as you can see, things have flipped. more americans, more voters now say they would choose republicans over democrats as a candidate for congress, a reversal from just a month ago when animosity was directed towards republicans over the government shutdown. talk about whiplash, john. >> in many ways this is getting back to normal. if you look at history, the six-year itch election, a president in the second term, the other party historically does very well. we were talking about this, right after the shutdown, democrats suddenly got optimistic, the public was blaming republicans in congress much more than democrats. can nancy pelosi be speaker? can we expand instead of losing seats in our senate majority? here's why it matters. number one, it could affect fund-raising and candidate recruitment. more importantly, that number