“Where we can engage, we certainly will,” House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said last week. That takes care of the Democrats’ immediate problem: They’re restyling themselves in Congress as the party of no. Democrats need to win another 24 seats to take back the House, no easy job when gerrymandering has turned many districts into single-party strongholds. Still, there’s historical precedent on the Democrats’ side: The party that wins the White House usually suffers reverses in the congressional election that comes two years later. “You have to assume this is 2010 in reverse,” said Greenberg, who’s advising House Democrats.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2017 12:01 UTC