Face the Nation (CBS) - 2008-11-02

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[0:00] Today on Face the Nation, from CBS News

[0:02] election headquarters in New York, it's

[0:04] the final weekend of the longest, most

[0:07] expensive presidential election ever.

[0:10] >> Barack Obama and John McCain are

[0:12] campaigning non-stop in these final

[0:15] days. But which states will make the

[0:17] difference? We'll talk with Senator

[0:19] McCain's closest friend, Senator Lindsey

[0:22] Graham of South Carolina and Barack

[0:24] Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod.

[0:28] We'll take a campaign quick check on the

[0:30] Senate races with each party's top

[0:32] strategist, Democratic Senator Chuck

[0:35] Schumer of New York and Republican

[0:37] Senator John Enson of Nevada. Then I'll

[0:40] have a final word on why my mother said

[0:43] you ought to vote. But first, coming

[0:45] down to the wire on Face the Nation.

[0:57] Face the nation with CBS News Chief

[1:00] Washington correspondent Bob Schiffer.

[1:03] And now from CBS News election

[1:05] headquarters in New York, Bob Schaefer.

[1:08] >> And good morning again. Uh joining us

[1:11] from Springfield, Missouri to start us

[1:13] off this morning, the chief strategist

[1:15] for Barack Obama, David Axelrod. Well,

[1:18] Mr. Axelrod, uh if you look at these

[1:20] polls, it's all looking pretty good at

[1:22] this point for Barack Obama, I would

[1:24] have to say.

[1:26] Well, we feel good, Bob. And it's not

[1:28] just the polls. It's the uh it's the

[1:29] early voting that we've seen. About a

[1:31] third of the country is going to vote uh

[1:33] before Tuesday. And and those numbers

[1:35] are coming in very strong for us and

[1:37] reversing some historical patterns. And

[1:39] states like North Carolina, it looks

[1:41] like as many as three million people may

[1:43] vote before Tuesday. And and where that

[1:45] vote is coming from and u the uh

[1:48] addition of so many new voters is

[1:50] something we're encouraged by. and the

[1:51] crowds we're seeing. I'm here in

[1:53] Springfield, Missouri, which is a

[1:54] traditionally Republican part of the

[1:56] state. Uh we got a we had a crowd of

[1:58] 40,000 people here last night. Very

[2:00] enthusiastic crowd late at night. Uh

[2:03] three times as large as any crowd

[2:04] anybody's ever gotten here. And those

[2:06] things are encouraging, but we still

[2:08] have to win this thing. We have to vote

[2:10] and we can't be complacent. We have to

[2:11] fight to the end and we will. If u if

[2:14] Obama does win, what do you think the

[2:17] one thing will be uh that tipped toward

[2:20] Barack Obama?

[2:22] Well, I mean, I think that we started

[2:24] with a theory of uh uh of the case,

[2:28] which is that we really need change from

[2:30] the Bush uh policies that uh they've led

[2:32] us in the wrong direction uh here and

[2:34] abroad and that we need a new direction

[2:36] and not just in our policies, but in our

[2:38] politics that we had to get beyond uh

[2:40] the the big divisions in our country and

[2:43] start actually solving problems. One of

[2:45] the heartening things about uh what's

[2:47] going on right now, Bob, is that we're

[2:49] campaigning in states that were

[2:50] so-called red states. We're spending all

[2:52] our time there because we feel we have a

[2:54] chance to win many of them. And one of

[2:56] the things that we wanted to do from the

[2:58] beginning was shatter this red state,

[3:00] blue state paradigm and emphasize the

[3:02] fact that we have a common we have a

[3:04] common destiny, common interests, and we

[3:06] have to work together to solve these

[3:07] things. So, it would be a healthy thing

[3:09] if we could do well in these states on

[3:11] uh on Tuesday. Well, let's talk about

[3:13] one that the Democrats won the last

[3:15] time, and that is Pennsylvania. Uh John

[3:17] McCain and Sarah Palin has spent a lot

[3:20] of time in Pennsylvania. They still

[3:22] believe that they can take it, that

[3:23] Pennsylvania would be key if they do put

[3:26] together a coalition that gets them to

[3:28] 270 votes. What do you think about

[3:31] Pennsylvania right now?

[3:33] >> Well, I agree that it would be uh key. I

[3:35] think it's a state that we've both

[3:38] worked very hard uh to win. I feel good

[3:40] about what I see in Pennsylvania.

