Will the GOP win the Midterms of 2014 and the Election of 2016?

[heatmaster]

That rule of thumb doesn't always apply, look at 1958, Democrats won big then and then they won the White House in 1960, you only have to look at 1966, it was a prelude to 1968, or 1974 which was a harbinger for 1976 or 1978 was a predilection for what occurred in 1980 and then what about 2006? the Democrats won the White House in 2008.  Then you can look at what happened in 1998, Democrats won seats in the House - first time since 1822, that the in-party won seats in the second term mid-terms - Republicans won the White House in 2000; so 2014 could be a repeat of 1998, any guesses what happens in 2016 under the circumstances I have just laid out? I say not, because what happens between now and the mid-terms is anybody's guess.