House Democrats left their three-day retreat speaking of unity and voicing confidence that President Obama will help them win back a majority in 2014.

While billed as a conference to plot strategy, the annual three-day House Democratic retreat is really an opportunity for lawmakers to get the love and attention from party leaders that they often grumble is lacking throughout the year.

So House Democrats were over the moon with Obama’s commitment of time and money to their caucus over the next two years.
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The president, during a private session at the Lansdowne Resort on Thursday, pledged to host eight separate fund-raising events for House Democrats in 2013 and more in 2014. The commitment comes after an election cycle in which Obama largely left Democratic congressional candidates to fend for themselves while he focused on his re-election.
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And in a public signal of his commitment to helping Democrats retake the House, Obama gave a full-throated endorsement of a return to the Speakership for Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

“As a byproduct of doing that good work and keeping that focus,” the president said in the televised portion of his remarks, “I would expect that Nancy Pelosi is going to be Speaker again pretty soon.”
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Among the complaints from Democrats over the years is that Obama has rarely engaged them personally, taken their support for granted and, whether intentionally or not, lumped them into his frequent denunciations of congressional inaction.
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When the pep talks were over on Thursday night, any feelings of neglected had been, at least for the moment, forgotten.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/282001...ake-house-in-14-

Of course, he's going to help them. Campaigning is what he does best so he wants to get back on the trail.