[3:42] Starting with the fact that we have a

[3:45] registration edge that's twice as large

[3:47] as we had four years ago. It went from

[3:48] 300,000 in favor of Democrats to 600

[3:52] uh,000. So that right away gives me

[3:55] encouragement, but everything we see

[3:56] from the state is encouraging. uh and uh

[3:59] I know that there have been a couple of

[4:00] late polls that suggest otherwise, but

[4:02] I've seen many more uh that work in our

[4:05] direction and beyond which I just feel

[4:07] based on the organization we have on the

[4:09] ground, the reaction that we're getting

[4:11] that we're going to do very well in

[4:12] Pennsylvania. We're going to work really

[4:14] hard at it and we've got uh great

[4:16] supporters like Ed Randelle and Bob

[4:18] Casey and others uh working day and

[4:20] night there for us. But I feel good

[4:22] about Pennsylvania. That's a state, Bob,

[4:24] that's felt the lash of these Bush

[4:26] economic policies uh very very harshly

[4:28] and they understand we can't keep doing

[4:30] the same thing. We can't keep doing the

[4:32] same trickle down deregulation uh

[4:35] policies that have uh really uh led us

[4:37] into a ditch and that John McCain wants

[4:39] to continue. They know that I think

[4:41] they're going to come out for Barack

[4:42] Obama on Tuesday.

[4:44] >> Do you really believe these polls that

[4:46] we hear all this stuff about the Bradley

[4:48] effect? Do you believe, David, that

[4:50] there is a Bradley effect, and that is

[4:52] people telling pollsters one thing and

[4:54] then going into the uh voting booth and

[4:56] doing something else when a minority

[4:58] candidate is on the ticket?

[5:00] >> Look, I I don't want I don't know about

[5:03] 1982 when that happened in California.

[5:06] There were a lot of pollsters who tell

[5:07] you that was sort of an elucory

[5:09] interpretation, but uh and I and I don't

[5:11] deny that there are some voters who are

[5:13] motivated by uh by race yet in our

[5:16] country. But the big story is not uh how

[5:19] much race has been a factor, but how

[5:20] little it's been a factor. We're uh I

[5:23] mentioned we're in in uh in Springfield

[5:25] here. This is uh uh uh not a very

[5:29] racially diverse uh area and yet uh you

[5:32] know 40,000 people out last night. I

[5:34] think people are recognizing that we

[5:36] have bigger issues in this country to

[5:38] tackle and they they affect all of us

[5:40] and they want to come together and solve

[5:42] these problems. In the primaries, Bob, I

[5:44] we didn't see any of that effect. We

[5:46] never underpold our number in any

[5:49] primary that I can think of. And so I

[5:52] see no reason to believe that's going to

[5:53] happen on Tuesday. And I think it'll be

[5:55] good to shatter that myth once and for

[5:57] all.

[5:57] >> All right, David Axelrod. Thank you so

[5:59] much.

[6:00] >> Thanks for having me.

[6:02] >> And watching this here in the studio

[6:04] with us in New York, Senator Lindsey

[6:06] Graham, who has been, I would think,

[6:08] every step of the way with John M

[6:10] >> pretty much. And I'm about to fall over.

[6:12] I don't know how he does it. Well, you

[6:14] heard what David Axelrod said. We see

[6:16] all these polls out there. It's going to

[6:19] be an uphill fight for John McC.

[6:21] >> Well, what we've seen in the last two

[6:22] weeks is a very much uh tightening of

[6:24] the race in the states that matter. I

[6:26] really believe that Senator Obama's the

[6:28] virtual incumbent. And if he's not at

[6:30] 50% uh today in North Carolina, he's not

[6:33] going to win. We see closing in Nevada,

[6:35] New Mexico, and Colorado. Missouri,

[6:38] Pennsylvania, and Ohio. We have him

[6:40] under 50. and the margin of error. The

[6:42] intensity level in the last couple of

[6:44] weeks has been unbelievable on our side.

[6:46] Senator Obama's being defined for the

[6:48] most liberal senator in the Senate.

[6:50] That's his voting record. Joe the

[6:51] plumber kind of put uh Obama policies on

[6:54] a real face. Senator Biden said, "We're

[6:56] likely to be tested by by foreign uh

[6:59] enemies if he becomes president and

[7:01] people thinking about who has the most

[7:02] experience." So, without a doubt, in the

[7:04] last two weeks, this race weeks, this

[7:06] race has really closed. And if Senator

[7:08] Obama's under 50 now, I think the

[7:10] undecided voter in these key states will

[7:12] come our way. We're taking nothing for

[7:14] granted. We're campaigning hard.

