expect democrats to pick up a lot of seats. this is a president whose poll numbers whose numbers are historically bad. but the lessons of history don't always apply to him. >> but russia didn't hack other elections. >> but he is not on the ballot. although he represents the party. but it's just a simple fact of the matter that democrats do not have an enormous haul here to win the house back. now, if they win the senate back, which is almost as close to impossible, we will be seeing an unprecedented wave. if they can't win the house back after a near decade in which democratic seats in the house and the senate and in statehouses and in localities, democrats are in the worst position they have been since 1928. if they can't recover, as i say, the real question will be how is the democratic party going to pull itself out of a tailspin. >> the last question, zerlina, why do you keep bringing up