scholar. nina, what makes 2010 different? >> well, jenna, it's typical, as you said, for the president's party to lose seats in congress during the midterm election but for the president's party to lose control of one, if not both changes of congress, which the predictions are as have been discussed this morning, this will be the third time in two decades, and -- the first time in two decades and that is unusual. today's elections are not a referendum directly on president obama but they are a reflection of his leadership, particularly because his successes over the past two years have been tied so closely to the 111th congress, the stimulus pang, health care reform, financial regulation. so 2010 will be remembered if the democrats lose control of the house. jenna: let me stop you there we are talking about this flipflopping back and forth as far as power of congress changing so quickly over the