According to this post, Rep. John Kline and I are on the same page in terms of the 2010 elections:

A few political observers are starting to predict that Republicans could regain the majority in the House, Kline said.

“That’s a dream that very few of us could have six months ago and it’s a dream now that is starting to have legs, ” Kline said. “My colleagues and I are starting to talk about regaining the House in a serious way.”

From Hawaii to Maine, concern about Democratic leadership will “bring districts in play that were not in play six months ago,” he said.

There’s no question that that goal is an uphill fight that’ll require alot of hard work. Still, the hill’s incline isn’t as sharp as it was 6 months ago. It’s gone from having an incline like the Tetons to having an incline of the Minnesota foothills.

I’ve been preaching that the Democrats have misread their mandate and that they’ve overreached because they misread 2008’s elections. They’ve been hurt by the health care debate, their piling up of unprecedented deficits and their reckless spending.

The TEA Parties must be credited with starting the GOP’s momentum. There’s alot to be said for the blogger conference calls conducted by House GOP Conference and the House Minority Whip’s office, too. Those calls connected DC’s politicians with the real world.

The momentum started when the House GOP voted unanimously against the failed stimulus legislation. Once the activists saw that the House GOP had regained its spine, activists started reporting on the group’s return to fiscal sanity. Now we’re seeing that gain momentum.

The first proof of the aforementioned momentum was provided in Virginia, where Bob McDonnell annihilated Creigh Deeds, and in New Jersey, where Chris Christie defeated corrupt incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine. In both those elections, independents voted for the Republican by a 2:1 margin.

Another bit of proof comes from Scott Rasmussen’s polling on the generic ballot question. In this week’s polling, Republicans led Democrats by 8 points, their biggest lead in a decade.

In a recent interview, Frank Luntz said that 72 percent of the people said that they were “mad as hell and that they weren’t going to take it anymore.” Dr. Luntz said that that’s almost identical to what they were in 1994.

Kline said he wasn’t sure what will happen with the proposed health care overhaul making its way through Congress. “My crystal ball is entirely broken on this thing,” he said.

He remains opposed to the overhaul and doesn’t think the version in the Senate will get a single Republican vote if it comes back to the House. “That’s a fight still coming,” he said. “Believe me, we are going to engage in the fight.

I said in this post that that’s a fight well worth having if you’re a Republican. It’s a winning issue nationwide, from Maine to California, from Minnesota to Texas.

It’s a winning issue because the American people have seen the corruption in the process. They’ve seen the spinelessness of moderates like Ben Nelson (Yes, I know he’s a senator but I’m betting voters won’t make that fine a distinction.) and Mary Landrieu.

Factor in the huge tax increases in the bill and the spending involved in it and you’ve got something that touches a nerve with voters.

That’s before factoring in the failed stimulus, the bailouts and the Democrats’ reckless spending and you’ve got the makings of a disastrous year for Democrats.

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