S.C. Rep. Clyburn rejects doomsday predictions for Democrats
By James Rosen | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn emerged from a strategy meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday and
defied doomsday predictions of sweeping Democratic defeat in November.Clyburn said Obama and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate were upbeat at the White House session to discuss election prospects and craft a legislative agenda for the lame-duck session after the Nov. 2 elections.
"Everybody was upbeat," Clyburn told McClatchy. "The president was upbeat, we were upbeat, our members who left (Washington) last night were upbeat.
As I travel the country, I don't hear all this gloom and doom out there that everybody's talking about."After the White House meeting, Clyburn huddled with Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine, a former Virginia governor, to discuss election prospects.
With most analysts predicting that Republicans will regain control of the House, Clyburn said Democratic control will hold — though with a narrower margin.
The Columbia, S.C., Democrat foresees the number of Democratic seats dropping from its current level of 254 to about 234.
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