social security system. no words that senator bennett has indicate that. >> march 9th, 2010, quote, i don't know that the federal government should be involved in retirement plan. quote, the idea that the federal government should be running health care or retirement or any of those programs is fundamentally against what i believe. he said that. i didn't say that. >> democratic senator michael bennett of colorado hitting republican ken buck with multiple on the record times that mr. buck said he wants to privatize social security. ken buck try to deny his own position on the issue then trying to parse what he'd said about it then just reduced to taking it. as bennett hits buck with buck's unavoidable on the record position like he is unloading a burp gun full of ping-pong balls at him. joining us, michael booth, political reporter for "the denver post." thanks for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> ken buck say he never held this as his position. michael bennett continuing to hit him on it. it seems like both candidates think privatizing social security is an unpopular thing t

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where buck has an eight-point lead over senator bennett. in wisconsin, it's ron johnson up seven. finally, to illinois and a glimmer of hope. a new poll has giannoulias with a slight lead over mark kirk. lots of voters still undecided in that race. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night leading up to november 2nd. let's right now go to the state of play with four weeks of campaigning yet to go, terry mcauliffe was chairman of the republican national committee. richard wolfe. thank you. nbc's latest poll has republicans at 46-43. it's within the margin of error, but these are likely voters. 49-48 was in august, so you see a projection there. >> i think the voters are now focusing. i think a lot of voters have let their frustration out and have seen some of these tea party candidates. they don't like what they're hearing. president obama is campaigning. the folks are getting energized and they've realized they've got to vote. we have a huge cash advantage. 3-1 on some top house races. the dnc just came out, 16 million bucks in september. we have more money. the president

analysis. there's a quote from jim bennett, the son of senator bob bennett, thrown out at the state gop convention by the tea party. the quote is i've decided the republican party in utah doesn't exist anymore. it's the tea party and the democrats. is that true, and is it national? >> you know what, i think one thing that will happen after the election, a lot of republicans will say, if they win, this served our purposes. let's try to move away from these folks. but they're going to have a real problem. what you saw in one republican primary after another is that the republican primary electorate has gotten so conservative it becomes harder and harder to win a primary if you're anything but a right winger. mike castle being the best example. if they continue to dominate the primaries, it will become the tea party. >> e.j., always a pleasure. have a great weekend. >> great to be with you, thank you. >>> of murder and file cabinets. a classic from james thurbor tonight. >>> and the pharmacist at the cvs was going to let her die rather than [ male announcer ] how can rice production in ind

stamp for barack obama. >> michael bennett cast the deciding vote for obama's stimulus. michael bennett is their vote, not colorado's. >> reporter: colorado is a place where another surrogate is going to show up this week, michelle obama is hitting the road on wednesday to be in wisconsin and illinois and in colorado among other places. so she's the other really powerful and important surrogate, popular surrogate this year. >> sure. that's not çuncommon, even whe george w. bush suffered the worst approval ratings, his wife was still popular on the road. you have to move the argument to what are democrats going to do during the next two years. he feels other people are not making the case so he's happy to make it. >> we both remember how he stubbed his toe a little bit in 2008 when there were all the issues that came up when he was campaigning in the carolinas and elsewhere, but boy he has regained whatever mojo he didn't have if he didn't have it back then. he's got it now and is the surrogate everyone wants to see. thank you so much, john harris, great to see you today. >> yo

democratic senator, michael bennett will square off the republican and tea party favorite, ken buck, our senate debate series coming up next week on "meet the press." >>> mid-term picture, new jobless numbers, tight races across the nation, and another high-level obama administration departure. how will it all impact the campaigns? our roundtable weighs in. joe klein and wall street journal's peggy noonan after this brief break. rn trust, we understand... that while you may come from the same family... you know, son, you should take up something more strenuous. you have different needs and desires. - i'm reading a book. - what's a book? so we tailor plans for individuals, featuring a range of integrated solutions. you at your usual restaurant? son: maybe. see you tomorrow. stairs? elevator. to see how our multi-faceted approach... can benefit your multi-generational wealth, look ahead with us at northerntrust.com. >>> we're back. >>> we're back. we turn to our roundtable to get perspective on today's debate as we get closer to november. joining me now, joe klein, whose most recent piece

