IF you have a contested race in YOUR home district, you may have noticed that the presidential race is not the only election on November 4. There are Congressional seats up for grabs throughout the country and, according to Steve Cobble, there's a very real possibility that the House could look very different next year. Cobble maintains that the country is sick of business as usual, and is preparing to throw the bums out!

From upstate New York and Virginia, to New Mexico and Colorado Democrats are poised to make big gains. Steve Cobble of the Institute for Policy Studies and Tom Perriello (running for Congress in Virginia) discuss the issues driving local races and whether the McCain/Palin strategy has trickled down to the local level.

The attack ads on Perriello in the 5th district-VA feature darkened skin, a beard he didn't grow . . . and they put him behind bars. Then they accuse him of being a New Yorker! Great comedy, until you think about what is at stake. Lee Atwater, your not-so-secret playbook is in full force this year.