Dems can kiss off "taking back the House." We knew they were in trouble the moment Pelosi predicted they would do just that. She also predicted 400,000 jobs "almost immediately" after ObamaCare became law.

To date,  11 Democrat House Representatives have decided to retire,  rather than seek re-election in 2014.  Two of them,  McIntyre from North Carolina and Matheson from Utah,  are in states won by Romney  (in Utah by 40 points and in N Carolina by 19).  The Dems are in the minority by 17 seats.  With this news,  it appears that the party must now turn or “flip” 19 seats to gain “majority” status.  As I see it,  the Baucus seat may be in danger of turning red,  as well. 

Sen. Max Baucus (MT)

Sen. Tom Harkin (IA)

Sen. Carl Levin (MI)

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (WV)

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY)

Rep. George Miller (CA)

Rep. Jim Moran (VA)

Rep. Jim Matheson (UT)

Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC)

Rep. Bill Owens (NY)

Rep. Henry Waxman (CA)

According to Mother Jones,  a far Left service but not entirely unobjective, Democrat incumbent approval ratings have gone down 11 points (from a plus 8 to a minus 3),   compared to a 4 point slide for Republican incumbents  -  a set of numbers most see as "big trouble" for the New Progressive Socialist Party.  

From Ethics and Public Policy Center,  the news gets worse:  

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center is filled with bleak news for Democrats and the cause of liberalism. “By almost every conceivable measure Americans are less positive and more critical of government these days,” according to an overview of the Pew survey. It finds “a perfect storm of conditions associated with distrust of government — a dismal economy, an unhappy public, bitter partisan-based backlash, and epic discontent with Congress and elected officials.”