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Because thats what were here for, thats what america means, freedom of expression. until then we have to think give him a chance to show what kind of person hes going to be as president. >> patti, obviously you were working with clns clinton in 2008 when it didnt work out so you have been here before. what do you say to protesters in the streets who may be thinking about going out in future demonstrations about trying to bring the country together, about, to anas point, of giving the president a...

Whether it was the clinton folks handing off to -- you know, president bush in 2000 or bush to obama in 08, youre talking about the transfer of power between traditional politicians. people who were in the arena. politics between the 40 yard lines. this is someone who ran a very different kind of campaign from outside of politics. i think the nature of his appeal, so scared the left, including the folks in the white house, its going to be did i cut to pass the baton on to somebody who they think...

To it. it affects your family, your friends. and you do it because you believe in a cause, or you believe in a candidate. you believe in something bigger than yourself, and when you lose, its excruciating and will be feign. as she said, for a very long time. to this day a do a would have, could have, should have in the 08 campaign. put more in the caucuses or talked more of humanity than experience. i feel for these people. theyre going to be talking about what have, could have, should have for ...

Wisconsin, in michigan, in ohio, in pennsylvania. thats one thing we know about that region. if you are winning by that much of a margin in iowa, okay, maybe you cant transfer that over to nevada but you certainly can transfer it to wisconsin. >> exactly. and thats one of the things. usually, right, the states sort of move in conjunction with each other. youre not going to lose florida by five points and win pennsylvania by ten. it just doesnt work that way. given the makeup of these states. to ...

How much is that is garbage at this point? >> well, look, numbers do matter. you have to know if youre banking votes and how to do it and you have computers and great models to do it. kind of argue that we got so used to doing was the data-driven obama campaign. and whether that same apparatus could be transferred to somebody else. what weve actually seen, democrats did great as a party over the last eight years when barack obama name was on the ballot. in 08, in 2012. when his name wasnt on the...

Fwhoot it wasp maybe not nor then senator and then president obama, but still could come down to north carolina tonight. >> right. a lot of people this african-american vote is down there because of voter suppression. we have to wait and see how it pans out. african-american voting is pretty good in other state. the question, why not there? the clinton campaign talked about the la tain oh vote, 2 or 3% of the population. population so great, could make a difference there and north carolina is ki...

President obama here in this county. they voted for obama in 08 as well as 2012. will they flip to republican? of course, this state of michigan has not turned red since 1988. wou could it be different this time? kept in one of the polls places, kept far back. a little lull. of course, its the middle of the afternoon. we did see lines ranging about 45 minutes long this morning. the poll workers here tell me thats about average for a presidential election, but we do expect things to pick back up ...

Continue to talk about these elections and demographics as if they are frozen in time. this is a browner and blacker electorate than what you saw in 08 or 12 and they are registered. one thing that i think is so exciting and i was so proud to watch it happen. last night in illinois, to use a state we know pretty much is going to go for hillary clinton as well, chance the rapper teamed up with the black youth project and had a parade to the polls and these are the kinds of things where we continu...

08 and 2012. wondering, though, if this year could be different. no early voting, though, so today is the only day that really counts. alisyn and chris? >> big day in the alleged blue wall vote there in michigan. well be all over it. jessica, thank you very much. lets discuss whats happening and the implications with our panel. cnn political commentator, senior writer for "the federalist," mary katherine ham. "washington post" reporter, abby phillip. and cnn editor for "the atlantic," ron browns...

>> its my chance, perhaps the last chance i have, to introduce him as president of the united states. so i just want to take a moment to publicly say how proud i am of all that he has done for this country. i am, im, im proud, not just of what he has done but how he has done it. getting the job done in the face of unimaginable challenges. always going high when they go low. showing us all what intelligence, dignity and grace really look like. and never, ever compromising his values or beliefs. >...