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Hes in the same situation or worse. for your benefit, heres the latest tracking poll. it shows sestak up by five. hes getting close to 50%, out of nowhere, even after that blistering attack by arlen. what do you think about this situation in too old, too long, to republican? >> youre surely right. the fact that arlen has been around for so long and is so familiar has got to be playing a role in this. there is an anti-incumbent, bring in new blood kind of attitude out there. i just wonder in term...

Dont look now. sestak is leading specter for the hot primary in pennsylvania. the tracking poll has sestak up by 5, 47% to 42% over specter. hes close to 50% which is critical. the primary is a week from tomorrow. come and watch us. well be right back. buick lacrosse. get inside each. and see what you find. if perfection is what you pursue, this just might change your course. meet the new class of world class. the twenty-ten lacrosse, from buick. may the best car win.

Pennsylvania. he says hes got a poll coming out wednesday. i cant give away numbers. they get volunteer comments. people say we need fresh blood. we need new blood. specter has been around for half a century. hes in the same situation or worse. by the way, for your benefit, heres the latest pennsylvania tracking poll showing sesteck up. too old? too republican? too long? is that his problem? >> the fact that arlen has been around for so long and is so familiar has to play a role in this. theres ...

He says he has a poll coming out wednesday. i cant give away his numbers. he says what hes hearing -- when they get volunteer comments. people say we need fresh blood. we need new blood. specter has been around for half a century. hes in the same situation or worse. by the way, for your benefit, heres the latest pennsylvania tracking poll showing sestak up by 5. what do you think, gene, about this situation? too old? too long? too republican? is that his problem? >> youre surely right the fact a...

Washington machine spot trying to use the attack to paint grayson as a political insider. disastrous bailouts, budgets, the health caretakerover. big government is out of control. with trey gray son in washington it, wont stop. >> rand says he would never vote for a budget thats not balanced. thats not practical. >> rand paul will take our government back by taking on the washington machine. >> well, robot spooid sprrds and cuckoo clocks. thats your kentucky senate race. in another one of our su...

Shes one of the most endangered incumbents this cycle. >> lets go to pennsylvania with the democratic primary pitting former republican we should say, but arlen specter against congressman sestak. who has the edge there? >> specter has had the edge for quite some time. he got the endorsement of the white house, president obama, joe biden has been on the trail in scranton for him for quite some time. but joe sestak has closed in the polls. the former admiral and congressman now has closed the gap...

Cream and get harassed. i mean, he was -- he put it in blunt terms. took a big shot at the law itself. they are -- you know, you ask them behind the scenes and its the same answer as theyve given publicly, theyre seeing what they can do. but he wont touch the question about whether this is constitutional, whether this -- he believes this is a legal avenue the states can take or not. he hasnt touched that part of it. he simply beat up the law a little bit. >> its very interesting, chuck. the pres...

>> yeah. >> you know, cbs has always been a more left-leaning poll. but last week i saw him at 44%. now they bounced him back up to 50%. can we say before we show these numbers, for people that follow this closely, the presidents around 47%, 48%. >> seems to be just under 50% consistently. gallup has him at 49% in their daily tracking poll. this is more polling than weve ever had -- it feels like a hypoc hypok >> every white house says, you take too many polls. but this white house, oh, joe, you...

Taking the pulse of america. daily presidential tracking poll showing 32% of folks strongly approve of the job that president obama is doing but 42% strongly disapprove. the president is traveling to maine to sell health care reform. joining us is scott rasmussen. is this a trend and if so, what direction is it moving for the president. how unusual are the numbers this early in a presidency? >> the numbers are actually a little better for president obama than they were a couple weeks ago. the nu...

Seat. harry reid is running for his seat this year. what were arguing is the federal government has never -- congress has never said to americans that part of the price of being an american citizen is that you have to buy something. and here, for the first time ever, we have to buy something. we have to buy health insurance or the federal government is going to fine us. that has never happened in our 200-plus years of history. >> all right. two other polls to take note. first, lets put up the bl...