Regardless of what Eric Cantor thinks, The political team at MSNBC, including Chuck Todd, are quick to admit that Democrats stand to lose a lot in November's elections.
The MSNBC team predict that outright control of the House won't be one of the casualties. Here are four reasons why they say Democrats will keep the House in their hands:
* 1) Unlike in '94, the Republican Party has a [favorable/unfavorable] score that's no better (and sometimes even worse) than the Dem Party's.
* 2) Unlike in '94, the GOP isn't necessarily running on new ideas or even with many new faces.
* 3) The National Republican Congressional Committee has a HUGE financial disadvantage compared with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and the RNC's political/fundraising troubles won't be able to make up the difference
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* 4) Winning 39 seats is a tall order. After all, when Democrats won back the House in 2006 -- during the height of violence in Iraq and after Hurricane Katrina -- they picked up 30 House seats. The GOP will need almost 10 more than that.
* One thing that's truly amazing about this cycle, historically: The fact we're headed for a third-straight cycle where more than 20 seats change hands.
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