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Ago to only 394,000 democrats. in runoffs the vote total drops off dramatically. particularly when you have in the case of georgia bigger drop off when you multiple candidates. people who voted for one of the many losing candidates tend not to come back. the republican turn out last night was 578,000, down 98,000 from several week ago. these are big numbers. there are 100,000, 109,000 or 107,000 i believe democrats who turned out to vote in the runoffs for lesser offices. this is in a big state ...

Ago to only 394,000 democrats. in runoffs the vote total drops off dramatically. particularly when you have in the case of georgia bigger drop off when you multiple candidates. people who voted for one of the many losing candidates tend not to come back. the republican turn out last night was 578,000, down 98,000 from several week ago. these are big numbers. there are 100,000, 109,000 or 107,000 i believe democrats who turned out to vote in the runoffs for lesser offices. this is in a big state ...

And elizabeth warren was at the white house today. shes considered a possible choice to head the new consumer financial protection agency. and according to a new opinion research poll, 48% say theyll vote republican for the congress. 45% say democrat. boy, its getting a little bit late in the game there for the democrats to turn that around, john. >> joe, thats relatively close numbers, but for the republicans, that is pretty good standing especially when you look at the intensity gap out there....

Because when you get out into some of the social issues, theyre land mines. and a lot of independents coming from places like ohio, parts of west virginia, you hear that. people again and again and again talking about their pocketbook issues. and those are the things that swing elections particularly in close states. also youre right about intensity gap. thats been a huge issue for the democrats. just for months and months and months. democrats just sort of shrug and say i dont care so much abou...

There are places like nevada, that look tough because there are concerns that the tea party candidate is not close enough to the mainstream. and it may help democrat harry reid. but on the other hand if you look at the big picture overall, the energy of the tea party movement and the concern they share with washingtons out of control, spending too much, they think they can do anything they want h e have an obligation to do something about it, that concern is a plus for republicans. its created a...

$9500 her first quarter this year? almost nothing. that jumped up to -- not even a minute of a speech. >> right. it jumped up to $87,000 now. >> here are some troubling numbers this year for the democrats. well look at some democratic big races this year. some democrats might be in trouble when it comes to the big senate races. the national journal hotline reports in the second quarter republicans out raised democrats in six key races for open senate seats, new hampshire, pennsylvania, ohio, flo...

Politics quite well. j.c. watts and anita dunn, a former colleague of robert gibbs at the white house. anita, you know robert very well. when you go out on sunday talk shows and say the republicans could take back control of congress, why would he say that? >> maybe because its true. also because i think its important for people to understand what the stakes are in the election. i think the white house is making sure that people understand there are real things at stake here. i think that when r...

And the democrats, especially in presidential politics -- and especially schwarzenegger, who won it in a recall election, republicans havent done well statewide in a long time. changing? >> were seeing real signs there. what this poll doesnt tell you is -- whats not said about this poll is its all voters, its not likely voters. were seeing this intensity gap continue. we saw it in the battleground in april that it was 14 points. gallop showed it was 16 points. you can look at any of those number...

Mollohnan. >> only two ways to run, political consultants, scared and unopposed. even if you are unopposed, you should be scared. it is more than anti-incumbent. democrats face greater peril. start the radar with breaking news. this is important. blunt talk from the commander in u.s. forces in afghanistan, listen here, general stanley mcchrystal talking a short time ago on the pbs news hour. >> i think i would be prepared to say nobody is wing at this point. where the insurgents, i think, felt t...

Intensity gap out there now and you saw a canary in the coal mine with the off-year elections in virginia and new jersey and the governors races there. the turnout was dominate by conservatives and right wing independents and if the trend continues, in the 2010 midterms, democrats are going to get really punished. rick: time for one more quick question, jason, again, there is information out there, that a lot of people who say they are for republicans are not necessarily for them, because they a...