as you said, russell pearson arizona, the sponsor of sb 1070 having a rough night. looks like he may be on his way to being recalled. obviously the vote tonight in maine to reinstate voting rights the republicans had done away with. and in ohio, all eyes on ohio right now as this definitive vote tonight, just a huge, huge margin by which it was defeated. i did not believe that it would be this big a margin, even if issue 2 did lose. and it's just -- it could not be a more definitive statement tonight, ed. >> rachel, i think we have seen the template clearly develop to fight back on citizens united, the supreme court ruling. we have seen here in ohio an unbelievable effort on the ground. is this the model? what do you think? >> i think the thing we talked about earlier, ed, about the difference between the democratic base and what the democrats have thought they could rely on to win elections moving forward is a distinction i think that can no longer be lost on national democrats. you actually have to give people something to go vote for. you've got to give people so

and i think it also should be pointed out that in the state of arizona, russell pearson, who wrote the anti-immigration law, is trailing in his rachel, how do you call it? interesting stuff happening out there tonight. >> it is for liberals and democratic minded americans and progressive americans and people i think who would put themselves more toward the center of american politics than rather to the right where republican party has really staked a flag this year. this is going to be a night of good cheer. the mississippi personhood amendment, it should also be noted, was defeated. a lot of people thought that anything that could be branded, even remotely antiabortion in mississippi, would pass in a walk. mississippi voters voted that down. it should be noted that this is the thing that would have not just banned abortion outright, it would have also banned birth control. and ivf fertility treatments. mitt romney, the republican front-runner for president said he was in favor of that thing. mississippi voters voted it down. russell pierce in arizona, state senate president, sponsor o