law, where possession of the drug remains illegal. So what were voters saying when casting their ballots? We try to parse the various results now with Linda Killian, senior scholar at the WoodrowWilsonInternationalCenter and author of the book "The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents," And Stuart Rothenberg of The Rothenberg Political Report and Roll Call, my sidekick and our go-to analyst last night during our election special, a very long special. Welcome back, Stuart. STUART ROTHENBERG , The Rothenberg Political Report: Thanks. JEFFREY BROWN: And hello to Linda. Stu, let me start with you. The -- on the one hand, you sort of end up with the status quo in Congress, right? On the other hand, given where things started, the Democrats did quite well, especially in those tight Senate races. So, a day later, what can we say? The taste in our mouths at the end of this election was better for the Democrats than for the Republicans. In the Senate, the Democrats added two Senate seats, really a remarkable outcome. A year ago, if you asked me what was going to happen, I would tell you that the Republicans probably would pick up between three and six Senate seats. And, instead, instead, the Democrats gained two. Just think of it. This Senate class was 23 Democrats and only 10 Republicans. But only eight Republicans are coming out of this election. So, it was a dramatic event where the Democrats won Republican seats in Maine, Massachusetts, and