are we at the point where it is now impossible to regain

[freepcrusher]

a trifecta without first giving up the white house? I'd like to think that that eventually destabilizes things to the point where a "cease-fire" is made and both sides will agree to rewrite things or even pass a new amendment.

[Skill and Chance]

It was already extremely rare.  Other than the Jim Jeffords party switch and 2002 (which arguably shouldn't count because he was last elected as a Republican- the result of the 2000 election produced a Republican trifecta), the last time it happened was in 1948 under Truman. 

[Mr.Phips]

It’s possible in a President’s re-election.  Under fair maps, Dems may have regained the House in 2012.

[Person Man]

It never was possible.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

The only way to avoid this would be to abolish midterms. You would then have the whole House and Senate up every 4 years, with the presidential election.

[Hope For A New Era]

The only way to avoid this would be to abolish midterms. You would then have the whole House and Senate up every 4 years, with the presidential election.

now that my friend is a fabulous username