neck race right now between the democrat and republican of massachusetts. ali, again, if we're talking about in trouble in massachusetts it just shows you how bad it is for democrats potentially around the country. ali? >> it does show you there are lots and lots of interesting races here. everybody thinking that the midterms is what people don't way attention to. there are going to be interesting races. the two of you make it remarkable compelling to follow the details of this election. i must say to you. you guys are contenders. >> you've made up for the we love ed henry at the top. we'll give you that. all right, mark, paul, thanks so much. stay attention to the key races and issues heading in. next cnn equals politics update, one hour away. we're serving up the other other white meat.