one thing is, it's not clear what could happen in terms of confirming somebody else to be the epa administrator. this may be one of those situationses where pruitt has a better chance of weathering the storm, literally because they couldn't the figure out who else could get through the senate. >> something tells me scott pruitt has probably turned on his twitter notifications on his cell phone from the president's account. let's switch gears quickly. i want to ask you about phil bredesen who is now holding a ten-point lead over congresswoman marsh blackburn for the tennessee senate race. what does that tell us about heading into the mid term? >> of course the republicans should be worried.