official for ken buck or senator bennett? msnbc's richard lui has been looking into this. >> you might want to hold on to your hat for this one, chris, because it is a dynamic situation for buck and bennett. we look at what's happening in that state. all you have to do is look at this. seven in ten are voting early. that's estimated by politico that people are going to be voting early in colorado. nationwide, chris, we believe as many as four in ten. that is even more. so we've got to consider that as a dynamic. also, according to this map, i want to take you over here. this is actually a trend of early voting over the course of time. now, '04 to '10, and look at '12. look at the difference of 20% to 40% in terms of those voting early. who knows where it's going in 2012. the dynamic there, of course, is what does it mean? i want to break this down across the country. i've got a map. we can go to that. this is from "the new york times." the darker colors show where you can vote early as well as amount of absentee voting over the course of 2008. you see it's very dark here in the west. t

where buck has an eight-point lead over senator michael bennett. up seven. in wisconsin, it's ron johnson up seven. over russ feingold. finally, to illinois and a glimmer of hope. a new chicago tribune poll as alexis giannoulias with a slight lead over mark kirk. lots of voters still undecided in that race. as you can see. we'll continue to check the "hardball" scoreboard each night leading up to november 2nd. let's right now go to the state of play with four weeks of campaigning yet to go, terry mcauliffe was chairman of the democratic national committee. and richard wolffe is an msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, thank you. lets look at this poll right now, what we call a generic who is going to control congress? the nbc's congressional ballot. nbc's latest poll has republicans at 46-43. it's within the margin of error, but look at this. but these are likely voters. look at this. 49-48 was in august, so you see a projection there, terry mcauliffe. >> i think the voters are now focusing. i think a lot of voters have let their frustration out and have seen some of these tea party

article, jessica bennett, staff writer with "newsweek." glad you're here because this is a very timely article. what is the answer to that question? is any of this new? >> we're not here to say this is not a problem. it's a huge problem particularly it is a relates to lbgt students but we're using this use of bullying as the label du jour and we're seeing labels of bullyside and bullied to death to describe these cases long before the facts are in. >> and part of what you write in the article, the question isn't just whether these students should be held accountable. they should, but whether the bullying of today is truly any worse than the bullying of the past, so in terms of the severity of it, i realize the targets are perhaps maybe more well identified, but what's being done? is it more severe? >> well, there's a couple ways to think about this. cyberbullying is different. it is broader in scope, you know. in the past a bully might write a nasty thing on a bathroom wall and you could erase it and today you can't erase things from the web and you often feel like half the world is la

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campaign trail next week, next week, the colorado democratic senator, michael bennett will square off the republican and tea party favorite, ken buck, our senate debate series coming up next week on "meet the press." >>> mid-term picture, new jobless numbers, tight races across the nation, and another high-level obama administration departure. how will it all impact the campaigns? our roundtable weighs in. joe klein and wall street journal's peggy noonan after to manage their car insurance policy online. well, you know that's why we have 24/7 support, so customers can call us anytime. [ in a robotic voice ] does not compute. error. [ all ] error. error. error. malfunction, babs. beep. boop. boop. ha ha. very funny. powering down. [ new guy ] we're not really robots. [ thomas ] i thought we were. [ male announcer ] want a great deal on car insurance? go to esurance. >>> we're back. we turn to our roundtable to get perspective on today's debate as we get closer to november. joining me now, joe klein, whose most recent piece is the cover story, author of "what i saw: political life i

the tea party out in colorado at 50%. michael bennett, a guy who received high marks for his performance in washington, d.c. down at 42%. that's changed a good bit. in pennsylvania, pat toomey, up to 51%, joe sestak, 42%. tell us quickly, mark, what's happening out there. >> well, again, republicans have been extraordinary disciplined. they're running on deficits, anti-obama, send a message to washington. any candidate, whether someone like russ feingold who has been in washington for a long time or if they have a d after their name, even with the increased democratic engagement, it's narrowing races but still putting willings in a strong position. in some races, pennsylvania, co-corks those are states the president won, republicans are just driving that message. and a lot of outside resources are equalizing whatever cash advantages the candidates on the democratic side have had. there's still times for things to change. right now despite "the new york times" story, i think republicans are on the trajectory to have a very good, solid set of victories across the country. >> jo

