this is the central indiana debate. the northern indiana debate will be held on october 22 in fort wayne. this southern indiana debate will be held on october 25. as part of our mission to put to voters first, you can still submit your questions for the remaining two debates by logging onto our website. the three u.s. senate candidates will answer questions from voters for the next hour. the jurors will consider the

this is the central indiana debate. the northern indiana debate will be held on october 22 in fort wayne. this southern indiana debate will be held on october 25. as part of our mission to put to voters first, you can still submit your questions for the remaining two debates by logging onto our website. the three u.s. senate candidates will answer questions from voters for the next hour. the jurors will consider the candid answers. the candidates -- immediately next to meet this democrats brad ellsworth. in the middle is libertarian candidate rebecca sink-burris. on the end is a republican dan coates. they have agreed to the rules of the debates. candidates will have one minute and 30 seconds to answer most questions. in announce that one answers length will carry to allow canada it's enough time to answer. as moderator, they cut off a candidate who exceeds the time or call for additional time to fully answer a question. it is important to note that all of the questions that will be opposed to might come from hoosier of

. >> the oldest maximum security security in the state of indiana is the indiana state prison. located near the shores of lake michigan. for years isp as its known had a reputation as one of the toughest in the state. but as you're about to see in the next hour new policies and philosophies are trying to make this a place where history won't repeat itself. behind a wall a mile long, is indiana state prison. originally built to hold prisoners during the civil war. it has a history of housing the state's most serious criminals. nearly 2,000 maximum security inmates. >> the number one charge here is murder. approximately 70% are here for taking the life of another human being. >> while the majority of prisoners have committed violent crimes, the prison has worked hard to create a safe environment for both staff and inmates. one improvement was the administrative segregation unit. >> back in the early '90s we had problems throughout the whole institution where we had violence every place. we had assaults, fights, stabbings, all the different stuff that goes along with that. and wha

this is the indiana debate. voters will ask the questions and indiana's hoosiers will watch on tv, listen on ready -- radio, and tune in on the web as they listen to the candidates and get ready to cast their ballots one week from tomorrow. c-span will be rebroadcast in this debate tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. the candidates drew lots for their lectern position. immediately next to me is republican dan coats, in the middle is a democrat brad ellsworth, and a libertarian candidate. they have agreed to the rules for tonight's debate. the candidates will have one minute and 30 seconds to answer most of the questions. in announced that one answer will have to vary to accommodate a general final question. as moderator, in cut off a candidate who exceeds the time limit. and they call for additional time to fully answer a question. the questions come from hoosier voters. the candidates know that they can use only small nuts and no props. prior to the broadcast, the audience was apprised of the house rules. the

>> reporter: indiana university, bloomington, indiana. hoosier country. ♪ home to big 10 sports. and big 10 spirit. ♪ john philip sousa once called the i.u. marching band one of the snappiest in the country. and this year, its fight songs are fitting background music for one of the most competitive congressional contests in the country. election 2010 has an entire course devoted to it at i.u. on the day we visited, the class was gaming the toss-up in the 9th. a race that pits democratic incumbent baron hill, a state basketball hall-of-famer who has served the 9th district for 10 of the last 12 years against republican challenger todd young, a local prosecutor and former marine. the nearly 40,000 students on this campus make up a hugely influential voting bloc. how many of you were fired up to vote Ñnvhe last election? >> reporter: an historic turnout of i.u. students in 2008 helped candidate obama squeak out a victory in the state and helped baron hill win the district by a nearly 20% margin, no small feat in a part of the state otherwise so conservative the district as a whol

this is the indiana debate. voters will ask the questions and indiana's hoosiers will watch on tv, listen on ready -- radio,nd tune in on the web as they listen to the candidates and get ready to cast their ballots one week from tomorrow. c-span will be rebroadcast in this debate tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. the candidates drew lots for theilectern position. immediately xt to me is republican dan coats, in the middle is a democrat brad ellsworth, and a libertarian candidate. they have agreed to the rules for tonight's debate. the candidates will have one minute and 30 seconds to answer most of the questions. in announced that one answer will have to vary to accommodate a general final question. as moderator, in cut off a candidate who exceeds the time limit. and they call for additional time to fully answer a question. the questions come from hoosier voters. the candidates know that they can use only small nuts and no props. prior to the broadcast, the audience was apprised of the house rules. the candid