[7:15] >> Well, what about Pennsylvania? You spent

[7:17] a lot of time there. A lot of people

[7:19] said that you shouldn't have spent so

[7:20] much time there.

[7:21] >> Well, I think we're going to spend more

[7:22] time there. We're going to be there a

[7:23] lot. Senator Clinton was ahead by two

[7:26] and one by 10. Uh the voter demographics

[7:28] in Pennsylvania set up very much for the

[7:30] centrist candidate that Senator McCain

[7:32] is. Senator Obama's becoming more and

[7:34] more a out of the mainstream leftleaning

[7:38] economic candidate when it comes to

[7:40] redistribution of the wealth. And we see

[7:42] in our narratives that that's sticking

[7:44] that people have a second look at

[7:46] Senator Obama in Pennsylvania and they

[7:48] question his economic policies uh his

[7:51] role of the court and his experience to

[7:53] make us safe. And you know I I really do

[7:56] believe Pennsylvania is is going to be

[7:58] very indicative of Missouri and North

[8:00] Carolina. The voter in North Carolina,

[8:02] Missouri that's coming our way is also

[8:03] coming our way in Pennsylvania.

[8:05] >> David Axelrod's al also talking about

[8:06] winning North Carolina, which no

[8:08] Democrat has carried since what, uh, 64,

[8:12] I guess. You've got a Republican

[8:13] candidate there, Elizabeth Dole, who's

[8:15] in terrible trouble.

[8:17] >> Um,

[8:18] >> are you How do you feel about that?

[8:20] >> I'm from South Carolina. The water's not

[8:21] that much difference. I said in Fatville

[8:23] that I would beat Michael Phelps in

[8:26] swimming before Barack Obama wins North

[8:28] Carolina. And I can't swim. I'm standing

[8:30] by that. I know North Carolina. John

[8:32] McCain will win North Carolina. Uh John

[8:35] McCain's politics is fits North Carolina

[8:37] like a glove. Senator Obama's a fine

[8:39] man, but he is indeed the most liberal

[8:41] senator in the United States Senate on

[8:43] economic policy. This redistributing the

[8:45] wealth you moving numbers all over the

[8:48] board of who will get taxed, increase

[8:49] spending, and people like checks and

[8:51] balances. Police uh Pelosi and Reed

[8:54] unchecked is not a very good feeling for

[8:56] the people of North Carolina,

[8:57] Pennsylvania or Ohio. You don't want the

[8:59] most liberal Democratic senators

[9:01] marrying up with the most liberal United

[9:03] States senator to become president.

[9:05] There will be no checks and balances.

[9:07] >> How does Florida look to you right now?

[9:08] >> Uh Florida looks good. Uh we have moved

[9:10] in the north. Our vote was lagging. The

[9:12] intensity by Republicans in our poll now

[9:15] exceeds that by Democrats. The one thing

[9:17] we lack for for a long time was

[9:19] intensity by Republicans. And I've never

[9:21] seen movement like this in my life.

[9:23] Every office we have throughout these

[9:25] states I've just talked about are being

[9:27] overflowed. People are excited about

[9:29] Senator McCain and quite frankly they're

[9:31] afraid of the liberal policies that

[9:33] would come from Pelosi, Reed, and Obama.

[9:35] >> Do you think Sarah Palin turned out to

[9:37] be a drag on the ticket like some of the

[9:39] polls suggest?

[9:40] >> She has really helped. Look at the

[9:41] numbers. David was talking about

[9:43] numbers. Wherever she goes, she fills up

[9:45] the place. A lot of base intensity. At

[9:47] the end of the day, it will be up to

[9:48] John McCain to persuade the independent

[9:50] voter. The undecided independent voter

[9:52] will decide this race. John McCain has a

[9:55] 24-year record of being a centrist,

[9:57] wellprepared to be commander-in-chief,

[9:58] and Senator Obama has been in the left

[10:00] lane of politics all of his life, and

[10:02] that is breaking through. The contrast

[10:04] between McCain and Obama is now taking

[10:07] shape versus uh Bush. We're looking

[10:09] forward and still looking backwards, and

[10:11] that's been very good for us.

[10:12] >> All right, Senator Graham, thanks for

[10:14] being with us this morning. We'll be

[10:15] keeping up with you along the way. And

[10:17] we'll be back in one minute to talk

[10:18] about all those races for the Senate.

