staff to senator mitch mcconnell. the man on the spot today. did he use knife fight? >> he loves knife metaphors. usually a phone booth. >> bill: what he is referring to is texas and tennessee. places that you probably six months ago did not think there would be competition. what's going on? >> in a cycle like this. the party in power. the first mid-term after you win a presidential election is dicey. over the last 100 years there were only two occasions where the party in power hasn't lost a significant number of seats. 23 seat majority in the house you can see where it becomes a problem. what has gotten less focus is the senate. he rattled off all the states starting with north dakota, montana, indiana, new jersey, florida, they are all in play.