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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 it's like 2000 all over again, that's our most important number of the day. 270 today, coming up next, as early voting numbers come in from states like north carolina, now a concerning sign for democrats to share, black voters down from four years ago, a big part ...

For more, let me bring in minnesota congressman keith ellisson. your thoughts on paul ryan's budget that repeals obamacare and offers no replacement? >> well, i'm 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, we're not surprised. i mean, at the end of the day i think americans are beginning to see that the republican program of cutting things that they need, of cutt...

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. doesn't sound like good news. but keith ellisson said this could be a great thing. listen to the spin. >> we're going to have parents being able to come homeworking reasonable hours, people are going to be able to retire. people might be able to actually cook dinner rather than have to order out and get takeout. >>...

Probably have a pretty good defense. but why isn't 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, we've 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 to this. >> i think even though he may have said if you like your decent insurance, your insuranc...

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. i'm not re lying on the nsa or even u.s. intelligence. i'm relying on people who have intelligence and directly report to them from the region. and as a better principle, i'm like almost always against the war. i was against iraq. i am against -- iraq, thank you. afghanistan, but i think there is a duty and a responsibility to protect. but i'm s...