re: "Dems will lose whitehouse and senate next election cycle "
I'd been thinking that the Senate would remain with the Democrats, but given that 23 Democratic seats are up for grabs (versus 10 Republican), I'm now reassessing.  If Republicans go 50/50 in their races (and I doubt they'd do worse than that though I haven't yet looked at the states that are involved), they'll be in control, 54 to 46.

Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%.  Let's see how long that takes. - De  3/11/2013 - ANSWER:  7 Years, 5 Months