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Gubernatorial elections across the country, governor complaint asich wanted to do a lot to save the budget, everybody seemed to rally behind that budget until it became clear what that meant and that became a major issue for him, the union poured tons of money into this election, $30 million to get the vote they got last night. what's your take? >> my take is this is a classic case of republicans overreaching. voters in ohio do want to fix the state's fiscal problems and they're prepared to take on tough measures to do it, but what they're not prepared to do is roll back collective bargaining ...

You had a democratic governor reelct dollars in the state of kentucky, you earlier had a democrat elected in west virginia, at the same time the virginia senate is nearly deadlocked. martha: right. >> so i think it's very, very close, martha, no clear verdict. martha: take look at some of these governors' approval numbers. i'm very interested in this. we had scott walker, we all remember what he went through with the unions in wisconsin, he has a 42 percent approval number, let's take a look at the next one, rick scott in florida, also swept in on this, you know, very conservative gubernatoria...

Dilapidated state budget in the state of ohio, a law limiting the bargaining rights of unions struck down at the polls resoundingly. here's the governor reacting to what was a big defeat for him. >> the ability to bail them out, somehow come to the rescue with money, we don't have money to do that, so they may have some ideas and i'm willing to listen to what they might need, you know, whatever relief they might need to allow them to meet these financial challenges today, i'm willing to do and we'll have to see what they have to say, and take our time. martha: doug schoen is former pollster fo...

this news conference. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. as i sat in my hotel room with a couple of my staff members as they got to the microphone, my first response in my mind and reaction was, i don't even know who this woman is. the charges and the act sayings -- accusations are absolutely, i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. we will get through this. the fact is, these anonymous allegations are false, and now the democrat machine in america has brought forth a troubled woman to make false accusations. statements, many of which exceed common sen...

The first time that arrows have felt really, really good! martha: he knows how to work a crowd. christopher han joins me, former aide to chuck schumer and gretchen hammill, former spokeswoman for the house conference and director at public notice. welcome to both of you. interesting. herman cain was the first person to get into this race on the gop side and it was greeted with sort of barely a notice, now he's up at the top. gretchen, what do you make of it? >> everyone keeps looking for a romney alternative. you have a republican base that isn't satisfied. first it was bachmann, then perry, t...