Midterm Countdown: Both Parties Say They'll Take the House

Oct. 24, 2010— -- With just nine days to go until the midterm election, the leaders of both parties claim they will have control of the House of Representatives when all the votes are counted.

Someone is wrong.

The Republican party chairman Michael Steele said there is a "vibration" out there in the race for House control.

"I think you're going to see a wave, an unprecedented wave, on Election Day that's going to surprise a lot of people," Steele said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

On ABC's "This Week," Democratic National Committee head Tim Kaine didn't exude the same confidence of his counterpart, but still expressed optimism.

"It's all about turnout and ground game, and we're seeing good early voting trends and we -- we've got work to do, but we think we can do it," he said.

After a busy run of four days, President Obama took today off, but is scheduled to be back on the campaign trail Monday, visiting Rhode Island as he pleads for Democrats to vote.

"In 2008, you said, 'Yes, we can' -- in 2010 you've got to say, 'Yes, we can,'" the president said Saturday night at a rally in Minnesota.

Democrats claim to have closed the so-called "enthusiasm gap," but that doesn't mean they can win all their vulnerable seats.

Sarah Palin warned Republicans at a rally in Florida that it is not time to get complacent, but already mainstream Republicans are crediting the tea party for what they expect to be a landslide.

"They are adding to Republican votes and they're going to help us win control of the House. And they are going to help us make major gains in the Senate," former Bush White House official Ed Gillespie said on ABC's This Week.