this is the indiana debate. voters will ask the questions and indiana's hoosiers will watch on tv, listen on ready -- radio, and tune in on the web as they listen to the candidates and get ready to cast their ballots one week from tomorrow. c-span will be rebroadcast in this debate tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. the candidates drew lots for their lectern position. immediately next to me is republican dan coats, in the middle is a democrat brad ellsworth, and a libertarian candidate. they have agreed to the rules for tonight's debate. the candidates will have one minute and 30 seconds to answer most of the questions. in announced that one answer will have to vary to accommodate a general final question. as moderator, in cut off a candidate who exceeds the time limit. and they call for additional time to fully answer a question. the questions come from hoosier voters. the candidates know that they can use only small nuts and no -- a small notes and and no props. prior to the broadcast, the audience was appri

it runs along the ohio river in southern indiana. it appears to be homogenous, but actually, there is quite a lot of diversity in terms of political thought. there is the most liberal area of the state in the northern part of the district. there is a rural area where people consider themselves democrats locally, but they tended to vote for republicans for president. then you have areas that are urban and suburban. you have a real mix of there. the result is that even though the district can be considered democrat, there are a lot of conservatives, and you're never sure how that will play. one of the things that makes this interesting and expensive is that it is covered by four different media markets. the problem is, none of them are a majority in the district. it is very expensive to buy advertising, and the advertising dollars do not go very far. the cincinnati market is a mostly covering ohio. the louisville market is mostly covering kentucky. >> i think baron hill is going to be explaining his controversial but on health care. i

guest: at least in indiana, we have the indiana of foreclosure prevention network. the indiana general assembly passed a statute that requires a lender to be present to discuss a workout. i think that is being taken advantage of in some places, but i think you are right. to see whether something can be done, to the bank's advantage as well as the home owner, to refinance something. in a lot of cases, or someone has lost their jobs, income, there is no possibility to refinance. so to stall out the foreclosure process, give the opportunity for a short sale, something other than foreclosure, is something that we need to focus on, make sure happens, if possible. a large number of these homes will be foreclosed on. i would be ordered if we stalled out everything to see which of these foreclosures had these problems. host: a story written in "the washington post" today about foreclosures. guest: it is one of the things that i hear from the government. the unforeseen consequences of unilateral action. weather is the banks automatically taking out their properties in forecl

we met with richard lugar yesterday from indiana, senator from indiana, and we have met with a number of other representatives and senators. everybody wants to do more. now is the time to do it, with such a short fuse left. >> larry: george, when you go to these places, in this recent script, what struck you the most? >> well, what struck us the most, struck me the most, was their resolve. i mean, they are -- they to a person no only have going to vote for independence, these are people that have been truly, you know -- they have been captured and they have been sold. and they have been tortured, and they have been raped and murdered. and they believe they have a right for independence now, and that the international community agreed to it. they believe they're going to have that independence starting on the 9th of january. and to a man to, a person, every single one of them said they're willing to fight and die for that freedom. and that's -- they were -- that was the strongest thing we saw. >> larry: john, you know, the rest of the world hears about this. such prominent people as yo

this is the central indiana debate. the northern indiana debate will be held on october 22 in fort wayne. this southern indiana debate will be held on october 25. as part of our mission to put to voters first, you can still submit your questions for the remainintwo debates by logging onto our website. the three u.s. senate candidates will answer questions from voters for the next hour. the jurors will consider the candid answers. the candidates -- immediately next to meet this democrats brad ellsworth. in the middle is libertarian candidate rebecca sink-burris. on the end is a republican dan coates. they have agreed to the rules of the debates. candidates will have one minute and 30 seconds to answer most questions. in announce that one answers length will carry to allow canada it's enough time to answer. as merator, they cut off a candidate who exceeds the time or call for additional time to fully answer a question. it is important to note that all of the questions that will be opposed to might come from hoosier of vot

