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>> greta: alaska is on pins and needles not knowing who is the republican nominee for the senate. is it sarah palin-backed joe miller or sitting senator lisa murkowski? it's still neck and neck. state officials are starting to count the 23,000 absentee and provisional ballots. joining us joe miller who is inches ahead of lisa murkowski for the republican nomination. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. thank you for having me. >> greta: thank you for joining us. give me an update in terms of what the numbers are. i assume you're following them closely. >> we are. we have 1700 votes now. ...

>> greta: alaska is on pins and needles not knowing who is the republican nominee for the senate. is it sarah palin-backed joe miller or sitting senator lisa murkowski? it's still neck and neck. state officials are starting to count the 23,000 absentee and provisional ballots. joining us joe miller who is inches ahead of lisa murkowski for the republican nomination. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. thank you for having me. >> greta: thank you for joining us. give me an update in terms of what the numbers are. i assume you're following them closely. >> we are. we have 1700 votes now. ...

Republican. from what i have seen on numbers, a lot of people are concerned about the war, paramount to them. >> david? >> look, the really interesting phenomena since 2000 is we have close elections where things like absen see ballots and military ballots make a difference. not just in the presidential races but the house and senate races. when i talk to political operatives on the hill and around washington, not just the election day and vacation. it's election day plus 30. how many recounts and close races do we have to monitor. >> charles? >> well, i think there have been scandals over the...

Paramount to them. >> david? >> look, the really interesting phenomena since 2000 is we have close elections where things like absen see ballots and military ballots make a difference. not just in the presidential races but the house and senate races. when i talk to political operatives on the hill and around washington, not just the election day and vacation. it's election day plus 30. how many recounts and close races do we have to monitor. >> charles? >> well, i think there have been scandals over the years how late the military vote came in. how many were lost. in the florida recount. disg...

President and admires the president, i have to say that that absen of change is not only disappointing, i think, it may even qualify as tragic. >> but the difference that i see between theoretical mccain presidency and the actual obama presidency in afghanistan is that withdrawal deadline. the administration is taking great pains to make that withdrawal deadline next summer squishy. if there is no withdrawal, you're right. if there is withdrawal, if they do wind that word down and end it and don't let it go on permanently, is that a potential crack in the consensus? is it a break in permanent ...