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Up and start running tv ad's and he goes on to neutralize all of that spending. specter has 99% name i.d. and the other guy is way down on name i.d. can he blunt this chance? >> if anybody can do it, it's arlen specter. and the question is, is he, on some fundamental level, it seems so far he's not. >> i think democrats have been voting for specter for years and the establishment is behind him. your thoughts on this, steve? the establishment of the democratic party, the city organization, governor is behind them. can the suburbs come out against them or the rural areas and pick a guy that's be...

Is a guy that you don't vote against. i'll tell you, if there's one exception this year, i don't think it's going to be harry reid or blanche lincoln. i think it could be arlen specter in pennsylvania. >> that's incredible to watch. the youngsters that you are, you are incredible to watch. thank you alex and steve. you know your stuff. when we return, i'll tell you what i think about a big problem facing america today, and that is illegal immigration and there is a right way to deal with it. many people agree. you're watching hardball only on msnbc.

Running tv ads, positive ads for himself. the minute he does that, specter goes on to neutralize all that spending. will that work for specter this time? specter's got 99% name i.d. the other guy is way down in name i.d. >> you know better than anybody else, if anybody can do it it's arlen specter. the question is, is he on some fundamental level unacceptable to the democratic electorate? so far it seems he's not. >> i think democrats have been voting for specter for years, and the establishment's behind him. your thoughts on this, steve? the establishment of the democratic party, bob brady, t...

Seat? we don't even know who is running against him and this guy has a hard time, right, alex? alex? >> maybe the most, best-known candidate running in the race is an attorney naked mike lee, a former prosecutor, his father was a solicitor-general. but doesn't have much of a political profile on his own. he's hoping to take advantage of what is really a petty unusual nominating process out there. there's a convention that's really activist dominated and if one candidate can get 60% of those activists behind them, they can get the nomination. now mitt romney is going out to that event to win vo...

Run as a republican in 2012. if he goes independent, you've got polls that are showing him barely ahead. there's not too much history on this stuff. when you look at it, the big name figures leave a party in the senate face, and with the exception of joe lieberman, you're looking at tom dodd and marshal coleman in virginia, 1994. they start strong and just recede as the campaign goes on and end up dreaming votes from one party. >> finally, let's take a look at pennsylvania. hot primary up there. you rarely see a primary this hot for the senate. arlen specter, the senator turned democrat right ...