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Barney Frank: If Gingrich is GOP nominee, Democrats will take back House [VIDEO]

Nicholas Ballasy Senior Video Reporter
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Outgoing Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank predicted Tuesday that Democrats will regain control of the House of Representatives if former House Speaker Newt Gingrich becomes the Republican 2012 presidential nominee.

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“You guys ask us questions sometimes, you know, we’re not going to give you a straight answer,” Frank said at the Capitol during a press conference about his retirement from Congress.

“Oh yeah, we’re going to win. Oh yeah. The answer is, I don’t know. I don’t think anybody knows. It depends. If Newt Gingrich can be the nominee, then we win it back.”

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