[10:21] And there are some hot ones out there in

[10:23] just a minute.

[10:34] And we're back now at CBS News election

[10:36] headquarters in New York. And joining us

[10:38] for our campaign quick check this

[10:41] morning, Senator Chuck Schumer, who is

[10:43] the chairman of the Democratic

[10:44] Senatorial Campaign Committee. He's with

[10:47] us here in the studio. With us in Las

[10:49] Vegas, Senator John Inen, his Republican

[10:52] counterpart. And basically, uh, you two

[10:55] senators, I think a lot of people don't

[10:56] understand this. In the Senate, the

[10:58] Republicans pick one person, the

[11:00] Democrats pick one person, and they sort

[11:02] of chart the national strategy for

[11:04] Senate campaigns and do a lot of the

[11:07] fundraising for the Senate candidates,

[11:09] and you are the two gentlemen who do

[11:10] that. Well, let's start off with you,

[11:12] uh, Senator Schumer. U, most of these

[11:15] polls are suggesting Democrats going to

[11:17] have a pretty good night.

[11:18] >> I think we are going to have a pretty

[11:20] good night. If you would have told me a

[11:21] year ago that we'd be where we are now,

[11:24] I'd be very surprised. I mean, the

[11:26] bottom line is I think Wednesday

[11:27] morning, Democrats are going to be very

[11:29] happy because we're going to pick up a

[11:31] whole lot of seats. As for 60, that's

[11:34] very, very difficult. It's possible, but

[11:36] unlikely. And the reason is because the

[11:39] terrain is so tough. In other words, of

[11:41] the 11 contested states, none are deeply

[11:44] blue, a whole bunch are deeply red. So,

[11:46] even though the wind is at our back,

[11:48] it's hard. But I will say this, with 56,

[11:51] 57, 58, we'll be able to get a lot done

[11:53] in the Senate and help change the

[11:54] country.

[11:55] >> So, you think you might pick up as many

[11:56] as seven or eight seats?

[11:58] >> Well, look, I I think that, you know,

[12:00] we're doing really well. Uh the everyone

[12:03] always asks about 60 and as I said,

[12:04] possible, but unlikely. But to pick up a

[12:07] whole bunch, that's likely.

[12:09] >> Well, Senator Enson, um give you the

[12:11] floor here for a second. What do you

[12:12] think's going to happen? Well, there's

[12:14] no question. Uh we are facing a fairly

[12:17] strong political headwind at this point.

[12:19] Uh and the Democrats are poised to pick

[12:22] up some seats. Uh the exact number, we

[12:24] don't know. Uh because there's so many

[12:26] races that are within the margin of

[12:29] error. There are six or seven races out

[12:31] there right now, including the race in

[12:33] Louisiana where the Democrats are

[12:34] defending down there. That's we have

[12:36] that race dead even now. So, it's it's

[12:38] it's going to be an interesting night on

[12:40] election night. Uh the the bottom line

[12:42] is though, this is the most liberal,

[12:44] left-wing, radical group of of

[12:46] candidates that Democrats have ever put

[12:48] up. And if they get in, if they get the

[12:51] kind of numbers that Chuck Schumer is

[12:52] talking about, they're going to take

[12:53] this country way left. They're going to

[12:56] increase taxes. They're going to

[12:57] increase spending. They're going to make

[12:59] us more dependent on foreign sources of

[13:01] oil.

[13:02] >> Well, that's exactly what Senator Graham

[13:05] said just a minute ago. if Barack Obama

[13:07] is elected. So, is this going to be the

[13:09] most liberal left-wing bunch of senators

[13:12] ever brought to the Senate?

[13:13] >> Absolutely not. The Senate candidates

[13:15] are thoughtful. They're moderate.

[13:17] They're non ideological. Bob, look, they

[13:19] come from deeply red states. Uh these

[13:22] are just the people America wants,

[13:24] people aimed at the middle class, not

[13:27] too far right, not too far left, but

[13:28] unlike the Republican incumbents they're

[13:30] running against, they do want change.

[13:32] They don't believe in Bush's policies.

[13:34] Well, well, Senator Anson, uh, why, um,

[13:37] when you you said that, you you you said

[13:40] it looks like the Democrats are going to

[13:42] pick up a bunch of seats. Why is that

[13:44] all of a sudden that Democrats have such

[13:46] a good chance in so many places?

