state, boxer in california, murray in washington state, feingold in wisconsin, manchin in west virginia, sestak in pennsylvania, all of these democrats are moving up, they are in the lead and they have got momentum on their side. and that's what happens. >> feingold is not in the lead. >> look at these races individually and match them up and figure who they are going to deal with. >> feingold is not in the lead and murray is not in the lead. >> come back there is a new poll out today. >> there is a new poll out today. >> feingold out today. >> he is behind and has been behind. >> he is closing it is now a tie race. he has made up 7 point notice last week. >> so you're saying that the poll numbers don't mean anything, todd that running with the president is still good medicine for the democrats who are out there? >> i'm saying this each of these races is -- will be decided not by barack obama but by the candidates on the ballot, republican and a democrat. >> this is a comment from the town hall, the infamous town hall meeting with senate candidate joe miller up in anchorage, alaska, talking about border security.