went to florida, sure, but he grew up in indiana. so with the colts coming to town this weekend rex was a natural for the little thing we like to call know your owe he opponent. >> it's time for another excite -- opponent. >> it's time for another exciting episode of know your opponent. >> rex grossman from bloomington, indiana. did you almost become a hoosier or never? >> not really. i had about seven family members that played there, but i wanted to go to florida. >> reporter: if you're going to spend christmas in indiana, you might as well spend it in this city. >> santa claus. >> reporter: that's correct, santa claus, indiana, which by the way, receives more than 1/2000000 letters at christmas time. -- 1/2000000 letters at christmas time. there have been five men from i understand that end have gone on to be vice president of the united states. can you name one? >> dan quayle. >> reporter: very good. also thomas hendricks, charles fairbanks, thomas marshall all been vice presidents from indiana. good job. in 1979 this somewhat sp

our economics editor baytown of gary, indiana. -- visits the town of karie, indiana. ♪ ♪ >> gary was once called the magic city of steel. it took a thriving music industry to rival debate -- rile --rival detroit. >> there is gary college. this would have been some of the classroom areas. >> they call this urban exploring. this man is a veteran. >> there have been looters but the majority is -- he is a photographer who specializes in -- the ruins tell the story of an american century. >> it is like walking through the ruins of a civilization. >> though his population has been hard, 100,000 people live there. one-third of them are poor. there are no restaurants or chain stores. downtown hotel is see through. the city government now stands on the edge of bankruptcy. the ruins of a powerhouse like open to all newcomers. >> this is when they were spending money to get america out of the depression. >> absolutely. >> it is gone like everything else. >> it closed down in the late 70's. >> it is weird to be in a city where every piece of social infrastructure like the church is all gone. how

. >> i chose indiana 9 laws like, indiana 2 and indiana 8 they will be among the first if not the first seats to report in the country. this district indiana was won by john mccain with 50% of the vote to 48% of the vote for barack obama. baron hill won by 58% when won reelection two years ago. i think we will be able to look at this and see how much shift there has been and may give us a sense of what the night is going to look like. if the republicans take this district and i think they will the margin of shift from what mccain got to what todd young will get will give us a sense of what we might see across the country and if there is a sense of shift of four or five or six points from what mix can mccait to what todd young gets. all of the indiana seats going to report early and they will give us an early indication of the movement across the country. >> the governor's races. karl, you chose the new mexico race with diane dennish against susanna martinez. real clear politics has martinez up right now. >> i could have chose one are the great lakes states, wisconsin, illinois, michigan

we were competing with indiana and malaysia, indiana and malaysia? but we won those jobs in lansing, michigan, so i know we can compete and win. now, regardless of the fact that rick snyder, my opponent, told the grand rapids press that manufacturing should be put to bed, i don't agree with that. i think manufacturing was a great part of our past and also a vibrant part of our future, the green automotive future, the green technology, wind turbines, you name it, we can be in the business of manufacturing, we can win, we have to use the incentives, we have to use every tool in the tool box. we're doing it in lansing, michigan, we're proving it every day. >> mr. snyder, same question to you, can michigan and its businesses play in the global marketplace without engaging china? >> well, we absolutely need to play everyplace. that's how you succeed in a global economy. and we've got the core to do that. and to go to my opponent's comment there about manufacturing, manufacturing i've been a big advocate of. in fact, the michigan manufacturers have endorse

. ♪ the indiana university school of public and environmental affairs presents the 2010 indiana and ninth districts congressional debate. >> welcome. i am the dean here at this school. we are pleased to present these candidates and their viewpoints. our moderator of this evening is one of the newest faculty members. he brings 11 years to policy debates here. he has taught classes in public speaking debate and presidential rhetoric. he has coached national debate championship teams. i am confident he will be an outstanding coach for you as well. [applause] >> thanks. good evening, everybody. the rules for tonight is very simple. i will ask them several questions. each candidate will have one minute and a half to respond to each question. afterwards, they will be allotted an additional 45 seconds for rebuttal. during the debate, the audience has agreed to be quiet. that is except right now as we honor our candidates. [applause] >> thanks to our representatives for being here today. baron hill, todd young, and greg knott. what does this supreme court decision mean for american democracy? >>

