three have to perform and i think we are going to perform well tonight. onwards and upwards, south carolina. neil: could we be looking at comeback kid of 2012. remember bill clinton, 1992 he lost but he ultimately won the race and the momentum was his. when jon huntsman has to place tonight to try to repeat that history. i would say, yes, to do at least second best. what would you say? i wouldn t disagree with that. i think it s wrong for the media to try to set expectations. the key for huntsman is where does he go from here? he spent the last six months focused on new hampshire. neil: what is well? either second or very close third. to me, again i don t want to do
a shift in the time line of events that night. that could potentially change everything. trace gallagher has a comprehensive report and mark fuhrman is here with analysis. plus congresswoman michele bachmann says president obama needs to apologize to israel s prime minister for his, president obama s, caught on tape comments about mr. netanyahu. he is here live. attorney general eric holder going after the state of alabama s school records suggesting possible discrimination in the wake of alabama s tough new immigration law. it turned into the showdown between the state attorney general and the federal attorney general. kelly s court takes a look. plus we re learning a whole lot more about the backgrounds of some of these herman cain accusers. see you at the top of the hour. jon: we are america s election headquarters. in virginia republicans took control of the state senate, a big win for them. it raises questions about which way the old dominion state will go in 2012.
hard and take advantage of that 82% disapproval of congress. republicans may be overestimating their political strength right now that s what democrats think. thank you for staying on top of it. decision day in wisconsin. the polls are open in a recall election that might be a sign of what s to come nationwide in 2012. remember all those protests, the anger, the outrage over wisconsin republicans plan to curb union rights? that s six months ago. today there are six republican state senators on the ballot in a recall election. and this has the potential to swing the balance of power back to democrats. by the way, three democrats are also up in recall elections as well. joining me state senator luther olsen, a republican who s on the ballot on this recall election day. senator, good to see you. good to be with you, contessa. do you think people are voting today based on these collective bargaining rights for government workers, or has this really morphed into labor versus
stop. bill: i don t think any of those states are likely. that s the nature of american politics right now. can states change? ronald reagan won 49 states. george h.w. won before the year 2000 bass 1928. things can change. bill: i don t see one state voting for john mccain voting for barack obama. s at the that s right. bill: you are a diehard republican. t. the candidate was dreadful. bill: it was flat. put the map back up. i don t see him picking off one of these red states not one. i agree. first of all, think about this. if the 2000 will presidential election was run on the apportionment of the electoral college actually to have in 2012. remember between the last presidential election and this one we have had a census which has taken electoral college votes from mostly blue states and given them to mostly red states.
stop. bill: i don t think any of those states are likely. that s the nature of american politics right now. can states change? ronald reagan won 49 states. george h.w. won before the year 2000 bass 1928. things can change. bill: i don t see one state voting for john mccain voting for barack obama. s at the that s right. bill: you are a diehard republican. t. the candidate was dreadful. bill: it was flat. put the map back up. i don t see him picking off one of these red states not one. i agree. first of all, think about this. if the 2000 will presidential election was run on the apportionment of the electoral college actually to have in 2012. remember between the last presidential election and this one we have had a census which has taken electoral college votes from mostly blue states and given them to mostly red states. if we ran the election and obama