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Now, the information can be called up with other information from the electronic console. i think we can call it a wedding of political science and electronic science. it achieves its election results which ill be reporting throughout the evening by doing some computations. the political equations and the experts tell me to accomplish these equations humanly would take the work of 60,000 clerks. this is richard ardness with the rca 501 computer. >> its now about ten minutes old. it puts them out...

51.2% for kennedy, 48.8% for nixon. which i believe is the same thing its been saying all night. the odds it figures -- i didnt know electronic computers figured odds, did you? >> no, ive never heard that before. that was new to me tonight. >> we may be able to find some other kind of work for the 501 when the election is over. >> it can compute odds? maybe there will be some other kind of work for that there computing machine after this election is over, fellas. nbcs whiz bang rca 501 computer....

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Like weve seen it. that would get sent to the house and would be faced with accepted or likely shutdown. now, if it gets back to the house, boehner would only need if, he was willing to support that to try to protect his members from some calamity, about 40, 50 republican votes to pass it, with democratic votes, and these tough guy house republicans who think theyre going to win on this, this way, could end up getting far less than if they stuck with boehner e politically challenging for boehner...