Democratic hopes of recapturing the House are dimming as a series of race-by-race setbacks and economic uncertainty suggest that the 25 seats they need to net might be out of reach...

"The environment certainly isn't as good as it was six months ago for Democrats," a senior Democratic strategist who works on House races told The Hill, speaking on the condition of anonymity in order to comment candidly.

"Democrats are way off track of where they need to be to regain the majority," said David Wasserman, the House race editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.