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>> reporter: republican congressman james langford is longing for more than 50% of the vote to win the special election primary and avoid a runoff with his top rival, t. w. shannon who is backed by out of state super p.a.c.s. >> what's the impact? >> amazing to me. they put over a million dollars just into negative ads. >> reporter: they portray shannon a conservative who won't compromise. >> i'm looking for somebody to stand up, be a fighter for oklahoma. >> reporter: the super p.a.c.s portrayed langford as weak. >> washington insiders like james langford will never change washington. >> ...

They haven't done anything on infrastructure, nothing on research, nothing on education, and people are finally getting the message. i'm a little more optimistic than susan. i think with the republican party overplaying their hand, i think democrats have a chance to hold the senate and maybe wind up with more seats than anybody expected. >> more than 50 votes, susan, 50 votes around repealing and replacing this law. and a new study from the center of budget and policy priorities find over the next ten years, the federal government will pay 95% of the cost of medicaid expansion. it will raise s...

Amenable to cuts in state spending. in part because there are states that do have spending that needs to be cut that have promised too much. but the problem comes when governors are proposing spending cuts and also lav visualing new spending and turned to tax cuts for companies. or tax cuts for wealthy citizens of that state. so there ends up being this, you know, for regular voters, they see they're not getting spending cuts as much as their money is going towards different groups of people who aren't them. and that's where voters are very upset. >> it's interest that you go mention that, chr...

Ideals, you lose your identity as a country much more though the rowly than a place defined by space or race. you need to teach kids that they are heirs to a sublime inheritance they have to keep fast to. >> great britains has a government rationing body with the national health service. you look at greece which is bankrupt. spain, portugal, ireland. these countries that are now literally suffocating because of the growth of government and indebtedness. it seems like america is moving in that direction more every day. >> on one measure it is, which is the level of state spending. it was funny....

A country much more thoroughly than a place that is defined by space or race. you need to teach kids that they are heirs to a sublime inheritance. >> i agree with all that, but europe has a government rationing body with their national health service. you look at greece which is bankrupt. spain, portugal, ireland, all these countries that are now literally suffocating because of the growth of government and the indebtedness. it seems like america is moving in that direction more every day. >> well, on one measure, obviously it is, which is the level of state spending. you know, it was funny, r...