Dick Armey: "The fact of the matter is, right now people are embarrassed by Republicans, and the economic base is still angry."

From The Washington Post:

A number of GOP operatives said privately yesterday that they now see minimum losses of perhaps 18 seats, with 25 to 30 a more likely outcome. Democrats need 15 to take control of the House.

A series of polls show that evangelical Christians, a key component of the GOP, are turning against the Republican Congress and are less likely to vote for GOP candidates this time around.

Former House majority leader Richard K. Armey -- one of the key architects of the GOP takeover in 1994 -- agreed that Republicans have ample reason to be concerned about fiscal conservatives sitting the election out. Armey said the GOP's plan to take advantage of low unemployment and a soaring stock market was destroyed by the Foley page scandal.

"The fact of the matter is, right now people are embarrassed by Republicans, and the economic base is still angry" because of high government spending over the past six years, Armey said. Consequently, he predicted, Democrats will take control of the House in three weeks.