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With November’s mid-term elections only weeks away, many candidates have begun rounds of debates in a final effort to win over voters. In California’s gubernatorial race, Republican Meg Whitman lost some points in polls when her opponent, Democrat Jerry Brown, accused Whitman of employing an illegal immigrant. Hours before last night’s debate between Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut, McMahon released an attack ad telling voters Blumenthal lied about his war service.

We talk with Michael Shear, chief political reporter for The Caucus Blog at The New York Times about the importance of the debates and their potential impact on undecided voters.