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Of did sucker punch his own party on his way out the door. but the effect of this last punch may well be mitigated for democrats because the republicans themselves have been doing a pretty good job of punching themselves out all this time. joining us now to sort this out is dan parker. he is chairman of the democratic party in indiana and hes getting a lot of attention today. mr. parker, thank you very much for your time tonight. really appreciate it. >> good evening, rachel. >> did you have any...

Process. you need to have your petitions in to the county clerks to be satisfied tomorrow by noon. and then you need to collect all of those and then submit them to the secretary of states office by noon on friday. so its a two-step process. it is very difficult no ses to get done because voters addresses need to match on the voters preparation rolls. it takes a lot of times. mr. coats who got in the race ten days ago has been paying people for ten days to collect his and he just got done today....

And diane brady of "businessweek." lets put the national debt into perspective. how close are we to the edge? for years weve been talking how the u.s. is too far in debt. whys this conversation heating up so much now? >> well, because the deficits that are out there are just gigantic, stretching out indefinitely into the future. the recent projections show that the united states will never balance its budget on the course were on. and weve seen in this past week, all the instability in the euro ...

Mcconnell from having the votes he needs to get kavanaugh confirmed? do we know? >> theres a two-step process. first there will be that committee vote to get kavanaugh to the floor. the committee is probably safer ground for kavanaugh at this point. were watching mostly jeff flake whos been the one holdout on the committee who said he really needs to hear from dr. ford. hes perhaps the most shaky republican vote there. the floor is a whole other matter. whats happened over the last day or so app...

Mccain will return to the senate for todays crucial health care vote. mccains first time back at the capitol since his brain cancer diagnosis. we begin with jeff zeleny at the white house. ripe all eyes in washington -- >> reporter: all eyes on washington from here at the white house to capitol hill are focusing on the critical vote in the senate on health care. the senate is scheduled to vote this afternoon on proceeding to debate on the actual bill. its a two-step process. yesterday here at th...

Happens, americans, voters viewers are watching and reading and saying what is going on in washington? the latest now is the senate and the house in this complicated tangle thats both bipartisan and bicameral. >> and it is a sort of who will blink first sort of game at this point. and part of it is the strategy. neither side wants to be left on the, you know, proverbial holding the bag. what we expect now is that senate democrats will meet this hour and talk about their options. in some way, the...

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I mean, they want -- >> united in what way? >> that they are for immigration reform, if we secure the border first. >> okay. thats an important part yes. >>ist a two-step process. and i dont think that most democrats would disagree with that. no one wants an open border. its not healthy. its not good. so if we secure the border, then we can talk about a halfway to citizenship. and i think both sides would be happy with that. >> tell me some democrats you think will emerge in a leadership role in...

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>> the leaders are paying attention to what is going on. we have to see how the next eight days go. >> reporter: boehner and reid met to discuss the supercommittee. earlier he was bipartisan in praise. >> the republicans and democrats have done good work and have worked hard. >> reporter: the top senate republican called on democrats to reach across the aisle. >> this is how divided got works. real cooperation and search for common ground and solutio solutions. this is what the republicans on th...