Nothing is impossible, but I think it very, very unlikely that the GOP loses control of the House in 2014.
As for a difference...I think it would be hugh (and series). Boehner has been a letdown as House Leader, and he may well cave on immigration. Obama is likely to get some of what he wants with Boehner, no question.
IF Pelosi were back in, though...oh my. The Democrats would control both houses of Congress (assuming the GOP doesn’t take the Senate), and Obama would be in his last two years without having to face re-election ever again. His two primary enforcers (Pelosi and Reid) would also be at the point where they were unlikely to seek re-election.
In other words, they’d feel free to push through every leftist policy and pipe dream Obama has every wanted. 2008 to 2010 would probably look like the Coolidge years by comparison. If it wrecks 2016 for Hillary, what does Obama care about that? He’ll have his agenda pushed through, and we all know how unlikely it is for things to ever be repealed by Congress.
So yeah, I’m hoping for a GOP hold in the House. Dribbles of big government for two years is lousy, but leftism unfettered is a whole lot worse.
A party coup of this magnitude would be new.
I do not believe the American people are leaning that way at ALL. If Democrat no longer means evil, it certainly is gaining a reputation of klutz.
What Democrats might be able to gin up, cheating-wise, is a whole different question.