he sold his last piece of property in indiana in 1994. he hasn't voted in our to elections in over ten years. >> people of indiana elected me twice to the senate. they have seen my record, they know who i am and what i believe in. they know i am a solid conservative. my record demonstrated. >> the race defies this year's trends. voters know that coats is not an outsider. he held the seat in '90s. at the democrat headquarters they know that elsworth is not lock-step liberal. a bluedog democrat who opposes abortion, gay marriage and the democratsp cap and trade climate bill. but he did back other administration priorities and coats is hammering him. >> on the $78 # billion stimulus, he chose the obama-pelosi agenda. and he supported earmarks. and he voted for obama care. >> reporter: sort of cash and off the air for half of august and all of september, elsworth is back now blaming coats for indiana double-digit unemployment. >> dan coats voted for nafta that made exporting american life way of life. then he made millions as a washington lob

joining us from crown point, indiana on the republican line. how are you going to vote in tuesday's election? caller: i'm going to vote republican. i'm an active republican. but i want to show how far down this problem goes this year with the kind of choices we have. host: ok. caller: in indiana we have a democratically controlled house and -- house of representatives. the senate is controlled -- senate is controlled by republicans. and we have a republican governor with mitch. but the one district we live in, district 19, is a democratically controlled seat right now. and if the republican would win this year, it would give the republicans control of both the house, the senate, and the governorship. but the republican we're running is so totally unqualified that he shouldn't get a vote for anything. and so as an active republican, who would like to have the republicans have control of the state, i can't vote for the republican. i'm going to have to vote for the democrat and let the democrats keep control if she wins. shelly vanderberg is the d

. >>> the shooting spree which terrorized residents in illinois and indiana are leaving one dead and two injured and today a suburban chicago police officer goes to court, accused of pulling the trigger. good afternoon, i'm robert jordan in for steve sanders. >> and i'm allison payne. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america. >>> one of the victims picked lynnwood police officer brian dorian out of a line up. dorian appears at will county courthouse this afternoon and that's where wgn's jay miller is live with more. >>> hi, allison. yes, supporters are already starting to trickle in for that 1:30 bond hearing. they say this is a simple case of mistaken identity and say police have the wrong man. >> i just could not believe that this is the person that they picked for this. >> dorian is being held on a $2.5 million bond in connection with the violent two state shooting spree that left one man dead and two others wounded. police say dorian, a lynnwood police officer on medical leave since october of '09, drove to rural beecher, illinois, last tuesday

. >> i chose indiana 9 because like indiana 2 and indiana 8 they will report -- will be among the first, if not the first seats to report in the country. this district, indiana 9, was would be won by john mccain, 58 to 48% of the vote for barack obama and barrett hill won by 58% when he won re-election two years g and you will be able to look at this and see how much shift there has been in the -- and it may give us a sense of what the night will look like and if the republicans take the district, i think they will, the margin of shift from what john mccain got to what todd young will get, will give us a sense of what we might see across the country and if there is a sense of shift of four or five or six points, from what john mccain got to what todd young gets it could be a portend of a big night of republicans and all the indiana seats will report early and will give us an early indication of what kind of movement there is across the country. >> governor's races. karl you chose the new mexico governor's race and that pits lieutenant governor diane dennish against suzanna martinez and

the gunman drove across the state line outside lowell ix indiana. he engaged a farmer in a disjointed conversation about honey bees before pumping three bullets into keith dawl after stealing his wallet the gunman drove away. last seen heading in the direction of hammond. no one can say for sure where he is right now. the fact that the gunman remains at large. he has sent a wave of fear through much of the region and especially hammond reses didn'ts are worried. >> i worry about my family and people around me. >> a lot of kids come outside and play they don't know about it yet and parents, some parents go to work. >> now the gunman fortunately witnesses were able to give a pretty good description of him. he is a heavy set white man in his 40s, about 5'8". he was seen wearing a green wind breaker and light colored jeans. his appearance is said to be disheveled. it's believed he is driving a 1990s model chevy cheyenne pick up truck, perhaps grey in color or light blue. so to recap, police continue to search for this gunman. no news, no tips. police lo

then to indiana for a debate for senate candidates. -- bunning. they are seeking democratic senator evan bayh's seat, who is retiring. then at 9:00, the only debate between the candidates hoping to be michigan cost governor.

with high pressure in the middle of the country, in fact it is over iowa, illinois, indiana, kentucky moving in. a big storm is spinning across the rockies and another about to come on shore and in the east, it's good, it's real good. going up to pennsylvania down to virginia beach tomorrow. richmond. no problems at all. as i said, high pressure coming in to western kentucky and over to illinois and missouri earlier. it will continue to build in toward us. so just think happy.