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pennsylvania. you say republicans have a men out there with ken buck in colorado against michael bennett and against mccain -- >> feingold. >> in wisconsin. i'm forgetting his name he's in so much trouble. nevada, west virginia, washington are too hard to figure out. patty murray, i'm surprised she called that so close. could a democrat be elected senator from alaska against two republicans? >> in anchorage, in the business community in anchorage, think of them as the ted stevens coalition. the late ted stevens. the people that want to do business in alaska and say, we don't think joe miller is a guy that understands thousand get federal money back to alaska. they prefer murkowski, but they're not convinced that this write-in campaign can work and so you see mcadams benefitting from a pretty amazing fund raising quarter for alaska. he's getting real money now and there is a bet hedge. you have conversations going on in alaska circles talks about this idea of what to do. the preference is murkowski, but if she can't win, their second choice is mcadams. >> quickly on that race, i agree, as

, enter senator michael bennett, the democrat who ken buck is trying to unseat. >> buck wants a new 23% national sales tax on everything you buy. on groceries, on medicine, on gas. ken duck, extremely wrong for colorado. >> mea culpa. i have to give you a mea culpa. i gave chris van holland from the democrat campaign committee the business, a hard time for democrats running ads against republicans who talked about the national sales tax. i told chris i didn't think it was going to work. i officially admit to having been proven wrong about that. i can show you right now it totally working against ken buck in colorado. watch ken buck run from himself and try to divide himself into two different people so they can sprint apart from one another as fast as they can. one of those ken bucks says, in the primary season, i was asked about the national sales tax over and over. >> actually, you were asked about the income tax. i think it has to be recognizd as an alternative. i just said i favored it but i didn't really. i hate that ken buck guy. i'm a totally new ken buck guy. >>> now to florida

, bennett in colorado, they're facing the same mathematical equation. the issue is can they hold down their issues and get over the minority. >> your reporting this week, first thing, big swing toward the republicans among independents. 44-30. the second, interview with the president. what is it that hasn't been picked up on. has his attitude -- >> sorry about philly. >> i was in san francisco watching it. has his attitude changed? >> i care a lot about the fill will phillies. does he have to get down a little bit into the real world the next time up? >> there is no question that among kind of working class white voters, democrats are going to get plastered. they performed more poorly than in '94. >> does he share their sweat ooand worry. >> you could feel the weight of it on him and trying to wrestle with how he got himself in this position. talking to president obama, it is clear he's begun to think more systemically. it was more matter of fact about how i am going to move forward. >> what about attitude towards the average guy, black or white. does he feel a little humbled by his f

senate between ken buck and michael bennett. ken buck got the nomination. the question is will the social conservatism, the colorado springs crowd be able to come out in greater numbers and help put buck over the top? definitely something worth watches. >>> this is our top ten potential takeovers, these are democratic seats, and we're telling you there's two states that were the and 10 there, california and washington. we're telling you they may not be 9 and 10 anymore. instead west virginia and connecticut, this is, by the way, simply to let you know i can draw on this thing. >> it's impressive. >> i would like to think so. but both parties getting very worried about west virginia in particular, that the democrats are very nervous about joe manchin. >> you mentioned west virginia like a month before, before it was cool. >> and democrats are pouring money in, and of course we've got or friends in connecticut there. that's a race. blumenthal and mcmahon. wait until the debates. voters seem to have problems with both of them. let's see how they perform. >> we could talk about this al

, fair tax is a better idea. >> a national sales tax, a assumption tax, enter senator michael bennett, the democrat who ken buck is trying to unseat. >> buck wants a new 23% national sales tax on everything you buy. on groceries, on medicine, on gas. ken duck, extremely wrong for colorado. >> mea culpa. i have to give you a mea culpa. i gave chris van holland from the democrat campaign committee the business, a hard time for democrats running ads against republicans who talked about the national sales tax. i told chris i didn't think it was going to work. i officially admit to having been proven wrong about that. i can show you right now it totally working against ken buck in colorado. watch ken buck run from himself and try to divide himself into two different people so they can sprint apart from one another as fast as they can. one of those ken bucks says, in the primary season, i was asked about the national sales tax over and over. >> actually, you were asked about the income tax. i think it has to be recognized as an alternative. i just said i favored it but i didn't really. i ha

been so terrified by the fate of a robert bennett or liz murkowski that the mainstream conservative wing of the republican party is in fear so we haven't been able to work with them. my basic point, yeah, you should be dissatisfied. what's the best way to push for more. not to sit home and let the people who blocked us get even more power to block us of the best way is to vote and complain at the same time to put people in there that agree with you and put pressure on them. as far as the financial reform bill is concerned, there was a lot of criticism why it was being done. i think right now frankly with elizabeth warren in charge of the most powerful set of consumer protections we've ever seen, warren buffett announcing he's probably going to get out of the derivative business because we've taken profit out of it with all the things done, i think on balance people as they have seen this now understand what we've done. even then, by the way, we had a problem. we need 60 votes. chris dodd and i had to help him scramble to get those last votes on the republican side. we didn't hold ba

