You have to hand it to the GOP for thinking big , but a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee said Rep. Greg Walden (R-Oregon) meant the biggest House majority in the last century, since 1964 anyway. Well, I think Walden meant what he said, because the Republicans have no intention of giving up the House anytime soon, and the way state voting districts are currently gerrymandered that may indeed be a long time. Chuck Todd thinks the current GOP majority is good for another eight years , at least until 2022. Of course, a lot could happen between now and then. The Republicans felt very smug following their 1994 electoral mandate, which gave them the majority in the House for the first time since the Truman era, 1954. But, their fumbling of the economy led to a Democratic victory in the 2006 midterms. Unfortunately, this victory was very short-lived, as the Republicans regained the House in 2010, largely thanks to the electorat...