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Now it means something. i live in a red state, a blue state. these terms mean something in a way they never did before. 40 years ago that first map came up. now we talk about red and blue all the time. tuesday night, of course, we will be living red and blue all night, maybe into the morning, maybe even a little longer after that, if its like 2000 all over again, thats our most important number of the day. 270 today, coming up next, as early voting numbers come in from states like north carolina...

For more, let me bring in minnesota congressman keith ellisson. your thoughts on paul ryans budget that repeals obamacare and offers no replacement? >> well, im not surprised at all. all along the way they have had the opportunity to talk about what they would do to improve healthcare for americans. they have failed utterly in every single step. now that paul ryan unvails his budget, which by the way cuts about 3 million jobs by 2017, were not surprised. i mean, at the end of the day i think ame...

You will be getting more money if you work less to pay for health insurance under the affordable care act. so then taking away the incentive for americans to work. certainly had a lot of people thinking that was ad about thing. 2 $.5 million sucked out of the middle class full time. doesnt sound like good news. but keith ellisson said this could be a great thing. listen to the spin. >> were going to have parents being able to come homeworking reasonable hours, people are going to be able to reti...

Probably have a pretty good defense. but why isnt this country doing something about getting the billion dollars back? this is a web site that is totally grossly disgusting. >> on all days, cyber monday, not going to be a great day. >> beautiful. >> meanwhile, weve got another sound bite to play. this is congressman keith ellisson, a democrat from minnesota. he says that while he acknowledges there have been problems with the web site, this is going to be good for the democrats next year. listen...

Intervene, i said we should intervene on humanitarian grounds, food, water, but when the gas situation came up, it was a red line for me. not just obama. and you ask me how i think through these things. it is by trying to get the firsthand information. im not re lying on the nsa or even u.s. intelligence. im relying on people who have intelligence and directly report to them from the region. and as a better principle, im like almost always against the war. i was against iraq. i am against -- ira...

That the united states intervene, i said we should intervene on humanitarian grounds, food, water, but when the gas situation came up, it was a red line for me. not just obama. and you ask me how i think through these things. it is by trying to get the firsthand information. im not re lying on the nsa or even u.s. intelligence. im relying on people who have intelligence and directly report to them from the region. and as a better principle, im like almost always against the war. i was against ir...

I think its important for me to listen, to engage in congress. were going to spend this week talking to members of congress, answering their questions and im going to speak to the american people tomorrow night directly and i will evaluate after that whether or not we feel strongly enough about this that were willing to move forward. >> joining me now in minnesota, keith ellisson. these are the easy votes. this is what you signed up for. the nice, easy ones. what is your decision about how to vo...

I think its important for me to listen, to engage in congress. were going to spend this week talking to members of congress, answering their questions and im going to speak to the american people tomorrow night directly and i will evaluate after that whether or not we feel strongly enough about this that were willing to move forward. >> joining me now in minnesota, keith ellisson. these are the easy votes. this is what you signed up for. the nice, easy ones. what is your decision about how to vo...

But where is john boehner, where are the leaders of the republican party saying this is ridiculous? theyre not saying it, and in the meantime, it helps the democrats to not saying it and helps the democratics because it makes the republican party more weirdly tea partyish than it already did. >> and you have gone through some verbal faux pas they have gone through. >> yes, allen west on the republican side has nods from people like sarah palin and herman cane, saying he can get the tea party exc...

The first muslim elected to congress -- and he called the chairwoman vile. these are things if youre a vice president candidate youre going to drive your campaign off message and it will hurt the campaign high pressure he is showing he is not ready for the national spotlight, and its easy for democrating to lampoon that behavior, and romney needs to be the serious adult that can fix our problems. >> to show everybody how far off the rails this is, the communist party is backing away from what we...