so joining me now is steve latourette, former republican congressman from ohio. amy stoddard.yan lizza, cnn political commentator and washington correspondent for the "new yorker." and maeve reston, a political reporter for the "los angeles times" and a contributor to "inside politics." all right, you guys are going to play fair tonight? i certainly hope not. so i'm going to start with a.b. stoddard. a.b., how much do you think isis and ebola, two stories that have really dominated the headlines in recent weeks, how much do you think it will impact the results tomorrow? >> well, i think it will have impacted the end of the campaign, and for candidates who are struggling, especially on the democratic side, it will have been a problem. if you look at polls, the new nbc/"wall street journal" polls, this is not at all the top issue. neither one of those stories is. the economy is and health care and other domestic issues. but they took up a lot of oxygen. they were scary. and they were good commercial material. and they were good stump topics. and so that's why it had a way of dro

. >> steve latourette thank you for joining us tonight. chris matthews is up next. >>> which republicans won last night? the doers or the destroyers? >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york still. the republican wave last night was even nastier than the projections out there. one senate race in alaska is still to be called and another in louisiana is heading for a run-off but it could lead to a nine-seat pick-up for republicans. and with it, the strong majority control of the united states senate. but the big question is whether the victory won in campaigns run against the president will be used to punish him or to deal with him. whether they're trying to destroy the obama legacy or bull a better future for the country. we're already hearing a familiar voice out there demanding destruction. here is rush limb sgau the mandate he gave the republicans last night. >> it is the biggest and perhaps the most important mandata political party has had in the recent era. it is very simple what that mandate is. to stop barack obama. it is to

. >> steve latourette thank you for joining us tonight.the destroyers? >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york still. the republican wave last night was even nastier than the projections out there. one senate race in alaska is still to be called and another in louisiana is heading for a run-off but it could lead to a nine-seat pick-up for republicans. and with it, the strong majority control of the united states senate.

senators pane panel features for senators olympia snowe and bob bennett and former congressman steve latourette martin frost and bud cramer. >> thanks to avoid for being here. -- thanks, everyone, for being here. .. i think that it's abundantly clear that the congress is going to have to move forward and learn how to legislate and govern. it's a move from legislating to governing and the the comes of concept that has to be the operative language. to be critical i believe that senator mitch mcconnell_douglas knight in his own speech and in a speech that he delivered earlier in the senate this year where he outlined how they wanted to restore the senate to what it was intended to do to govern and deliberate and the legislative initiative to have the robust debate on the policies we have the committees considering the legislation marking it up and reporting it to the floor. on the broad issues that face this country it's returning to the senate to its original purpose in founding and i believe that that is going to be the underlying objective moving forward. >> does that mean the house house and t