FILE - In this Nov. 10, 1984, file photo, President Bill Clinton gestures while speaking about possible House Speaker Newt Gingrich, of Ga., at the White House in Washington. President President Ronald Reagan got his shellacking in the 1982 midterm elections, with his party suffering big losses in the House. Twelve years later, Clinton got his comeuppance, as Republicans captured both House and Senate. Yet two years after their humiliating political setbacks, both presidents came roaring back to win re-election landslides. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)