next week and a half helping out candidates. check this out, the national poll numbers. look at this. do you approve or disapprove of how michelle obama is handling her duty as first lady. 65% thumbs up. that's a lot higher than her husband's approval rate. we asked by party. democrats nine out of ten giving her thumbs up approval. independents, six out of ten independents approving of the job michelle obama is doing. that's the kind of person you want on the campaign trail helping you out. back to you. >> i'm you -- no, i'm not yue. but who i'm talking about is christine o'donnell. the tea party favorite, the republican nominee in delaware talking a lot about this debate here tonight. watch it on cnn stream it live on cnn politics.com. sit right here covering us, why? this is the seat that was held by vice president biden for 36 years. democrats were worried they were going to lose it.