there are reports of about two dozen tornadoes including this one caught on tape ripping off a roof in indiana. >> whatever was in its path when it touched down, it just sucked it right up. >> reporter: in chattanooga, tennessee a possible tornado created chaos on a busy interstate. powerful winds blew construction debris into traffic, injuring six people. >> me and another motorist were trying to pull the fence away so

. >> i chose indiana 9 because like indiana 2 and indiana 8, they will be among the first, if not the first seats to report in the country. this district indiana 9 was won by john mccain with 50% of the vote to 48% of the vote for barack obama. barron hill won by 58% two years ago. you'll look at this and see how much shift there has been and this will give us a sense of what the night will look like. if the republicans take the district and i think they will. the margin of shift from what mccain got to what todd young will get, will give us a sense of what we might see across the country. if there is a sweep, a sense of a shift of four or five or six points from what mccain got to what todd young gets, it could be portend of big night for republicans. they will report early and give us indication what movement there is across the country. >> bret: finally, governor races. karl you chose the new mexico governor race pitting lieutenant governor die nan dennis against republican suzanna martinez. the real clear politics average has martinez up right now. >> i could have chosen a great l

we met with richard luger, the senator from indiana and we have met with a number of other representatives and senators. everybody wroonts to do more, and now is the time to do it with such a short fuse left.

i was in indiana for the last three days before the election. if you had told me at the beginning of the campaign i would be spending election day in indiana, i would've said you were crazy. i mean, the democrats haven't won in 1964. if democrats hadn't campaigned in indiana until 1960 basically, ever since bobby kennedy. and so, this was kind of a radical thing. i remember is him grant park on election. just to see that big video screen and show you a watching on tv or wherever you were, to see them announce all of these states going. they called indiana and north carolina later, but ohio and colorado and all these places you say wow, this is going to be an electoral landslide. this is something pretty amazing. and so, the question now posted on this blog a few days ago, what happened? that the question everyone is asking me. how do we get from euphoric moment in great part to the exclusion of the tea parties today into a situation where democrats are probably going to lose a lot of seats in november. there's a reason i made the subtitle of the

sinai >> an indiana town without a single police officer, what windfield residents are supposed to do when they need help. >> this is chicago's very own wgn news at 9:00. >> she stood beside todd stro gill when his re-election campaign failed. now she's standing alone in handcuffs, accused of steering thousands of dollars in local contracts to her own company. >> i'm mark suppelsa. >> the investigation foicals on one carla oglesby. >> reporter: arrested as she pulled out of a parking garage late this afternoon, the deep chief of staff board president is now going to spend the night in jail. >> any thoughts about the charges tonight? theft of government property, $100,000, money laundering. what can you share with us? are you innocent of these charges? >> carla oglesby is seen here after being charged with three felonies, handcuffs and silenced. she was escorted into police headquarters accused of political corruption and crime. she is seen standing here next to her boss, todd stroger, since he lost the election. wgn sources confirm tonight that grand jury subpoenas went out today. sea

this all taking place in indiana and illinois. police say they suspect this suspect is mentally unstable. the shooting attacks across two states appear to be absolutely random. harris faulkner is on it from the breaking news desk. >> reporter: we are hoping to hear from authorities at a news conference. these shootings they say were random. that's part of the challenge. you see a sketch of the suspect right there. they want to make sure everybody understands what they are dealing with here. you mentioned the instability of this man. what police are concerned about is somebody, maybe an innocent bystander responding to this guy perhaps if the wrong way and not really able to tell what that would be. what is the honey bee connection? no one really knows. they've already got the mikes prepped and everything, it's a couple of minutes away. as news breaks i'll bring it back to you. jon: an explosive accusation racing -- raising tensions between the u.s. and pakistan right now. the wall street skwrourpl were told that spy masters are pu

indiana attorney general greg zeller is one of them. good to see you today. explain where the investigation in indiana stands. >> we've taken it upon ourselves to start looking through some of the foreclosure documents. we're asking people that feel like they may have been hurt by this to contact our office and file a complaint. we're trying to take as aggressive an approach as we can while still respecting the fact there are consumers out there looking to purchase homes out of foreclosure. we don't want to hurt them. >> i understand that you're partnering with the iowa attorney general spearheading all of this. how far are you willing to go? does it mean not selling foreclosed homes? does it mean stopping foreclosures where they stand right now? does it mean giving back people's houses if they have lost them for foreclosure? >> well, there are attorneys general coming together to try to find a collaborative approach. we don't want to have all of the attorneys general go off and do their own kind of due diligence and their own work product. i'm supportive of

