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Blanche lincoln has a democratic primary against lieutenant governor, bill halter, who has be been endorsed by organized labor. he hasnt been as effective as joe sestak as making the case. i think it will be a tight race. if i had to predict, i think blanche lincoln pulls this one out. i wouldnt say the same thing about arlen specter. >> i agree with john but i think whoever wins that democratic primary will have a tough race in december. >> all the talk today is about is it anti-incumbents or a...

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Of principle. >> youre ascending in the polls because in most of them were seeing you even or a little bit ahead with 12% undecided. but nonetheless, you are to the left of senator specter. do you see this as the left being upset with the direction of washington and particularly the obama administration? >> this is absolutely not about president obama. and i dont characterize myself as left or right. i look at myself at very pragmatic. i think that democrats can surely have somebody who believes...

People of pennsylvania. >> you are not at this moment really a washington outsider. youre a two-term congressman. but obviously senator specter has been around for five terms and thats a good deal longer in the senate as well. but are you saying that you do believe this is an anti-incumbent year regardless of whether youre a democrat or a republican? >> again, i really do think that massachusetts said it very clearly for everyone. we voted for change, not just in policy but politics. they are ti...

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Partys nomination. democratic congressman arks 27-year-old capital veteran was thrown overboard by west virginia in his primary. 2010 may be the year of incumbents living dangerously. today, two democrats battling for pennsylvanias u.s. senate seat. arlen specter, a 30-year senate veteran and his challenger joe sestak. then, republican senator, robert bennett, the first high-profile casualty of voters anger at all things washington. we will preview with john mek curio and julie mason. i am can...

Disapproval and 52% in this poll said they didnt know enough about you to approve or disapprove. that says to me it is a race about the incumbency of arlen spect specter rather than about you. >> i think it is a race where everybody knows washington is broken. if you are going to send back to washington, d.c. a career politician, that would switch his party as he said to keep his job, then we are not going to fix the mess we got into by sending him back. yes, he is a poster child for whats gone ...

>> thank you. i say awe poll recently that really intrigued me and it was about approval and disapproval. 52% in these quinnipiac poll said they didnt know enough about you to approve or disapprove. that says to me that this is a race about the incumbency of arlen specter rather than about you. >> well, i think its a race that actually where everybody knows washington is broken and everybody knows that if youre going to still send back to washington, d.c., a career politician that actually would...