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Baldwin. coming from the same tat that put ron johnson in the senate not long ago. will she be a political soldier for progressives or be more moderate in representing a swing state? >> that is an interesting question, she is a known progressive. but wisconsin is a state of ticket splitters as you know, many wisconsin voters will vote for a democrat and republican on the same day, re-electing paul ryan and voting for president obama for example, she will have to look at the change demographics in her state. the first couple years she will vote like she has before and remain on the, you know, o...

Word. the environmental protection agency blamed for killing many of the best paying jobs in the region. mining coal of course. steve brown is there live. steve, what has the epa done to deserve such a bad reputation in part of ohio? >> reporter: well the first thing we need to point out about eastern ohio it is a swinging type of area. it supported democrats and republican candidates. a lot of ticket splitters out there. it used to be home of a awful lot of manufacturing jobs. a lot of those have disappeared. for blue-collar folks some of the best jobs out there involving mining coal, working...

President obama trying to get a little bit of love from independents and ticket-splitting democrats and republicans. bill clinton has achieved a certain stature, a certain statesmanship that barack obama is trying to piggyback on. i think, peter is right, they need to reconnect with the middle class. this is one day they will do it. i tell you, wednesday night speech in august ain't going to get it done. rick: peter,ing a you suggested it gives democrats to show party unit. neither former president bush will attend the republican convention. in a rate as tight as this one is, peter, is bill cl...

2008 to change the nature of the electorate, register voters to get out the base because it is going to be very hard to control the main factors that are going to persuade the true independent he is. that is my argument. >> you said so many things there, chris. first thing this president has not given up on the notion that working with congress, despite all the obstruction, the tea party folks, we can pass a jobs bill and put 1 million teachers, police officers, firefighters, construction workers back to work. not giving up on that. that obviously can have an impact on the jobs numbers this ye...

former penn state assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing ten boys for more than a decade. nine jurors have already been chosen. attorneys are asking them about their ties to penn state and the charity for underprivileged children that sandusky founded. republican scott walker keeping his job as governor of wisconsin. >> the only governor elected twice in one term! >> walker defeated milwaukee mayor tom barrett in a recall race that, of course, has implications for the presidential election. what does it mean in november? it depends on who you ask. dana bash joins us l...