the house, republicans could lose it. i think that s absolutely appropriate to think about right now. republicans could continue on the same path that they ve been down next january and february when we re talking about another debt limit increase and another continuing resolution. if they re persisting in a strategy to appease the base that has no real hope of impacting policy, then they re headed down a road for electoral disaster. i think republicans probably need to lose the national house vote by about 6.8 votes to lose the whole house, and that s still a mountain for democrats to climb. but it s not impossible. we ve seen waves of that size in recent years. david wasserman, you have warmed my little democratic heart today. thank you so much. thanks very much. of course. if you re looking for additional information, the cycle s littlest pundit, my daughter elle la, has her own shutdown spin. and the end of the shutdown means panda cam is back.