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>> we were hearing potentially weeks. so seven to ten days is more bullish than we heard earlier this morning and, frankly, every time that gets sliced down by a few more days, thats a positive sign. obviously we want that to happen as quickly as possible. >> lets hope ali is right on that. seven to ten days sounds better than a couple weeks to wait it out in the beginnings of september in hot new orleans. new orleans city councilman, thank you. appreciate it. the threat from ida is beginning ...

The saentiment for the party in delaware. >> yes, christine odonnell, the tea party candidate came out of nowhere. she was aided in the final weeks of that primary campaign and was able to push it over the finish line to win. mike castle, the congressman who was expected to win, he was a former two-term governor, ali. hes a moderate, a centrist, especially in a state like delaware, that would have played very well. this senate seat were talking about, joe biden held that seat since 1973 until he...

Last week. had he won, our polls showed that he would be up 18 points right now over the democrat coons in delaware. were seeing a double digit deficit for christine odonnell. however, by and large, ali, as you said, very good numbers for republicans. theyve had the opportunity for knocking off an incumbent. russ feingold first electioned in 1992. that would be a huge win up in wisconsin. they also have the opportunity of picking up that colorado seat which seemed to be turning democrat. they al...

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Numbers. then i want to hear what you to say about it. in pennsylvania, former republican congressman pat toomey leads joe sestak 49% to 44%. wisconsin republican ron johnson leads three-term incumbent russ feingold, 51 to 45. in colorado, republican and tea party candidate, ken buck leads first term incumbent michael n bennet 49-44. tea party darling christine odonnell runs far behind the democratic chris coons. thats a 16-point gap. lets go to mark. what do you make of all of this. >> ali, wha...

Tripped up. his past was revealed, a bunch of things happen. maes won. turns out he wasnt as truthful himself. now the republican party is in shambles. basically republicans have given up hope ali of winning that seat out in colorado. looks like its going to go democrat. >> well talk to you again in this show. mark preston is our cnn senior political editor. hes in the cnn.com/politics center. go there for your latest news and the ticker. when youre the president of the united states you may b...