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election day became t most tweeted political event in history underlining the emphasis many have given to social media this year. with two hours before the da 20 million tweets. social medi it is here to richard, appreciate it. want to bring back in the panel for their final thoughts. e anna obviously becomes one the mostts in u.s. history, but you were talking about the senate still not a single african-american member. just want to throw that out there. millions was people makingir voices were heard. not by bullets, ballots. let freedom ring. let s take a look across the country, and you see county by county breakdown shows it s still a deeply divided nation and i hope that this next term with congress and the president is able to get some things done for the people. you? final thoughts from watching tonight? my final thought is that the and prepared to take on to be the president for everyone but more importantly, to solidify himself ivil rights leader. he has to take on
warren is just huge forég progressive women, for notion that you can talk backbanks and win. us a deeper bench to president. hillary may run. run in 2016. if she doesn t, we suddenly have mofrom. this is a year that we were expected it was possible we were going to lose women, but espec claire mccaskill s situation. yes.we have to thank todd akin other idiots opining about rape. well here are the numbers. we ve four women to the u.s. senate, possib depending on what happens in that means there are at leasin the u.s. senate. that is an all-time step would take a step back and say what? under 20%? it s still underrepresented, and so for women there that are watching and thinking about throwing their halt into politics, you re needed. do it. exactly. then you say wn to hav well, in the case of elizabeth warren to echo joan walsh, you have someone who is a fighter, and i think the debt ceiling question goes to fighting not bipart sfwlmore. this is msnbc, the place for politi