Under two months out

The midterm elections are now less than two months away. That is the point where ad spending, travel schedules and closing arguments all get real.

“With the midterm elections less than two months away”

A panel of three

CBS News put together three people who follow campaigns for a living to walk through what is coming on the trail.

The numbers read

Anthony Salvanto runs elections and surveys at CBS News. His job is the polling picture: where each race actually sits, not where a campaign says it does.

The White House angle

Ed O'Keefe is CBS News senior White House and political correspondent, covering how the administration and national politics feed into individual races.

Who rates the races

Amy Walter is editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report, the shop that grades seats race by race and moves them as the map shifts.

Both parties' outlook

The discussion lands on what each party is walking into, and what voters should expect to see and hear over the final weeks.

“what voters can expect to see on the midterm campaign trail and the outlook for both parties”