[13:48] >> Well, first of all, Al Franken up in

[13:50] Minnesota to to say that he's a

[13:52] moderate, thoughtful candidate is

[13:54] laughable. Uh, he has, you know, joked

[13:57] about rape. Uh, he has been a partisan

[14:00] left-wing liberal for a long time. and

[14:02] the candidates they have around the

[14:04] country uh in from Oregon, North

[14:07] Carolina, you New Hampshire, you name

[14:09] it, have voted for tax increase after

[14:11] tax increase after tax increase. To call

[14:13] those thoughtful, moderate uh people, it

[14:17] really is not believable. Uh but the

[14:20] reason that the that we're Republicans

[14:22] have a tough time right now is because

[14:24] we do have an unpopular president. Uh we

[14:26] also are defending a lot more seats than

[14:28] the Democrats are. uh but having an

[14:31] unpopular president, we have an

[14:32] unpopular war and we were starting to do

[14:35] very very well. But when the financial

[14:38] crisis hit, uh that financial crisis

[14:41] really is has been a almost a body blow

[14:44] to Republicans. And unfortunately,

[14:47] it was allowed to be portrayed that this

[14:49] was somehow uh the result of

[14:51] deregulation when that in fact this was

[14:53] a result of overregulation. and the fact

[14:55] that that Bill Clinton allowed Fanny May

[14:58] and Freddy Mack to get in to the

[15:00] subprime market and then encouraged

[15:02] every single year for Fanny and Freddy

[15:04] to increase uh the amount of these

[15:07] subprime loans, these high-risisk loans.

[15:09] Under the Community Reinvestment Act, it

[15:11] required banks to to lend more and more

[15:13] of their money to uh these high-risisk

[15:15] loans. And then on a partyline vote, the

[15:18] Democrats blocked a strong uh regulator

[15:22] with Fanny and uh Fanny May and Freddy

[15:24] Mack. Partyline vote. Literally, every

[15:27] Democrat voted against a strong

[15:29] regulator which could have stopped this

[15:30] whole financial crisis. Let me take your

[15:33] point. Let me say one thing. Uh my good

[15:35] friend John said uh the reason the

[15:37] Republicans are in trouble is uh George

[15:40] Bush is an unpopular president. Well,

[15:42] just about to a person, every one of

[15:43] these incumbents has voted with George

[15:45] Bush up and down the line. So, if the

[15:47] public doesn't like George Bush's

[15:49] policies, they're not going to like the

[15:51] policies of Elizabeth Dole or Norm

[15:53] Coleman or Gordon Smith. And that's why

[15:56] they're having such trouble. The bottom

[15:57] line is these folks, when Bush said

[16:00] jump, they said how high. Everyone sees

[16:02] the mess in the war in Iraq. Everyone

[16:04] sees the mess in the economy and they

[16:06] say we need change. And that's why we're

[16:08] winning very simply. And you can't say,

[16:11] as my good friend John did, well, Bush

[16:12] is an unpopular president, and then try

[16:14] to separate the Senate candidates.

[16:16] They've been with him up and down the

[16:17] line.

[16:18] >> Let me uh ask you one other question,

[16:20] Senator Enson. Uh I'm told that you said

[16:23] the other day in an interview that uh uh

[16:26] Governor Palin has been a drag on the

[16:29] Republican ticket and that in fact that

[16:31] you thought that Joe Biden was more

[16:33] qualified to be a vice president. Did

[16:34] you in fact say that?

[16:36] >> No, I did not say that. Uh what I said

[16:38] was Sarah Palin has brought out record

[16:40] crowds uh that that she I believe was

[16:43] mishandled by the campaign but but uh

[16:45] she has actually energized a large part

[16:47] of our base. But the presidential

[16:49] campaign is about the top of the ticket.

[16:51] Uh Barack Obama does not have the

[16:54] experience to be president of the United

[16:55] States. That was the point I was making

[16:57] in those comments the other day. John

[16:59] McCain has the experience and he has the

[17:01] judgment to be president of the United

[17:03] States and I believe that he will

[17:04] support the policies keeping our taxes

[17:06] low. Barack Obama wants to raise our

[17:08] taxes, redist redistribute wealth,

[17:11] punish success right now. That is the

[17:13] wrong agenda. When you're in a

[17:14] recession, you don't want to raise

[17:15] taxes.

[17:16] >> And what about uh Senator Stevens, the

[17:19] uh senior Republican in the Senate? Of

[17:21] course, he was just convicted uh on

[17:23] seven seven counts. Do you think that he

[17:26] ought to step down, Senator Enson,

[17:29] because he's still on the ballot there?

