Jonathan Alter: 2014 Will Be "Big Year For Republicans"
JONATHAN ALTER: They almost certainly will hold the House. It's very, very tough in a midterm election for the president to gain seats in the sixth year of his presidency. Bill Clinton, because of the backlash against impeachment, was the only one in the whole 20th century who managed to do that. Franklin Roosevelt didn’t do it. None of them did it.
Also, Republicans vote more in midterm elections than Democrats do. And the Democratic base that elected and re-elected [President Barack] Obama, a lot of them aren’t going to vote. So 2014, no matter how the economy is doing, will be a big year for Republicans. If it's a bad economy, it could be a very big year for Republicans.
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