Any Chance that Dems Reclaim House Majority In November/

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Democrats with a 49% to 43% lead in the battle for Congress.

one can hope

but if the president wins and we pick up seats in the senate and house it better be on like donkey cong!

I think Obama learned a lot from the early days when the republicans wouldn't compromise. I think if the house was reclaimed he would get a lot of things accomplished...now that thought gives me hope...hope and change is still the message I believe in.

By Margot Roosevelt

LYNCHBURG, Virginia | Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:52am EDT

(Reuters) - Sheryl Harris, a voluble 52-year-old with a Virginia drawl, voted twice for George W. Bush. Raised Baptist, she is convinced -- despite all evidence to the contrary -- that President Barack Obama, a practicing Christian, is Muslim.

So in this year's presidential election, will she support Mitt Romney? Not a chance.

"Romney's going to help the upper class," said Harris, who earns $28,000 a year as activities director of a Lynchburg senior center. "He doesn't know everyday people, except maybe the person who cleans his house."

She'll vote for Obama, she said: "At least he wasn't brought up filthy rich."

White lower- and middle-income voters such as Harris are wild cards in this vituperative presidential campaign. With only a sliver of the electorate in play nationwide, they could be a deciding factor in two southern swing states, Virginia and North Carolina.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/11/us-usa-election-poll-bible-belt-idUSBRE88A05H20120911

I can see a down ticket impact from this.

And hopefully a whole bunch of Republicans will stay home and not vote.

Like a Congress that isn't focussed only on blocking him.

I'm guessing we'll get 10-15 seats if it's an ok night maybe 20 if we're really really lucky. I hope we get the 25 though.

that means VOTE FOR, AND CONTRIBUTE.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125188984

Also, the Princeton University consortium on elections shows that Democrats will retake the house so long as they have at least a 3 point lead in the total votes tallied.

Realclearpolitics is giving the Rs 229, Ds 183 and 23 toss-ups. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/house/2012_elections_house_map.html

GOP only needs +4 in the Senate to take control and RCP average has them at +5 right now. There are at least 6 Democrat seats in serious jeopardy. CT, WI, MT, ND, VA, and NE. Plus MO is still up in the air in my opinion.

Obama's coattails don't seem to be very long this time around. Even Massachusetts seems like they are willing to re-elect Scott Brown.

There's very little chance of us recapturing the House. But the GOP are looking well-placed to at least make incremental gains in the Senate.

Are they sending funding to those seats in trouble