[NittanyLion]

PA and MI won't be won by the GOP. We'll be lucky to win either NJ or MD; at this point the likely outcome is 52 seats in the Senate.

[Dog]

Your a really cheery soul...get a grip please..... the first vote hasn't even been counted and you have us losing several states.

[sitetest]

Dear NittanyLion,

In Maryland, I believe that Mr. Steele has the momentum. Unless Mr. Cardin can do something to stop the hemmoraging in the next six days, I believe that it is more likely than not that Mr. Steele will win.

The endorsement from Mr. Curry and all five black members of the all-Democrat Prince George's County Council make it likely that Mr. Steele will be something close to competitive in Prince George's County. As well, with that critical endorsement, it seems difficult to believe that Mr. Steele will not get 25% of the black vote.

Finally, it appears that the black vote will be reduced as many blacks who refuse to vote Republican also are refusing to vote against a black man by voting for Mr. Cardin.

Still six days to go, but it's actually looking like Mr. Steele may pull this off.


sitetest

[MHT]

I agree--sadly, we had great candidates in most of these states but Mark Kennedy won't win and WA will stay with the goofy woman. PA is over, so is RI. De Wine has lost it--and to think of all the times he denied the conservatives the votes they needed in order to appease Ohio's moderates and he's going to lose anyway. .

I am optimistic about Talent. He's been a good senator and doesn't deserve to get fired and replaced by a woman who won't answer questions about the taxes she doesn't pay because 195 of her husband's companies are chartered out of the country. Allen deserves to win--but the press will continue to crucify him for minutiae while they give his perv opponent a pass.

Burns is coming closer, but it's too little too late. Worth watching will be how close Kean and Steele come, but I seriously doubt if either are going to make it.

Republicans will probably hold the Senate, depending on what happens with Talent, Allen, and Ford race in TN. These should have been slam-dunks. Just goes to show you what a single-minded press can do. If they succeed this time around, can you imagine how insufferable they are going to be for the next two years?

[balch3]

you forgot the Kerry factor, which will put us over the top in most of these races.

[sergeantdave]

There's a reason why the rats had to call in the big guns this week as both Clinton and Schumer visited MI to try to lift up the chances of Stabenow retaining her senate seat.

Stabenow is in big trouble.

[LS]

Santorum now >8 on WSJ poll, so figure, in this Dem state, he's about 5 down. That's VERY doable, esp., when I calculate that already the Dem base was depressed by 1-2%, and now, with Kerry, you're looking at a 5% swing in Dem non-turnout and GOP turnout.

Santorum wins, and the GOP is going to have stunning gains in the Senate.

[kcbc2001]

Stabenow won her seat by less than a percentage point. She's been vulnerable since day one and she knows she has a target on her back. If the Senate seat is won, it will be by a close margin. It's not going to be a blowout victory in either the governor's race or Bouchard's. Our state went for Kerry, but it was something like 51-48. But the way the Dems talk, you'd think this was NY or CA....we aren't that liberal. If the "R"'s have a chance for pick up, then it's here because we are playing offense, not defense like the national Republicans are.