This is why you should NEVER believe the conventional wisdom that tells you there's no chance of winning

Check out the four words I highlight in this story from Sunday's NYT:

For months, even in the face of an avalanche of bad news for Republicans, Democratic ambitions for capturing Congress have collided with an electoral map created to protect Republicans from ouster. Despite polls showing rising support for Democrats and scorn for Republicans, analysts have said Democratic hopes for big gains remain remote, because so few seats are in contention.

That appears to be changing.

Over the past week, a handful of once-safe Republican Congressional seats have come into play, and other Republican incumbents are facing increasingly stiff re-election battles, according to analysts, pollsters and officials in both parties. The change amounts to a slight but significant shift in the playing field, and a potentially pivotal change in the dynamics of this midterm election.

Over the past week, once-safe Republican seat have come into play. That means a week ago the pundits would have told you "no chance for dems to get those seats." Today, only one week later, they tell you that yes there is a chance dems can win.

This is why I'm constantly harping against pessimism and telling folks that we can win, we can take the House, and even possibly the Senate. The numbers change. They change every week. When someone tells you we can't win the House, they mean if the vote were today. But it's not today. Every week the Republicans are falling further and further behind.

We can take the House, and maybe even the Senate, if we continue to believe and keep reminding the country that the Republican party will destroy America if it remains in power any longer.