How hard is it to get to the airport via public transportation? We hit the road in Atlanta, Denver, and New York to find out.

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Caroline Kennedy says she’s interested in the New York's U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by current senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Some in the Democratic Party are already questioning her credentials. Does Kennedy have what it takes? And who else is in the running? Takeaway Political Director Andrea Bernstein discusses.

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The other big national races were for Congress and the Senate last night. Democrats picked up seats, although not as many as they'd hoped. There were also ballot initiatives revolving around several social issues that didn't make it to the stump. Todd Zwillich of Capitol News Connection and Takeaway political director Andrea Bernstein run down the results.

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The Takeaway's Political Director Andrea Bernstein has been all over the country visiting "Counties that Count," the swing counties that could determine the outcome of the election.

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The polls have just opened in Virginia and New Hampshire this morning. Joining us is Josh Rogers, reporter for New Hampshire Public Radio and Tommie McNeil, political reporter for Virginia Public Radio.

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Web-only extra! Full audio of Andrea interviewing Bob the Roofer and his friend John.

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Hillsborough County, Florida, is one of the "Counties that Count" in the 2008 election. The city of Tampa has both white, devoutly Christian voters and low-income blacks, with a mixed population filling in new suburbs. So what's motivating these key constituents to make their choice — and to make their choice early?

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They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the eighth in a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Director Andrea Bernstein talks with voters in Palm Beach County, Florida.

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(Pictured: Collee McCinty, Linda Foster, Mary Vincent, Judy Hamblin, Peggy Rosch. All were at the Galleria in Henderson, NV, voting early this year.)

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They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the eighth in a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Director Andrea Bernstein talks with voters in Pueblo County, Colorado.

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They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the seventh of a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Director Andrea Bernstein talks with voters in Weld County, Colorado.

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Today, supporters of presidential candidate Barack Obama and John McCain will be out in force claiming their candidate won last night's debate in Tennessee. It was a discussion largely about the policy differences the two have been touting for weeks on the economic troubles, energy policy and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it was a different format, with a small group of voters asking questions and sitting quietly as the candidates spoke.

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They're swing counties in swing states — and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the fifth of a series on "counties that count," The Takeaway's Political Director Andrea Bernstein talks with voters in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Indiana hasn't voted for a Democrat for President since 1964, but current polls indicate that the state could swing.

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