exploration company to truck in clean drinking water. though cabot denies the process of fracturing has contaminated anything. and they cite aun 2004 study th found only a minimal threat to underground drinking water and told cnn, we don t believe the process is contaminating the ground water. as a technology, it s proven and safe. we don t know reporter: they and other homeowners don t buy that. they are suing. craig wants a clean water pipeline to his home, and he wants to be paid for a house that now has a methane release stack in his front yard. to keep it from blowing up, yes. reporter: and a neighborhood, he says, that is sometimes fogged in with methane mist. will this become a ghost town some day? maybe, right? i sure don t want to live here any more.
lots oficbuzz. but some re publicans insisting she s not qualified for the job. so joining us is john avalon, cnn contributor and columnist for the daily beast. we re all watching this race. good morning to you. we re wondering if she s going to pull a joe ller, sharo anan angle. mike castle, hugely popular, long-serving congressman, could walk into this race, this seat many polls show. christine o donnell, a much longer shot, but she has the backing of sarah palin, the tea rirty express. it s chris cristy has backed palin. anlde is the social conservative, exactly the kind of republican that voters in the northeast do not reward. these are high stakes and in a low turnout primary, that s when the activists and the extremes
that kelly ayotte is leading in the polls. in texas, a race you expect the current governor rick perry to win but a new poll out of texas shows that bill white, the democrat has a chance of knocking off perry down in texas right now. a very big race. right now that race is about six points apart, and, drew, cnn has invited rick perry, the governor, and bill white to debate the race at the bush library in college station, texas. mr. white has said he will be e. we re hoping mr. perry agrees as well. we have the phone lines open, mr. perry, if you want to call in and accept. we ll make news this morning. next political update is in one hour, and for all of the latest political news, go to our website, cnnpolitics.com. today just seemed like a great day to save. oh, it s not just today.
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congressman th senate nominee facing a tough battle. bill clinton is campaigning. also joe biden, the vice president in a previously scheduled event helping sestak raise ney. right now it s held by arlen specter. check this out. right on the cnn ticker, our list of the 100 most competitive races in the house of representatives, rob updated it. of the 100 seats, 85 are in democratic hands. 15 republican seats. drew, remember the magic number for the republicans to win back control, a net gain of 39. we ll keep an eye on all of this. so interesting with the sestak race since the administration was trying to gt him out, now really pumping him. exactly. we go back to when biden and the