for more, let's turn to leo gehrard, president of the united steelworkers international. mr. d, you don't have to get your blood pressure up tonight. this is what winning feels like. you've won a lot of negotiations in your lifetime. did you put the "mission accomplished" banner up on the office door today? because it would be appropriate, wouldn't it? >> we had a little celebration with all of our folks and we think that it's mission accomplished. but you know what, i was pretty disheartened when i saw mitch mcconnell kind of start pretending that they had won. and you know, ed, what's really important in this election is that boots on the ground showed a number of things. and i've listed three for our people. number one, we proved that the election of barack obama wasn't a fluke in 2008, no matter how much hate they threw at him. we elected the best man. we proved that you couldn't buy the government of america with millionaires and billionaires and attack ads. we proved that you couldn't steal the votes by intimidation and voter suppression. so all those things were done. t

leo gehrard on the success of the get out to vote effort over citizens united. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. we are coming right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." last night was clearly an historic victory for president obama. he is only the second democrat from world war ii to win a second full term and he did it against great odds. the inside story is remarkable. jim messina, who's the mastermind, jim messina, the president's campaign manager, met with president obama six months ago to unveil a very unique strategy, according to the "wall street journal." the plan was to spend heavily, early, to define mitt romney early in the battleground states. romney would be busy trying to capture the republican nomination and would not be able to have the money to defend himself. the plan was surgical and methodical and it resonated, as an accurate portrait of a corporate raider. romney's 47% remark surfaced months later and solidified this image of romney and showed is us how he viewed the electorate. let's turn to john nic