number of republican retirements, and combine that with history, and all the money the democrats had, they should have picked up the house, and they did it, i thought they would do 35 to 40, that's about what we're headed for. the national surveys were right. i think what's note worthy about this election is, barack obama got cleaned out in 2010 and came back to win in 2012. i don't think you can read too much into this as far as the presidential campaign, if you're donald trump, you have to start talking to the people in the suburbs, he made a tactical mistake by going to the caravan instead of the economy. i know he thinks it's boring. >> at least he could have stuck with the truth. the car va van was a complete ruse. it was a joke, it was about fear and loathing. the president proved us right by never mentioning it again after the election. what a shameful thing that was, and i think it hurts your party. to scott's point, if you look at what happened there, obama,