let's listen to what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said this week. >> if you look at the history of off-year elections, particularly two years into a new administration, remember clinton lost the house and senate, obama lost the house and almost lost the senate, we know the wind will be in our face, we're not sure if it's a category three, four, or five. but i'm hoping we can hold the senate and the principal reason for that, even if we were to lose the house and be stymied legislatively, we could still approve appointments, which is a huge part of what we do.