House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Nancy Pelosi’s right-hand man in Congress, has conceded for the first time that Republicans could take control of the House of Representatives in November.

In his recent analysis, Cook suggested a 30-40 seat lost in November for House Democrats, adding it could be worse if the current anti-incumbent and anti-Democrat trend continues. Republicans need to pick up 41 seats to take back the majority.

Asked about it at a media breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor today, Hoyer says, “It’s an accurate view of what the polls reflect right now. Yes. I have great respect for Charlie Cook.”

It appears to be a fairly obvious conclusion that Democrats may be thrown from power in a year when voters are sick of liberal tax-and-spend policies combined with never-ending expansions of the federal government. But it’s significant when the Democratic House Majority Leader is willing to concede he may become the Minority Leader/Whip by January.