Hoyer Guarantees Democratic Victories In November

By Rob Sanna - Talk Radio News Service

On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) downplayed speculation that Democrats may lose the House in the upcoming mid-term elections. Hoyer said the election is going to be a simple referendum on which party Americans want to lead the nation, adding that Republicans are eager to bring back the policies of the Bush years.

“The public is very concerned about the economy, [Democrats] share that concern,” he told reporters during his weekly press briefing.

“We have been working very hard to get this economy out of the very deep ditch that the Bush administration policies put it into, which were almost unanimously supported by Republicans in the House and Senate, who are now saying they want to return to that exact same agenda.”

Those policies, said Hoyer, created the “worst economy that we’ve had, worst job production, large deficit…That, in my opinion, is what America is going to vote on.”

Democrats need to prevent a Republican net gain of at least 10 seats in the Senate and 40 seats in the House in order to keep their majority this November.