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It considerably worse, eamon? >> look, i think that were actually at the tail end of kind of a generation long shift toward real polarization in the house of representatives in particular because of all this gerrymandering that we have seen. used to have southern democrats, and they over the past generation have been almost totally wiped out. so youre seeing ideological divides among the districts. and then the members themselves take part in the gerrymandering. >> sure. >> to make sure that eac...

Sound bite you will understand all the complexities of national security or health care or the economic situation. and then you have the political consultants who are after all just marketing people who come in there, and they look for the hot buttons to push with no relationship whatever to all the complexities that go into fulfilling these promises. and you have an impossibility by the time somebody is elected. >> jennifer, what say you? we should note here jennifer at the "washington post"? >...

>> you want to get into this? >> that was californias brad sherman on thursday night grabbing opponent howard berman during a feisty debate. congressman bermans campaign manager now telling the hill they are not ruling out using that incident in campaign advertising. congressman sherman, meanwhile, has since said that he regretted his actions. is senator rand paul already ramping up for a presidential run in 2016? paul reportedly extending outside kentucky, going national with tv ads in ohio, ...

Congress an eye-popping 75%. lets go ahead and bring in todays brain trust. syndicated columnist bob franken, and the "washington posts" jennifer rubin, also a contributor to cnbcs "kudlow report." good saturday afternoon to all of you. kevin, i want to start with you. youre here in the studio with me. you wrote a piece. its titled why vote. >> yeah. >> my ap government politics teach worry have a fit with this one. but in the article you say in part, quote, for more than a generation, this has ...

In a row would be extremely rare. house democrats are counting on a lot of redistricting in the wake of the census, the 2010 census maybe gave them a few seats in texas. but were talking about an eight-seat democratic swing on a good night. and back on the senate, you got to take into account the coattail factor for president obama as well. wisconsin, virginia. if he does well in virginia, tim kaine does well. if he does well in wisconsin, then tammy baldwin does well over tommy thompson. >> i w...

Democratic right now. but like i said, anything can happen. and youve got to watch scott brown and some of these other states where something very, very interesting at the last minute could happen, as all these polls are really tightening up right now. >> vic you cover the white house. it has been accusing the gop-held house of blocking its agenda of getting in the way, as it says. right now a cook report has 25 seats as toss-ups in the house. 184 democratic, or lean deem. 226 in the republican....

How important is turnout going to be? is it going to come down in virginia at least to at least turning out the base? >> its all going to be -- >> it wont be about the base. >> it will be. >> brian, go ahead. >> its going to be about the suburbs of washington, d.c. prince william, loudoun counties and hampden roads. thats where were going to be watching the election returns, the suburbs of washington and hampden roads. >> and you both agree on that, right, brian? its all going to come down to no...

Think of a sitting vice president, even though vice presidents traditionally have this attack dog demeanor. he didnt behave that way with sarah palin. you didnt see either one of the candidates in the presidential debate behave that way. i think it really lost him probably more than it gained him. it did pump up his base, but right now i think the president has bigger problems than just his base. >> her last point is what i want to pick up with you, bob. wasnt that debate just about firing up th...

Democrats see it as an edge because lower income people are oftentimes more likely to work odd hours. republicans say its vulnerable to fraud. what is at play in the courts decision? >> well, what is in play in the decision from the sixth circuit, which the state of ohio is seeking to appeal to the supreme court is whether we will have early voting in ohio the saturday, sunday, and monday before the election. and this is potentially huge. in 2008, the obama campaign was very successful in gettin...

That regards. by no means do they say they have given up on pennsylvania. its very clear our focus has been ohio. >> nbcs peter alexander on the bus with the romney campaign, headed to the bustling metropolis of lebanon, ohio. thank you, good sir. >> thank you. >> as the election draws near, there is increasing emphasis on the key battleground states. we were just in ohio. we have talked about florida. we talked about north carolina. but we cant forget virginia. the race there a virtual tie at t...