Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd said if Republicans take the Senate in the 2014 midterm elections, President Obama stands to be "a man on the island," alienated by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
"Republicans have made this entire campaign, particularly this last month and a half, about President Obama," Todd said. "If they win the Senate, it means they successfully made it a referendum. I think he becomes a man on the island."
Todd said Democrats will run away from Obama "even faster" if they lose the Senate on Tuesday and start to focus on the 2016 elections.
Democrats and Republicans essentially had the same message in 2014, Todd said.
"The Republican message is President Obama is the problem. The Democratic message is, 'You know, you're right. President Obama is a problem.'
"What do the voters in the middle hear? President Obama is a problem," Todd said. "Democrats didn't really have a counter-offensive message, I think. I think they're going back-seat-drive themselves on this going forward."
