is a partisan joke that has no chance of passing the senate. instead of playing political games congress should work to find common ground. in the days ahead i intend to do exactly that. the showdown here on capitol hill next week, bill. bill: all right, mike we'll wait, okay. tell the family. mike emanuel on the hill there. martha. martha: some background on this keystone oil pipeline project. it's estimated to be about a 7 billion-dollar project that would span nearly 2,000 miles. the ceo of transcanada says it will two years to build the pipeline and employ about 6500 people, but the state department puts that employment figure a bit lower saying it would create between 5 and 6,000 construction jobs, and then there are other estimates on how many jobs it would create. bill: brand-new fox polling numbers now in the state of the race for 2012, one poll asking voters we did who will win the