. >> reporter: more dabts overnightflorida, south carolina, massachusetts, indiana and kentucky. where it got personal. >> did you come up for the -- 23%? >> no. you don't listen. >> reporter: politics turning nasty with just a few days lift to go. so will all of this last campaigning really make a difference? it actually could according to the associated press. one-third of voters haven't made up their minds yet. lynn? >> tracie potts from washington. tracie, thank you. >>> u.s. officials say they're concerned about the afghan president's admission that his government get bags of cash, some packed with almost a million dollars, from iran. karzai defended the monies from iran after reporting that his chief of staff had been getting secret payments calling them transparent. u.s. officials are voicing concerns about iran's "negative influence on afghanistan." unfortunately for the u.s., karzai provided that america often provides bags of cash to his government. >>> the obama administration will be spared a potentially embarrassing war crimes trial. omar was 15 years old when he was

, that is what is happenings in northern indiana. there is also another breaking news story from overseas, for that, we'll fly over to karachi, pakistan, southern part of the country, where moments ago, it has been reported that two explosions have been confirmed by our producer working outs of islamabad. police report blasts at a famed shrine, the sufi shrine, in southern pakistan, the town of karachi, many reported wounded, the early reports, 4 dead, 15 injured and many times in cases like these, the story and the numbers can change. unfortunately, aoften is the case the numbers go higher rather than lower, two explosions in karachi, happening right now, a "fox news alert" from overseas and more information when we get it. martha: wow. in the meantime, you know, this is america's election headquarters, and that is what you come here for these days, let's go to the race in maze zaer, at stake in missouri is the seat of christopher kit bond, the most recent fox news poll gives republican candidate roy blunt a slight edge for robert c

and also northwest indiana. that is this mesolow dropping southward. this thing will be a short lived affair that goes by us. and we get these southerly winds to warm us into the 70 by saturday. look at this thing. this big rain, producing clouds out to the east. boston is there. and you can get a feel for the kind of storm coming together there. this thing went off the peninsula there. maryland and delaware. and the thing now is moving north and deepening explosively. bomogenesis as we say in the weather department. the winds generated by that process are something. meantime, here are the showers coming down the lake. and in association with this cool push and we've got frost advisories in parts of eastern tennessee. look at the rains this system will generate through new england. if you go above 2000 feet, they may get snow. the mountains out to the east. then here are the big rains going through the florida straits with miami right there, key west there. and lots of rain to the south falling on the florida keys tonight. here in chicago our forecast

. >> reporter: another touched down in central indiana. farm buildings were flattened homes heavily damaged. >> the steel starts rattling. >> reporter: howling winds across the hoosier state knocked down power lines, toppled trees, even semi-trucks. high winds across the great lakes produced huge waves. waves that topped nine feet on lake michigan. >> impressive. this is one angry lake. >> reporter: pounding winds and gale-force winds made for a rough day in the windy city. hundreds of flights in chicago cancelled or delayed because of the high winds. and while residents in eastern states brace for a fall storm, forecasters already called the worst in decades. folks in colorado are getting an early taste of old man winter. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> now with less than a week to go before the midterm elections, exhaustion is setting in for both the candidates and american voters. and in one crucial race, things have taken a dramatic turn with a health scare for a candidate locked in an extremely tight contest. nbc's tracie potts is in wash

host: another race that has been closely watched is indiana ninth district in southern indiana. it congressman barren hill running for reelection not against mike this time. guest: he must have been saying, time for a change, but still in a tough race at the same time. we have him up. two points up on todd young, republican state lawmaker. he may be able to pull this race out. it comes down to win races are this close, individual candidates and congressman -- he knows his district. he has lost before and i am sure he learned a lot. he is one of those incumbents in see coming back. host: leonard boswell, iowa, longtime democratic congressman. thought to be in trouble. your poll has him up. guest: still under 50, but he is a beloved figure. he has been around a long time. it usually sings the national anthem at democratic events. he is well known. looks like he got out in front and started campaigning hard. and his opponent never really caught on to folks. host: jim marshall, george. running anti-nancy pelosi adds. and way down. guest: some of the southern democrats are really in