[17:31] >> Yeah, I I I think it would have been

[17:32] better, first of all, for this to have

[17:34] happened last year. the Justice

[17:35] Department had the information, they

[17:37] should have done this last year. So, the

[17:38] people of Alaska, if he was convicted

[17:40] like he was, they could have had a clear

[17:42] choice between a Republican and a

[17:44] Democrat. Mark Beg couldn't have won

[17:45] that state. Uh, if if it would have been

[17:47] a clear choice between a Republican, a

[17:50] normal Republican running up there. The

[17:52] only way he can win is possibly win is

[17:54] because Ted Stevens was uh convicted. I

[17:58] have said that it would be the best

[17:59] thing for Ted Stevens to step down and I

[18:02] and I said that last week. Well, and let

[18:04] me ask you, Senator Schumer, about Joe

[18:06] Lieberman, the Democrat who's been

[18:07] campaigning for John McCain. Should he

[18:09] leave the Democratic party now, uh, or

[18:12] should he still he still votes in

[18:14] organizing the Senate, uh, with the

[18:16] Democrats? What do you do with Joe

[18:18] Lieberman now, one way or the other?

[18:19] >> Leader Reid, who's a good friend of

[18:21] Joe's, has said, "We're not going to

[18:22] debate that, discuss it till after

[18:24] Tuesday." And I'm sticking with Leader

[18:26] Reid on that one.

[18:27] >> So,

[18:28] >> so I'm waiting. We're going to wait till

[18:30] Wednesday to even discuss that publicly

[18:32] or privately. There have been no

[18:33] discussions about it among our Senate

[18:35] leadership or in the caucus.

[18:37] >> All right, Bob, I will Bob, I will say

[18:39] that if Joe wants to uh leave the

[18:41] Democrat party and join us, we'd welcome

[18:43] him with open arms.

[18:44] >> All right. Well, I want to thank both of

[18:45] you for being with us morning.

[18:47] >> Let me wish you good luck, John. We may

[18:49] not speak until Tuesday night. You've

[18:52] done a great job.

[18:52] >> It's been a long two years, so it has.

[18:54] >> All right. Thank you, gentlemen. Back in

[18:56] a moment with some final thoughts.

[19:12] finally today, several presidential

[19:14] campaigns back, I wrote an essay on the

[19:17] joy of voting, and some folks have asked

[19:19] me to repeat it. So, here by I guess

[19:21] what I'd call semi-popular demand, here

[19:24] it is. Several of my fairly famous

[19:27] colleagues have disclosed they no longer

[19:29] vote as a way of maintaining their

[19:31] neutrality as journalists. I admire

[19:33] their objective, but I don't understand

[19:35] their reasoning. Anyone who knows me

[19:37] knows how much I love my job, but it is

[19:40] a job. I wouldn't equate it with voting,

[19:42] which to me is my duty as a citizen,

[19:45] like paying the water bill. I remember

[19:47] reading the rise and fall of the Third

[19:49] Reich as a young man and how surprised I

[19:51] was to learn the Nazis had used an

[19:54] election as a springboard to power. Had

[19:56] I lived in Germany then, I hope I could

[19:59] have voted against them. I wouldn't have

[20:00] wanted to be neutral on that one.

[20:02] Besides, voting is just so much fun. As

[20:05] a reporter, I have to back up what I say

[20:08] with facts. But I need to give no

[20:10] reason, Marshall, no argument for why I

[20:13] voted the way I did. Maybe I just didn't

[20:15] like the candidate's attitude. That's

[20:18] reason enough to vote against him. Or

[20:20] maybe I found a candidate really

[20:22] qualified. That's a good reason to vote

[20:24] for him. It is my vote and I can

[20:27] exercise it any way I choose. But no

[20:30] candidate gets my vote unless I believe

[20:32] he or she deserves it. We take voting so

[20:35] seriously at my house. My wife has

[20:37] instructed me not to tell even her who I

[20:41] voted for. She's afraid I'll disappoint

[20:43] her. Oh, ye of little faith. But isn't

[20:46] that the best part? We can tell everyone

[20:48] or no one. So go vote. It's good for the

[20:52] country and it's good for you. As my

[20:54] mother used to say, it makes you feel

[20:56] big and strong. Back in a minute.

[21:12] And that's our broadcast. We hope you

[21:14] will join us right here on election

[21:16] night when CBS News will have complete

[21:18] coverage of campaign 2008. Thanks for

[21:21] watching Face the Nation. We'll see you.