michael shure, david catanese, thank you for your time?ed, the exhaustion is setting in, and the reality that the campaign is over and the task of governing awaits is growing on the victors. meanwhile, a quiet reality of loss is setting in for the vanquished. for the rest of us the question remains. what does it all mean? here are a few quick takes and remember sometimes the most obvious is also the most important. first, the tea party got thumped. it's candidates lost essential senate races that the republican party had taken for granted mere months ago. and the tea party isolated mitt romney from mainstream voters linking him top rabid ideology that he could not shake as he desperately tried to move to the middle in the closing weeks of the campaign. lesson: the loudest most rabid voices don't often command the votes needed to win in november. second in the melting pot that is america inclusive trumps exclusive. whether it's single women young adults or minorities, alienating the most rapidly growing voting blocs is just not smart politi

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david catanese here with us.ou think is going to win by how much, peter? >> a lot of people are saying 303 is the number for obama. that's what we're seeing on twitter. a follow-up story to our schedule for the president today, we have confirmation on what he will be doing. he will be playing basketball. he is playing basketball today. he sent an e-mail around. robert gibbs confirmed it. he's asked reggie love, his former -- robert gibbs trying to organize a pickup basketball game in chicago for today. gibbs said they didn't play pick up basketball in 2008, the day of the primary election in new hampshire. that's the one he lost to hillary clinton. so it is good luck now basketball on election day. >> bill: is gibbs playing? >> gibbs is playing. >> bill: there you go. all right. yeah. that's a good way to spend a few hours, right? >> not letting biden play. >> he's a mean power forward. >> that's malarchy. >> bill: senator sherrod brown will be joining us and labry sab -- larry sabato from the university of virgi

thanks, david catanese, from politico.ri incumbent democratic senator claire mccaskill leads todd akin by five points. the campaign just dropped a devastating ad. let's watch the latest mccaskill ad. here it is. >> is todd akin fit to serve in the senate? mitt romney doesn't think so. >> what he said was indefensible, was wrong. it was offensive, and he should step out of the race. >> and he's not alone. >> todd akin is not at that convention, told by his own party to stay home. >> even republican senators from missouri called todd akin totally unacceptable. >> frankly, he would not be welcomed by republicans in the united states senate. >> it was offensive, and he should step out of the race. >> i'm claire mccaskill, and i approve this message. >> was that you playing the piano in that one, senator? >> no. >> that was a pretty devastating ad. you have all the republicans who had basically ran scared from the guy. are they all still scared of him or have they regrouped since that ad -- since those pictures were taken? >> s