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Borger is in washington. i know we are waiting on returns as they come in. but this is something that a 36-year incumbent in the state of mississippi is in jeopardy of losing his seat it an upstart tea party-backed candidate. >> it certainly is. and it is neck and neck. they have good reason to be concerned. theres about 40% of the vote thats come in. and right now, thad cochran, has 48.9% and mcdaniel has 48.6%, only about 1100 votes apart. number one, as you said, thad cochran is in a fight fo...

If it turns out to be chris mcdaniel, tea party upstart, they know democrats will pour money into the race. and while you assume that republicans will win, that it is more after race than they would really want. so thats, you know, the establishment is rooting for thad cochran. >> and gloria, we have to ask about the gop primary in iowa. one candidate, went to the top quickly, is the tea party establishment pairing up for her? >> yeah. she is the one that the tea party and establishment joined t...

Republican turnout and in small numbers and in primary. thats why it is hard -- i talked to people running both campaigns at the highest levels and they admitted it was very hard for them to tell if what they were doing was working or not. this is why it is so incredibly close. as wolf said, big picture. this has been huge for the tea party nationally. because they he afford millions of dollars here. they felt this was their last gasp to try to topple a member of the republican establishment. an...

Chief correspondent joins us from jackson mississippi and gloria borger is in washington. i know we are waiting on returns as they come in. but this is something that a 36-year incumbent in the state of mississippi is in jeopardy of losing his seat it an upstart tea party-backed candidate. >> it certainly is. and it is neck and neck. they have good reason to be concerned. theres about 40% of the vote thats come in. and right now, thad cochran, has 48.9% and mcdaniel has 48.6%, only about 1100 vo...

Campaigns at the highest levels and they admitted it was very hard for them to tell if what they were doing was working or not. this is why it is so incredibly close. as wolf said, big picture. this has been huge for the tea party nationally. because they he afford millions of dollars here. they felt this was their last gasp to try to topple a member of the republican establishment. and with chris mcdaniel, the 42-year-old, kind of upstart, was their chance to do that. >> is this a race victory ...

Photograph u.s. senator thad cochrans ailing wife suffering from dementia. >> its the worst. >> reporter: in a new ad, cochrans campaign points fingers at his gop challenger, chris mcdaniel. >> posting video of senator chad cochrans wife in a nursing home, is that enough? >> reporter: and it gets even deeper in the mississippi mud. cochran supporters argue the reason the blogger took his wifes picture was to feed questions about cochran and longtime aide, kay weber, whos traveled extensively wit...

This republican primary was supposed to be about the struggle of ideas within the gop. >> chris mcdaniel. >> reporter: a young tea party-backed upstart challenging a fellow republican for being out of touch and too entrenched in washington after 36 years in the senate. now chris mcdaniel is fending off questions about whether his campaign had anything to do with photographing his opponents sick wife. >> our campaign had absolutely no connection to that whatsoever. >> reporter: you personally, wh...

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