voters not being polled. and it turned out they were right and they came out in these even what we -- did consider, deep blue states. and hallie, you know this, you were on the road, as well. but every city we went to, didn't matter what state it was. didn't matter how blue that state was. he turned out thousands of supporters. and i think what we -- and we have said this and we're going to break it down, you know, until -- until our last hour, i guess. but there was an underestimation of how rural america and the working class american was feeling. the question now, though, what about the americans who did not find his message appealing? the minorities. >> about half the country. >> and the ones scared about his policies. that is still very much an open question. >> we understand we're going to be hearing from president obama in a couple minutes. mark, katie, hang out. we're going to bring in kelly o'donnell in wisconsin, where paul ryan spoke and nbc's chris jansing. chris, tell us a little bit about the mood, what you are