I would call a 250 to 185 lead a 65 seat advantage, even though a loss of 33 seats in a future election would result in a loss of control.  It's the common terminology.

...as a successful cycle for the DCCC.

Campaign Diaries's latest House ratings of all the competitive races has Democrats picking up 17 seats: http://campaigndiaries.com/house

Good. NOwthe Blog Birchers will have enve more of their own to eat.

It's good that Sabato is predicting such a relatively small gain for Democrats. But I'm not going to be surprised if Democrats wind up with 300 seats in the House.

How about the Blue Dogs and Dinos? I only think we have a majority when we consistently can get democratic legislation passed.

Here's what McCain said yesterday:

Pointing to a reporter on the bus with fair skin, McCain said it is critical to get suspect moles and blemishes checked out so they can be removed or treated to avoid major surgery and other problems.

"If you have a mark, go to your dermatologist. See your dermatologist every six months," he said.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/con tent/local_news/stories/2008/07/25/mccai n25.ART_ART_07-25-08_A1_39AREHR.html?sid =101

How many people have a dermatologist? And how many can just show up every 6 months to see her or him?

With redistricting in the near horizon, next year and in 2010 we need to do well at the local level, too. If we do that, then 2012 could be a banner year for the Democrats and make progressives the dominant political force for many years to come.

Dana Rohrabacher is facing Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook for California's 46th. Cook is a compelling candidate and will make a great representative. Donate to (actblue.com/page/LAforCook) and support Debbie Cook for Congress 46th District (DebbieCookforCongress.com) Help Retire Rohrabacher and Create an Effective Democratic Majority

Here in Colorado...dumping Musgrave is our number #1
House priority..

Dr. Paccione would make a fine progressive Congresswoman

http://www.angiepaccione.com/

also important is re-electing Perlmutter from a Republican district..
http://perlmutter.house.gov/

A blue Colorado..
Led by Obama/Udall..Perlmutter..Paccione
can send a message to the Salazar brothers that they will not be safe in 2010 with their records as GOP enablers...

DemConWatch has an overview of a number of different House projections. The current projections average out to a gain of 6.7 seats.

HOLY SHIT.  First: wow, the New York Times has archived articles from 1890!  When I first looked at the date, I thought it must be a joke -- I didn't think the NYT was online yet in 1890.  But it apparently was released on .pdf instead, which makes more sense for the time period.  Though I could have sworn that computers weren't as widespread before the 1970's or so, which is a good 80 years after that.  The New York Times has always been a visionary newspaper, I guess, publishing electronically before the discovery of the electron.

But HOLY SHIT.  A 151-seat majority.  90 seats in the minority.  Small Congress?  NO!  241 Democrats to 90 Republicans!  HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN?  No wonder Benjamin Harrison was voted out!

As long as one of them is Dina Titus over Jon Porter, NV-3.

The netroots all but ignored NV-3 and Tessa Hafen until it was too late in '06. Let's not let it happen again.