House Not Looking Good for Democrats

By Fred Barnes

Published November 1, 2012 8:45pm ET

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House Not Looking Good for Democrats — Democratic hopes of capturing the House next Tuesday are long gone. And Democrats now could wind up actually losing seats. David Wasserman, the Cook Political Report’s expert on House races, changed his rating of 15 contested House races, 11 of them to the benefit of Republicans. For example, Republican Bob Dold, supposedly doomed because his […]

Democratic hopes of capturing the House next Tuesday are long gone. And Democrats now could wind up actually losing seats.

David Wasserman, the Cook Political Report’s expert on House races, changed his rating of 15 contested House races, 11 of them to the benefit of Republicans. For example, Republican Bob Dold, supposedly doomed because his affluent district north of Chicago was badly gerrymandered, now is in a tossup race.

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