Best result for Republicans is to take the House, and win about 8 more seats in the Senate. Darrell Issa, as committee chairman, will open Sestak hearings in the House. But the Democrats will continue to get the lion’s share of the blame for the economy, because they will still have the White House and the Senate, and the economy will still stink to high heaven next year.
They only need to gain a couple of Senate seats in order to sustain the filibuster more easily. In some ways it might be good if Reid is reelected and Dems keep control. Make Reid and his ugly disposition the main face of congressional Dems. This will not help them in 2012. Having said that I find him to be awful and I hope he loses his own seat. But if he wins there is some silver lining at least.
At this point it looks as if Repubs take control of the House it will be by a very tiny margin. I hope they don’t have a lot of “moderate” defectors trying to side with the Dems to give them a working majority.