He considered his party's prospects in the House to be bleak, absent a strong Republican trend, and wrote "I seriously doubt if we can ever work our way back in power.
他觉得自己的党派在众议院的前景惨淡，缺乏强势的共和党潮流，表示“我非常怀疑我们能否以自己的方式重新掌权。