The Republicans kept the house, but the margin is dwindling as each 50/50 race gets called for the D's each day. It will be harder for Speaker Boehner to obstruct everything if he sees that tactic costing his party the house in '14.
This is an undertold story, well behind Obama's reelection and even the D's expanding their margin in the Senate. If the D's go +11, they'll need just +14 in mid terms to get the gavel back.