FILE - In this Dec. 8, 1984, file photo, President Ronald Reagan points to a reporter during a brief news conference in the White House press briefing room in Washington. Reagan got his shellacking in the 1982 midterm elections, with his party suffering big losses in the House. Twelve years later, President Bill 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)