Keeping Up With the Elections: The Latest Technology
HARRIS: Here we go. Get out and vote today. What's at stake? Control of Congress and the direction of the country on issues like taxes, the deficit, and the economy. Experts who closely track the races say Republicans are likely to take control of the House. Here's where things stand right now. The GOP needs a net gain of 39 seats to take over. The big question is what happens in the Senate? This is the current breakdown. Republicans need 10 seats to take charge there. The Best Political Team on Television brings you election coverage through the day and all night. And we're using the latest technology to keep you informed. Tom Foreman is here with the CNN 100, Tom.</s>TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Tony, if you don't watch anything else today, keep your eyes open whenever we come over to this big wall over here. This is our top 100 Congressional races. These are the races that are most on the knife edge. They could go either way and represent a change of what's happening there. Certain districts in particular we're keeping an eye on, places where we think that the Democrats, for example, have the greatest chance of being tipped over because maybe they just barely won it or came in on 2008 on the coattails of Barack Obama. Or perhaps in 2006 they were part of that big surge of people frustrated with the Republicans. The more you see these changing over to red, the more that will tell you the real impact of the election. Just remember that more than anything else, especially when we get back here to 2004, 2002, further back, people who have proven that they can be re-elected time and time again. If they start tipping, you've got the makings of a landslide. Thirty-nine seats are what the Republicans need to pick up over here if they want to control the House. Now, let's look at the Senate over here. We know that in the Senate side they have to pick up ten seats if they want to be the ones in control. This is the lay of the land out there, the places that they're looking at, possibly tipping things over. Keep an eye on places like Pennsylvania over here, where you've got the Sestak/Toomey race, which has been going right down to the wire. Places like Colorado, where you've got Michael Bennett and Ken Buck, who's had a lot of support from the Tea Party. See what happens there. Can they really coalesce the power of the Democrats in this area, and maybe the Republicans out in these areas? How are they going to bring that together? Colorado is a really interesting state because you see performance in both the Democrats, Republicans, and undecideds. It's really in a big balance in that state, unlike other places. And, keep an eye on Nevada, this very, very bitter race out there between Sharron Angle and Harry Reid, the Democrat. He's the Majority Leader in the Senate. If he gets tipped over that is a big, big, big thing for the Democrats, even if they hold onto other areas of power. So, that's what it comes down to. All day long, if you remember nothing else about the election, remember this, 39/10/Nevada, 39/10/Nevada. How those stack up tonight will be the measure of this race -- Tony.</s>HARRIS: That is good stuff. Tom Foreman for us. Campaign ad wars. There is a lot on the line today and candidates out there who don't mind crossing that line. But some campaign ads were more memorable than mean. We've got them for you on what's hot.