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Against republican pat toomey. mr. toomey joins us from philadelphia. we invited congressman sestack but he declined. mr. toomey, the news in your race is that your big lead has basically disappeared. you have been ahead for months. back on labor day the real clear politics average of recent polls showed you up 8.5 points, 45% to 36.5. now, the latest real clear politics average shows you with a lead of just two points. queson, what happened? >> chris, i don't think we ever had a big lead but we do have a lead now. look, i never expected this to be anything but a close and competitive race. pe...

>> bill: president bush's first term he averaged in the polls 6% approval rating. you were in the seat then as his advisor. his second term all the way down to 36.5%. bad poll numbers. obviously you saw what happened. mr. obama won the election. what kind of a psychological effect does, you know, the polls going from 62 to 36, there is a steep drop, but you almost have the same steep drop with obama. he started out at 69. he is down to 41. what type of psychological play is that on a president? >> it depends to some degree upon two or three intangibles in the president's psyche. one is has the...

Term he averaged in the polls 6% approval rating. you were in the seat then as his advisor. his second term all the way down to 36.5%. bad poll numbers. obviously you saw what happened. mr. obama won the election. what kind of a psychological effect does, you know, the polls going from 62 to 36, there is a steep drop, but you almost have the same steep drop with obama. he started out at 69. he is down to 41. what type of psychological play is that on a president? >> it depends to some degree upon two or three intangibles in the president's psyche. one is has the president got a confidence in t...

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