president? >> i mean, it's not all about it but midterms tend to be referendums going back to 1930. this is why presidents when they have low approval ratings, their party tends to do poorly. when you look at the numbers, what it suggestions to me is republicans want to say we'll run and be our own candidate and localize these elections but the fact of the matter is, that's going to be very, very difficult to do because people are voting for how they feel about the president as that number indicates. >> harry, we talked about the house but what about the senate? this is an nbc news poll of the senate race in tennessee shows a democrat up 48 to 46 against republican marsha black burn. bredesen, most have a favorable look at him. >> i would be absolutely thrilled if i were democrat.