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Actually has a long history of fighting for iowa farmers and fighting for iowans versus either of the two republican candidates. remember, these elections are contrast. and anyone that thought iowa wasn't going to be competitive doesn't know the state of iowa. whomever he's up against opposes the farm bill, opposes -- or supports the ryan budget which cuts funding for agriculture and rural communities. whereas he's been in support of those things. i think he'll do fine with that -- >> iowa is one of the top three agricultural states. when you start insulting farmers -- >> this is sort of an in...

Support for the ryan budget that hurts the communities, then that's more insulting to the farmers than anything else. >> where this race really is. it's a competitive race that leans democratic because the president carried with 52% last time. two credible candidates, mark jacobs, the former ceo of reliant energy. you get an election where it's about the president and bruce brailey is in big trouble. if it's about the republicans and tea party and the republican candidates, then he's got a better chance. it's competitive with a slight democratic edge. >> i want to ask you about a different rac...

For people of west virginia. she has tried before. and this has become a family affair running against shelly. >> one of the things is, you're also running against history here because west virginia has a very firm tradition of putting democrats in those -- >> right, and you look at joe mansion who ran, a former governor who ran for the senate. they might do well in state races and the gubernatorial level. but it has shifted tremendously. >> one of the things i like about the playing field for us this cycle and west virginia's a good example of this, is the number of republican house members t...

For you right there. >> that's a key way to hammer your republican opponent. and i think the important thing to recognize is this is not going to be an election of persuasion. i don't think democrats running in tough states are going to be able to persuade their republican voters or even lean right voters, vote for me and you'll get more government progra programs. the key is getting their supporters out, getting their base out. i actually think sort of not just using obamacare as a hey, things aren't bad, but actively putting out obamacare and hitting the ryan budget is a way to actually ener...

Pryor is really hitting cotton on his record. as you mentioned particularly 5 out of the 9 ads pryor has run have hit cotton on medicare. cotton voted for the ryan budget. and basically what the pryor campaign is saying is cotton wants to voucher rise medicare and will have cuts for seniors, cuts to preventive care and there's other issues where cotton has taken some votes that pryor is going to hit him on. voting against the farm bill, against the violence against women act, voting against disaster relief aid. so a generic republican has a lot of advantages, but i think part of what we're see...