[jmacusa]

A loss is still as loss.

[kevao]

A loss is still as loss.

Is a loss a loss if it was unavoidable?

Check out the results from 2010 and 1994, Obama's and Clinton's first mid-term elections. This is miniscule in comparison.

I think the only first-term President to gain in both the House and Senate was GWB, and that had a lot to do with 9/11.

[xzins]

True. Parties run house or senate, not individuals