Midterm Elections Could Change Washington
BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Just about the bottom of the hour. You're watching CNN. I'm Brooke Baldwin. Tomorrow, big day, midterm elections could change the way Washington does business and force President Obama to deal with a Capitol Hill controlled by Republicans. Perhaps. Perhaps. The president has been mostly out of sight during the midterm election cycle, which means he has spent his last campaign attending party fundraisers and visiting blue states where his popularity remains relatively high. So, to the White House we go, to our correspondent there, Michelle Kosinski, who joins me. And so really the question now, do we know about any last-minute campaign trips, Michelle, planned by the president or will he remain out of sight?</s>MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Brooke. Right, we want to know the same thing. We asked that question of the White House today and they said that there are things planned but they will mainly be robo calls that have been prerecorded, possibly some radio interviews. Unclear if those are live or prerecorded as well. But the president is certainly out of sight. In fact, we saw the first lady today traveling to Maryland. She has an event this afternoon. The president is having a very quiet day tomorrow as well leading up to the election. The White House says he's continuing to help support Democrats but no public events planned -- Brooke?</s>BALDWIN: When you follow-up and ask them why, what is their response?</s>KOSINSKI: That was interesting. We asked what do you think has been most effective and we have seen the president doing? We have seen him out and about. He had a very busy weekend and he made a number of stops, Detroit, Philadelphia, Connecticut. Like you mentioned, these are not those tight nail-biter races that the nation is looking at. And why is that? A lot of those vulnerable Democrats have not wanted to campaign with the president. In fact, they've been trying to distance themselves. So the White House doesn't really want to talk about that. When these questions are asked, they say, look, it's up to each race, each state, you really have to ask them those questions. What was effective and what has the president done? They did mention the president is always effective at getting out the vote and fundraising, and he's been at a number of fundraisers. But they say when you talk about the Democratic campaign committees, the president has done everything that they asked him to do -- Brooke?</s>BALDWIN: OK. Michelle Kosinski, for me at the White House, thank you so much. And coming up next, we'll talk to CNN senior political analyst, David Gergen, on 2014 midterms after the break. Plus, I travel to a neighborhood in New York known as Little Liberia. Talk to people who are from there originally. One woman says she still feels like she's there. She says this is worse than the civil war because at least she knew where the enemy was and where she could flee. With Ebola, she doesn't know. We talk about stigma. Stay here.