john mccormack is a senior writer for the weekly standard. >> john, i put together this did i did before our segment, 50 ways to leave your lover, 50 ways to survive 50 days until the midterm elections. so couple that, thank you within so consider the poll i just read to you. how does it look for demes, john? >> it's going to be pretty tough. you know, and the number falls out on the generic ballot which is who do you approve? republicans now have an edge by about four points in an average of polls. the bigger question is the senate race. no one expects the house to flip, that's a pure republican hands, but the question is the senate. right now, looks like republicans have a pretty good shot at getting above 50 seats, but the question here is again if you go back in 2010 that the senate race tend to individualize more. and a statewide campaign, off better opportunity to, you know, each side is running ten plus million dollars worth of ads, you get an opportunity to represent the case. the question is whether or not democrats will save some seats in the senate which is what really matters

rick cline, sheena easton, and john mccormack. john, am i right? >> i think you're right.sident is supposed to come out in times like these and reassure the nation and steel our resolve. when the president has spoken he's given bad statements like we don't have a strategy. who spoke after the last terrorist attack -- let's be clear, this was a terrorist attack -- you know, he says things like, "people like this ultimately fail because the future belongs to those who build, not those who destroy." platitudes rather than saying we need destroy them, this is what we're going to do to defeat them. that was the contrast between david cameron and the president. it was striking. >> my colleague, dana perino, who was a white house secretary disagrees. she said i was wrong. i stopped listen, she's got experience. >> i was going to say i think you're wrong, too. >> all right. i never do like the women on the panel. >> i think standing out in front of a camera as -- right after a terrorist beheading shows the terrorists got your goat. i don't think that he needs to descend to that le