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Republicans 41. the candidates facing off on the talk shows trying to win over voters. we have susan from the washington newsroom. one of the most controversial races is one in delaware. how is that one shaping up? >> this one has chris coochbs ahead but he is battling a scrappy and determined christine o'donnell who won an upset victory in the primaries. coons talked about his 17-point lead in the polls. >> it went from significantly down to up in the polls. from outside-inside view, it is positive. but i don't think it's positive for delaware. >> o'donnell hammered away about the tax cut pro...

>> shepard: one of the first rules in politics is, if the truth doesn't go your way, don't say it from america's election headquarters vice president joe biden says the democrats will keep control of congress in the midterm elections going to shock everywhere. even as the out-of-power party almost always proves that sort of thing wrong in mid terms. here is where things stand right now. democrats have 255 seats in the house, republicans 178, they need to keep the seats they have plus take 40 from the democrats in order to gain control. in the senate, democrats and the independents who have cau...

I'm julie banderas. >> gregg: and i'm gregg jarrett. topping the news this hour, notwithstanding voter frustration a lagging economy and nearly double-digit inflation and -- unemployment rather, robert gibbs making an optimistic prediction about the democrats' chances in the mid terms. >> julie: mrs. obama on the campaign trail for the first time in two years and they are in critical races. >> some of the trapped chilean miners trying to return on to normal lives. meet one of the americans as he returns home to the midwest. >> julie: analysts are expecting the republicans to make strong gains ...