Guests: Juan Williams & Mary Katharine Ham
A new poll of likely voters in states where midterm races are tight clearly demonstrates that most Americans are uneasy. 64% say things in the United States feel like they are out of control. But when asked if the election for the House and Senate were held today, 41% said they would vote for the Democratic candidate, 36% for the Republican, and 23% don't know yet. If a whopping 64% of Americans think the country is out of control, why would anyone vote for a Democratic candidate? The answer is emotion. The Democrats have been very successful in convincing some voters that the Republican Party favors the rich and is anti-woman. What is certainly true is that the Democratic Party and President Obama have not been successful in making America a stronger country. We are much weaker than we were six years ago. So if you are voting for the country, you would be less likely to support the Democrats. But if you are voting just for yourself and what you can get from the government, the option the Democrats provide is attractive. Part of the reason the USA is in trouble is that President Obama puts ideology over tough, practical solutions. Ebola is a good example. Overwhelmingly, Americans want a travel ban on countries where the epidemic is raging. The president dissents, saying a ban would 'make the disease even harder to track.' But Senegal and Nigeria have prohibited West Africans in the neighboring Ebola-plagued districts from entering and that strategy has been effective. Based on that, a travel ban to America is certainly appropriate, but the president continues to say no. That's one of many examples of ideology trumping practical solutions to vexing problems. We are living in a dangerous, complicated world. We need problem solvers, not ideologues."

Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham reacted to the Talking Points Memo. "You are looking at some facts in isolation," Williams chided The Factor. "You talk about people saying the country is in a chaotic situation, but they've been saying that for more than a decade. Republicans are trying to undermine Obama and trust in government by saying things are out of control because of Obama and the Democrats. There is paranoia and fear without any legitimate grounds." Ham accused the administration of disregarding the opinions of ordinary Americans. "I'm willing to listen to an epidemiologist who says a travel ban isn't the best idea. But they don't bother to say that to the American people, they say, 'Shut up, stupid little people, we will not be doing a travel ban, why are you racist?' These clumsy bureaucratic systems are not working."

Guest: Benjamin Crump
According to new reports, forensic evidence indicates that Michael Brown may have tried to wrest the gun from Officer Darren Wilson in their Ferguson confrontation. The Factor discussed the contentious case with Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump. "We still haven't gotten anything official from the prosecutor's office," Crump began. "But even if we are to accept this allegation as true, it doesn't explain the other shots and the fact that Michael Brown was running away from the police officer. That's why his family is begging for charges to be brought, so there can be a trial and it can be transparent." The Factor called out the race-baiters who are demanding a prosecution and guilty verdict: "Al Sharpton and others have basically convicted the police officer and that makes all fair-minded people a little queasy."

Guest: Brit Hume
Various courts have been all over the map when ruling on same-sex marriage cases. FNC's Brit Hume analyzed one situation in Idaho where two Christian ministers don't want to officiate at gay weddings. "They have a wedding chapel called 'The Hitching Post,'" he reported. "It's not a church, but they are ordained ministers. They say it is against their religious beliefs to perform homosexual marriages, so they are now under threat of being locked up. These are ordained ministers who are being told to do something that's against their faith. I have my doubts whether what they are trying to do to these ministers will stand up in court, my guess is that the courts will say that they don't have to do this under freedom of religion."

Guest: Stacey Dash
Many liberals claim that "white privilege" makes it much harder for black Americans to succeed in America. The Factor hashed that out with mixed-race actress Stacy Dash, a Fox News contributor whose biological parents were both drug addicts. "I couldn't understand why they weren't around," she recalled, "or why there were so many fights and why we were moving so much. When you have so much sadness, it's excruciating, and I found that if I got angry it motivated me more. I had to fight a lot, I had to prove that I was not going to be pushed around. But in the past few years I realized that anger was unsustainable and I had to find another way, so I just got closer to God." Dash urged black Americans to avoid believing that "white privilege" is holding them down. "The disenfranchised and the uninformed have to be educated. Your life and your destiny is not dependent on somebody else. It's your responsibility."

Guest: Karl Rove
Looking way ahead to 2016, Karl Rove scrutinized a new poll of Republicans showing that Mitt Romney leads the pack of prospective contenders. "Most Republicans have concluded that Romney will not be a candidate," Rove surmised, "but if he were a prospective candidate I think his number would be even higher." Rove turned to the Senate race in Colorado, where the Denver Post raised eyebrows by endorsing Republican Cory Gardner over Democratic incumbent Mark Udall. "This was a very strong endorsement - they said Gardner is a candidate of a new generation of leadership and praised his ability to work across party lines." The Factor scoffed at Rove's prediction that Mitt Romney will not run for the presidency: "Why would any human being get up at five in the morning to talk with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday if he were not running? He's going to campaign for the nomination, just wait and see."

Guest: Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters hit the bricks of New York City to ask some people about the Ebola scare. Some of their responses: "It's the disease that comes from the dirty water" ... "I had it recently, I was very sick to my stomach" ... "I think people are overreacting" ... "I think it's a conspiracy." Watters then recapped his excursion among the unknowing. "They don't know anything. But it's understandable because the CDC is confused about what Ebola is and people are too."

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Olu Buley, Manchester, England: "O'Reilly, you seem obsessed with a travel ban. Has it ever crossed your mind that Thomas Duncan was unaware he had Ebola when he entered the USA?"

Jack Carter, Troy, OH: "Bill, your analysis of the Obama administration's foot-dragging on the travel ban has been excellent. But you don't seem to be willing to admit it is intentional. The president's sympathies are with the Africans and they don't care if a few Americans die."