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talk about colorado. there's a debate tonight there with michael bennett, ken buck. mr. speaker, first you. how comfortable with mainstream republicans with some of the tea party candidates? >> first of all you're in colorado. and it can be very divisive state. you have a lot of moderates, and you have an awful lot of conservatives. i think buck does appeal to conservatives, and to an extent the middle. >> the key to bennet is that he did much better in the primary than people thought he would do. he's turn out to be a decent candidate even though he's never run for anything before. colorado has gone democratic in the last couple of elections. this thing is very much up for grabs. bennet has a real shot at winning, and it's just a question of, do people in colorado get embarrassed by some of the tea party stands that other tea party candidates have taken around the country, and do they take another look at the republicans and say, well maybe we don't want a tea party guy representing us? >> let me show you a little bit more about what happened when christine o'donnell in delawar

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in colorado, the thing that might save bennett, hopefully will save bent, paint buck as an extremist outside the big overall leak tore rat, trending in their direction. the other thing key here which chris touched on what democrats need in both of these cases is a strong turnout machine. the energy is unquestionably on the republican side this year but in both states, nevada and co colorado, something late money might not fix for sharron angle. >> ron brown steen and chris cillizza, thank you both very much. >>> what political story will be making head prints in next 24 hours? well, that's up next with a special guest. >>> be sure to follow the show online at andrea.msnbc.com and twitter at mitchell reports. this is andrea mitchell reports, only on msnbc. we need directions to go to... pearblossom highway? it's just outside of lancaster. sure, i can download directions for you now. we got it. thank you very much! check it out. i can like, see everything that's going on with the car. here's the gas level. i can check on the oil. i can unlock it from anywhere. i've received a

with michael bennett. among other things, the two disagreed about a u.s. timetable on withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. buck is up by three points. >>> heading to florida, sarah palin joined michael steele at a fund-raising rally in orlando. she set her sites not only on state races bus also on washington. >> what do you do with any employee who is not doing their job? >> fire them. >> that's right, you fire them. you fire pelosi, you retire reid and their band of merry followers and we get back on putting the country on the right track. >>> the president has several more stops planned between now and election day. mike is at the white house this morning. good morning. >> reporter: the president is at the white house briefly this morning after that five-state four-day swing through the west coast ending yesterday in minneapolis a rally for mark dayton. the president trying to rally democratic voters. he had a number of rallies at campuses trying to get young people out. he a backyard issues forum for women in seattle, but so far there's that enthusiasm gap. they are not backing

, connecticut senator chris dodd, utah senator bob bennett. a lot of people forget that. indiana senator, evan bayh and lisa murkowski. four of the five may not be in the united states senate by 2011. >> going home again, i guess. >>> coming up, our special series, "back in business," despite the down economy, there are sectors that are hiring. we're going to tell you where opportunity is knocking. >> take advantage of it too. first, let's do the white house "soup of the day," asparagus and fettah. >> i've been down on them a couple of weeks. not down at all. it's a good one, unique, interesting. you know, the only problem with asparagus soup is when you bring it in, the colleagues better like it it has an interesting odor. i love asparagus. if you don't like it, you won't like the odor. >> don't bring it to the white house today. keep your asparagus soup far from me. the "daily rundown" only on msnbc. copd doesn't just make it hard to breathe... it makes it hard to do a lot of things. and i'm a guy who likes to go exploring ... get my hands dirty... and try new things. so i asked my doc

. >> "the atlantic's" james bennett. >> quickly, jon meacham, you have a theory. every pulitzer prize winner has a theory. what's your big new idea? >> well, don't know how big it is but it is an idea. i think that as important as economic inequality is, is a gap between the politically active and the politically dependent. we have a class of people now whose incomes, whose livelihoods, are dependent on the perpetuation of conflict as opposed to the resolution of problems. and whether it is television networks, or bloggers, or political partisan structures, there is something different about people whose actual livings are dependent on continuing a fight as opposed to finding a solution. >> there is an entire class of those people. >> i think that that is going to be as important as the gap between rich and poor, as we go forward. because if we would try to find something new about partisanship between jefferson and hamilton, it was tough. but these are people whose livings depend -- ratings, hits, money -- >> books sold. >> -- books sold. >> websites visited. >> there are metrics tha