Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130824:13:32:00
We mentioned earlier the new poll that puts cory booker ahead of steve lonegan in the new jersey senate race. those numbers prompted a lot of people to ask, shouldn't booker be winning by more? a national celebrity against a conservative in a deeply blue state. let's look at the numbers. we can see that the floor for a republican senate candidate in new jersey is actually pretty high. this is how they've done over the last generation from a 47% peak for christine todd wittman in 1990 to 30% of the vote for joe carillos. new numbers from virginia in the closely watched race for government there...