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He actually ran for this same seat as a democrat in four, 2006, and 2008. now he's running as an independent tea party candidate designed to split the republican vote. that's why this race is more competitive than it should be. had it just been a head to head democrat versus republican thing, it wouldn't have been so split. >> a poll showed the democrat in this race up by four points, but that same poll and there you see mark davis -- medicare, even slightly above jobs and above the deficit. so it is reasonable to look at this as a referendum on medicare? >> actually i think probably not. i me...

American crossroads, his group paid for that ad, good morning, jonathan, how are you? i understand that your group spent $700,000 on this county congressional race. why is it so important? >> $700,000 is not quite so much by historical standards, congressional elections are very, very competitive campaigns. i worked on a campaign in 2006 where -- $15 million on one house seat. it is a lot of money, but i don't know if it's a big thing by historical stop dards. >> a lot of people are looking at this as a medicare issue for democrats. is that the reason why you put $700,000 into it? >> this one ...

Officials in the obama administration saying they will hit seven foreign countries with sanctions for doing business with iran, including the state owned venezuelan oil firms, so we'll continue to follow this for you right here on msnbc. democrats have a chance to win a congressional seat they have not held in more than 40 years in one special election today. but political strategists around the country are watching because what happens there could say a lot about 2012 and potentially a touchstone issue, medicare. money for ads has been pouring in. >> this time jack's pretending to be conser...