http://thehill.com/conventions-2012/dem-convention-charlotte/247951-top-democrats-house-majority-within-reach
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – House Democratic leaders insist they have a fighting chance to pull off what outside analysts call a major longshot: Winning back 25 seats to regain control of the chamber this fall.Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the third-ranking House Democrat, told The Hill Thursday that he puts the odds at about 50-50, and said President Obama can influence the outcome.“If we get some wind at our backs, if we come out of here holding onto the momentum that I see building, we get good performances from the president in these debates, we will have the wind at our backs and I think we will be able to do it,” Clyburn said after speaking at a panel hosted by The Hill at the Democratic National Convention here.
this is the key, re-election would still be damped by those same congressmen who have kept a wet blanket over "YOUR" advancement for jobs, healthcare, and your pursuit of happiness.
threatening all the time to eliminate medicare, ObamaCares and all that makes you and America what it is suppose to be, denying science and global warming, deregulation and they don't care if you know it, Kamikaze politics? vote them out and the Pres. in and watch the world smile again.
A number of election handicappers – including the Cook Political Report and Nate Silver of The New York Times – have predicted that the Democrats will pick up House seats in November, but not the 25 they'll need to take control of the chamber.
But the woman who wants the Speaker’s gavel back, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), brushed off the experts’ predictions.
“Absolutely not,” she said Wednesday when asked whether she agrees with the forecasts. “But I like them to think that and to keep telling Republicans that [to] lower expectations.
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