In an update on Friday afternoon, one of the country's leading independent political handicappers broadened its assessment of how many House seats Republicans are likely to win this fall. "Regardless of whether you want to call it a wave," wrote the Rothenberg Political Report's Nathan Gonzales -- the sort of qualifier that will keep Democratic operatives up at night -- "the fight for the House continues to creep into Democratic territory."Because America isn't a college town , where nearly everyone is a member of the Democrat party.
Talk of a Republican tsunami made us wonder: Where could the 114th Congress stand on the list of the most-lopsided Houses in history? After all, the party has rolled up an impressive majority in the last few elections. Adding more seems like it could be significant.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
How big could the House Republican majority get in November? Maybe the biggest its been in 85 years.
The Washington Post reports: