speakerfo newt gingrich has hi hopes for fellow republicans in the november el thetion he says their success might even eclipse a 1994 republican landslide that made him speaker. >> i wouldn't be shocked if they didn't beat our record -- >> of 50 -- >> we're talking speaker boehner. >> oh, i think for all planning puoses, in 8 out of 10 futures, boehner is the speaker then poll owny -- >> well, paul sen houser is cnn's deputy politic corrector and joins me now. that is a bold statement. he seems pretty confident. i'm sure top democrats have something to say about this. >> reporter: i don't think they agree. one of those top democrats was on "state of the union" and that was steny hoyer. he told candy, he acknowledged,