republicans have 233 members of the house right now and he predicts the end of the cycle he is the chairman of the -- he said they are going to have 245. he said we are going to pick up, republicans will pick up 12 seats this fall. i know you responded by saying you don't want to make predictions. i want to ask you a bigger picture question here and that is we know the nature of these midterm elections and you think you've found a way to change that. to pick up any seats in the white house party in the midterm is practically unheard of and when it happens very small amount. when the democrats picked up seats in the '98 mid terms and democrats picked up five and shocking and not since james monroe had the white house picked up that many seats. you have 17 to pick up the house. is it fair to say you're playing a longer game where 2014 is about setting up 2016 when you'll have that presidential turnout environment and able to pick up big seats then potentially? >> first of all, i like greg but