Mikulski is Biden's Number One Fantasy Football Pick
VELSHI: For those of you political junkies, it is the most wonderful time of the hour. It's time for "CNN Equals Politics" update. Right now, CNN senior political analyst Gloria Borger at the CNNPolitics.com desk in Washington, which is apparently the place to be. Gloria, what is going on right now?</s>GLORIA BORGER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Ali, it's the place to be and I'm so glad you're here with us today, right now.</s>VELSHI: Thank you.</s>BORGER: It's an increasingly nasty race for governor of New York, as you know. We got a couple of polls out today that are giving us some confusing numbers here. One poll today shows Democrat Andrew Cuomo ahead of the republican, Carl Paladino, by 33 percent. That's a really big lead. But another poll, Ali, shows him only ahead by 6 percent.</s>VELSHI: Wow.</s>BORGER: So what's the difference here? And this is what's really important to know, the closer you get to an election, the poll that shows 33 percent just is of registered voters, but the poll that shows it closer is of likely voters and that tells the whole story of the enthusiasm gap we're seeing in this election, that likely voters are now more likely to vote republican. And that brings us to our second topic, because that is something that President Obama spoke about specifically at a democratic fundraiser last night in New York. He said the single biggest threat to the party is apathy and he said there are people feeling, quote, "we only got 80 percent of what we want, so we're going to sit on our hands." If that's the case, Ali, the Democrats could well lose control of the House and maybe even the Senate. So that's not exactly what the president wants. And last, but of course not least, there's something from the annals of Biden-speak today. Not too bad, sort of fun. When you see Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, football probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind, but today he called her his number one pick in fantasy football. I think it was just his way of calling her indispensable. She, of course, pointed out she's the only one in the Senate who gets to call him Biden and se still does, Velshi, because she likes him.</s>VELSHI: And, Gloria --</s>BORGER: And look who's here. Look who's here. Oh, my god.</s>MARK PRESTON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL EDITOR: It was just two weeks ago where Gloria came on during one of these when I was talking and gave me a hug. I want people to know, I repay my debt.</s>VELSHI: Nice.</s>PRESTON: I've got to give my girl a hug right here.</s>VELSHI: Not only "The Best Political Team on Television," but the friendliest. Good to see you both. And, Mark, we'll see you in about an hour.</s>BORGER: Come to Washington. Come visit us.</s>VELSHI: I will definitely do that. Good to see you both. And, of course, be sure to stay with CNN for complete coverage of the key races and key issues heading into these midterm elections, these critical midterm elections. Mark will be with us for our next "CNN Equals Politics" update just an hour away. We'll be right back.