we have an ad from indiana. let's take a look. >> the next politician you're going to meet, his tv is beautiful. nice picture, his record? not so beautiful. he voted against property tax relief, against saving taxpayers a half billion inappropriate taxes, against reducing a bill by 28%. that half he wanted government to keep the money. >> so... is this the lesson here? if you vote for a tax increase you have to defend it forever? >> in these days you do. a lot of the states have a constitutional requirement to balance their budget and you know, you can balance budget in two ways, cut spending or raise taxes. i don't doubt some of the states have attempted to cut spending but their spending levels started from a high base line. they do what they think they're able to do on spending side then make the rest up by increasing taxes. and there is a point in states like california and new york and illinois. voters understand this cannot go on forever. that the spending base line can't just ratchet up year after year. y

in about an hour, indiana ninth district house race. followed by president obama is in nevada with senate democratic leader harry reid. finally, the debate in wisconsin senate race. theet's begin with pennsylvania senate race. the two candidates in their already debated earlier this week. how did the voters react? guest: you saw both of the people paint each other out of the mainstream and that is a lot of narrative and attack that has g gotten sestak with traction. he was attacki ining taoply for business ties and working for the club for growth in washington. toomey tried to argue that sestak's votes on stimulus and healthcare and the democratic congress is what is making the congressman out of the mainstream. it is a battle for both sides. you look at the new polls from pennsylvania, you see that the democratic base has come home. they have overwhelmingly decided to support sestak. toomey has an overwhelming support from the republican base and this will be decided by independent voters who are debating who is more mainstream and ref

>> absolutely, it does and we showed the man from indiana. south jersey, a congressional race where someone is paying for their support of tax increases, but in the big states i disagree with steve saying the people in california and new york are never leaving. i wouldn't count out carly fee rina and meg whitman. >> carly fee rina for senate and meg whitman for governor. >> and fee rina is offering a pro market, limited government message against democratic incouple bant and it's not a winning idea in california, but competitive. and that's why this is an issue. >> sorry, i was going to say, one thing i find interesting what's happening in the states, a lot of governors and a lot of vote,are looking at what's happening in virginia and new jersey where you have newly elected republican governors, chris christie and bob mcdonald, paul, they balanced their budgets not by raising taxes, by cutting spending and that's been pretty popular in those states. >> paul: take maryland, mark o'mally, an incumbent governor, big, big tax increase and already

of hudson in the past, i can't think of a greater honoree than the governor of the state of indiana, the honorable mitch daniels. >> mark twain said that the perfect audience was informed, intelligent, inquisitive, and drunk. [laughter] >> been a long evening, i'm thinking we're pretty near perfect here, which would come in handy. dan, thanks a million. ken, all my friends, this has been like a college reunion. you know, there are folks here that i have longed to see for quite a long time and you've made it possible for that alone, i'm incredibly grateful. it is an intimidating audience, though. you know, even as the man said, jefferson dining alone. he would have a hard time exceeding the candle power that's assembled in this room. and it's intimidating because i've learned in this job, first and only elected office i'd of awards and recognitions you don't really deserve. and now for the second night in the row that happened. last night it had to do with education, something i aspire to contribute a great deal more to but we're a work in progress in indiana and they gave us a presen

indiana officials say a certified welder made the piece and the filming crew took all necessary safety precautions. filed a lawsuit last week against paramount pictures and the metal distributor. requireson. the suit says she suffered perm nbt brain damage and is pairiloused on her left side. >>> first lady michelle obama will be in chicago today campaigning for a u.s. senate candidate aleksei giannoulias and some house contenders. first lady will appear with giannoulias this afternoon at university club. giannoulias' locked in a tight race against republican mark kirk. after the event, the first lady will head to a joint fundraiser for incumbent representative bill foster and debbie halvorson. and house candidate dan seal. the first lady will talk about strengthening the middle class and new health care law and new consume proper tex. >>> the city's recent parking meter kiosk thefts have not led to stolen credit information. at least that's what the company that runs the meter system is saying. in recent weeks about 20 electronic parking meter boxes were stolen from chicago mostly on