himself. he s going west. you re going with him, what particular races? reporter: to oregon. interesting you have a republican chris dudley former nba player running for governor. there s a big governor s race for democrats. then to washington state. senator patti murray in a tough race. california barbara boxer another incumbent and harry reid in nevada. what s interesting about that is while there was this big crowd for the president in ohio last night, they re feeling like maybe they re getting some of the enthusiasm back. on the left if you look at his travel in the final days these are all states where democrats are defending their own turf. you d like to use the president whose time is very valuable in places where you might expand your majorities and pick up republican seats. instead, the president s final days are really going to be spent defending democratic incumbents in tough shape. when you look at the map that tells you all you need to know about how much democrats are o
the tea partiers hope to topple the senate majority leader harry reid in the fight of his life with sharron angle. in kentucky the tea party is backing rand paul against the democrat jack conway. delaware is home to tea party favorite christine o donnell who is fighting democrat chris co-yoncoons old senate seat. our senior political analyst glo glorga borger is in d.c. and the election express with t.j. holmes in charlotte, north carolina, one of the banking capitals of this country. we re going to start with shannon, who is at the big event today. you re on the phone with us, shannon, from reno, nevada where any second or maybe right now we re expecting sarah palin to kick off this tour. reporter: yeah, you ve got that right. any second now we re expecting sarah palin to take the stage
and essentially whip up this crowd. we re standing in the back of the bus right now. she just got ushered in on to the bus. organizers say we re moments away from her actually speaking. tight security around her but definitely lots of supporters, lots of fans outside, a lot of people saying her name. a few people we observed, people in wheelchairs clamored around the bus trying to get a word in. it s unclear if she ll stop and take some questions. we certainly have some questions for the former alaska governor. moments away from taking to the stage. this the person that a lot of people here at this rally came to see. she arguably like no other republican politician can fire up the crowd and spread the tea party message. one of them essentially in nevada as you mentioned is fire harry reid. they want to get the most powerful democrat in the senate out of the senate and put in sharron angle. that s what sarah palin is here for and lends her name.