In three races - FL-2, NC-8 and OH-16 - the Democrat leads by 0.1%, and in a fourth, NM-1, the lead is just 0.3%.  It is entirely possible the next batch of pundit rating changes or generic surveys could usher in the first projected GOP majority in the House since early in 2006.  Beyond the majority, however, potential gains remain numerous.  A shift of 2.1% across the board would yield a 50-seat gain for Republicans.  That would give the GOP 229 seats in the House - almost as many as they held at their highest point during the 12 years of GOP control from 1994 to 2006.

There's a wave building out there, a political wave of a decidedly crimson hue.  It's coming, and it's growing as it nears.  It hasn't gotten to us yet; it won't until November.  But we can hear it already, and the sound is getting louder.  To quote the agent from The Matrix, the sound you hear, if you care to listen, "is the sound of inevitability."  And unlike Neo, the Democrat majority doesn't appear capable of a super-human escape.



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