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I think people are going to have a choice to make in the fall. But I think there's no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control. There's no doubt about that.

— Robert Gibbs

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.

— Harold Ford, Jr.

Republicans will own Congress.

— Bob Corker

We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers' unions and the trial lawyers and the various leftist interest groups, we intend to break them.

— Grover Norquist

I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.

— Bill Richardson

What does it mean to have a Republican majority in the House? A lot of people think 'So what?' They should think again.

— Doug Ose

The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now.

— Gary Johnson

If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.

— John Podesta

I think we should have the majority of the party's voters decide who they want as their nominee.

— Mitt Romney

✗Opposing Perspectives

I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public promises its members made last fall, and that it will demonstrate a high capacity for civil service.

— Charles Edison

In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats.

— Thomas E. Mann