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Is metropolitan birmingham, but across the state. they know doug has been a fighter for alabamians. he's about kitchen table issues. about economic development, about preserving access to health care, and that's why i think it's really important, the key for tonight is for doug to do well in places like birmingham, huntsville, the black belt, and then he's got, because he's had a 67-county strategy, you know, places where hillary clinton got shellacked, doug, i think, can hold his own because we have been organizing everywhere. our investments have been all across the state, and doug has built...

And mobile county are critical areas. so when i see 30%, it's obviously early, and the polls are still open. so people need to know that if they're in line, stay in line. so they can vote. >> coming across to show you this is what they call the black belt in alabama. it's called that for the soil, the rich, dark, deep, black farming soil. if you look at the map, this is the 2012 race, if a democrat is to be competitive, you need a lot of blue across there. >> let me ask, if i can. doug jones is also, obviously, aiming a lot of attention and focus, trying to win some of the suburban voters outs...

The vice chair of hillary clinton's campaign. more than a chief of staff role. she's her alter ego. she's been with hillary clinton for many years. bill clinton has an equivalent, doug band. this guy started with him in 1995 in various roles. an intern and became his body man, which means he was the gate keeper, the way to get to bill clinton. and after the clinton presidency ended, he was instrumental in starting up the clinton foundation. clinton global initiative. but he went off on his own because it doesn't pay necessarily to just hang out by the president, and he started a company called...

And what this says, basically, what we're talking about is that politicians are out for themselves. that's a really long question that basically asks people, do you agree with that assumption. >> yes. and 85% to 13% people said yes, they did agree. now that number, that question is up at 90% level. it's hard to get that high. what has happened is it's been activated. all of the attitudes. it's not just people are angry, we're at a different political paradigm. three quarters of the country believe that this country is in absolute decline. three fifths believe that their children's future won't...

Rein in the unions -- megyn: and that's really a point he's trying to make, rob -- this is doug schoen -- he says if they want to restore fiscal health, they're going to have to break this connection to the public employee unions and the pensions that have been so criticized and so on. whether you agree that they should break pensions and revise them in the wake of the financial crisis or not, rob, do you agree with his point, doug's? >> don't necessarily grow with all of it. i certainly do agree given the current economy that, certainly, all from local to the federal governments, we're all go...