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For a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/bayarea. some big election news tonight. with a vacant u.s. senate seat up for grabs in new jersey, the associated press has called the race for democrat cory booker, the mayor of newark and rising star in the democratic party. he defeated conservative republican steve lonegan for the seat held by the late and dearly missed frank lautenberg. booker, known for frequent communication with constituent on twitter, offered his expression of gratitude to his 1.4 million followers. thank you very much, new jersey, i'm proud to be your senator-elect. i li...

Republicans and democrats and maybe that's a way forward. >> great news. we have things outside. if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." chuck todd will ask you you. the dodgers won. we want to see this. >> this game is over. the latest round of governing by crisis. they dodged the default and the severe damage to be done to our leaders and image in the world. perhaps most severely to the republican party brand. one of the democrats who wrote the senate solution and oren 4567, a better republican who has seen his share of shutdowns, but always with this one. new jersey has a new senator-ele...

[ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some financial folks who will talk to them about preparing early for retirement and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. welcome back to "the lead." now it's time for the politics lead. you know him as a twitter fanatic who is quick to shovel out a snow-bound car, maybe perform a superhero act like pull a neighbor from a burning building or show up on a late night talk show. now newark's celebrity mayor, cory booker, is also new jersey's senat...

Senator-elect and newark mayor cory booker. congratulations. >> thank you so much. great to be back on. >> i know. where have you been? >> we know where he's been. >> finally he's here. actually i know it's a bittersweet time for you. so we're glad to have you back on the show. and i actually want to take that question seriously. why would you want to go to washington. what do you think you can accomplish given the state of affairs there? >> there's tremendous challenges and nobody should be under an illusion about one person making a difference. i find it eerily familiar what people said to m...

>> do you believe that ohio has been settled? >> no, i don't. >> this went from -- when we started this confers three or four minutes ago, 1,195 to -- >> so you're not saying obama isn't going to win. you're just saying he hasn't won it yet. >> long before that, in 2004, he talked act his ultimate goal. >> you have said that your ultimate goal is a permanent republican majority. what does that mean? >> there are no permanent majorities in politics. they last in 20, 30, 40 or in the case of the roosevelt coalition, 50 or 60 years, but then they disappear. but would i like to see the republican ...