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Seat. bill clinton in the district sunday to campaign for the democrats. the democratic candidate longtime mur tha aide johcritz. >> its a district, bush beat gore and noted for the only district that voted for john ker and and thenwent to vote for mc. a lot of folks are paying attention on election night to the senate race. this, to me, is more of an important bellwether. what were looking for if republicans cant win in a district like this, what does that say about their chances to knock off o...

As it should be, were banking a lot, were taking a big roll the dice here with kandahar because kandahar is going to be the real bellwether if were going to be successful in securing the country within the timeline laid down. jon: you say if we cant win in kandahar, we cant anyone wir in -- win anywhere in afghanistan. >> we cant at this point based on the fact that we said this is our objective to secure kandahar, the heart and soul of the taliban, plus the major urban area. jon, were talking a...

Class. that would violate president obamas 2008 campaign pledge not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000 a year. more on that as we get it. stay tuned for that. and as i promised, americas election headquarter update for you a. high profile endorsement just made in the u.s. senate race down in florida, the nation is watching this, this is an important bellwether for 2010 election, former vice president dick cheney just giving marco rubio the thumbs up in the states republica...

>> were asking for your support for bill halter for senate this time. were not supporting blanche lincoln. were hoping we can count on your support. >> maria, we watched the tea party and the pressure its putting on the right. why are we seeing more and more examples of this? >> well, i think its obvious that weve got both parties having to deal with a spectrum of ideology. its not one ideology, and i think with blanche lincoln, she is in a state that is one of those bellwether, swing, lots of r...

Wall street you bouncing back yesterday after a dismal january. we kicked off february with a triple-digit gain. we look at whether the rally will continue today. >> we hope the rally will continue. we are expecting a flat open as investors wait on a housing report due out in about 30 minutes at the top of the hour. we hear from auto makers. toyota expected to lose u.s. morgan share because of the recent recall we had earlier. and results from shipping giant ups, they had a strong holiday shippi...

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See candidates try to swing quickly back to the center. there is no more stark contrast than what you see in this race in terms of where they stand on the issues, the progressive movement on the other side of things. this will be a test case that just about every party will be keeping a close eye on. >> is it a bellwether for the country. phil mattingly, thank you very much. to the panel now. in your view, was that an intentional dog whistle? >> oh, my goodness, it was. he also called mayor gill...