tight fight, an average of all of the polls put together, real clear politics showsnessal, slightly ahead of harry reid and, she got a huge boost when the campaign raked in $14 million in the third quarter but it cost almost $12 million to raise the money in contrast, we are told, with harry reid. and, william lajeunesse follows the money trail, live on the west coast and what does the money tell us about the reid-angle race, william? good morning. reporter: good morning, remember in 2008 when barack obama was considered the people s candidate, because his money allegedly came in small donation, versus big pharma, big oil and wall street? even today, that is how many frame the midterm elections, that only the g.o.p. republicans take special interest money.
wire, things looking a little bit shaky for democrats there and according to the latest fox news state poll, john raese is still leading and the lead has been narrowed since the last time we looked at the numbers, and he is leading over the popular second term democratic governor there, joe manchin. close race, and in the only debate before election day, they duked it out, talking about hot button issues. we have to start lifting jobs and manufacturing where they should be. not like joe manchin and obama, they enjoy people working for $7.25. quite frankly, i don t. i hate to inform my opponent, but, mr. obama s name will not be on the ballot for the u.s. senate in west virginia, it will be me. and i record has been very clear. martha: both men vying to serve the two remaining years of the late senator robert byrd s term and will take effect the day after election day, they ll be
sound of the two of them, cuomo and carl paladino and i want to get your thoughts on that, senator. sure. i m not your career albany politician. i m a builder from western new york. my critics they want to say i m angry. no, i m passionate about saving new york. our government doesn t need a tweaking, it needs a major overhaul. now. yes, the economy is slow, but i spent 8 years in washington and worked in every state in the nation, no state has anything on new york state, and we re going to make this state the empire state again, don t you think twice about that. martha: all right, let s look at the polls, so everybody knows how the race is shape up, right now, and then i want your thoughts on the cuomo-paladino face off, 56 to 34, favoring cuomo, does carl paladino have a shot here. very little, no, he has no shot. and, he hurt himself last night was the best he sound and
ideology. also, from retirees. we ll send it back to you, the point is, this is a very close race, and, in money they are actually close as well. bill: interesting to see. william, thank you for that. william lajeunesse, live in l.a. on the race between reid and angle. martha. martha: president obama says voters are scared, not thinking clearly. due in part to republicans playing on their fears, is he right? a fair and balanced debate coming up. bill: typically, in the empire state, baby, an epic circus of an event you have to see to believe and it is all on videotape, just for you. here s a sample. asking andrew cuomo and carl paladino to end corruption is like asking an arsonist to help us put out the fires. it doesn t make sense.