The Democrats can only wish that Republicans might somehow become disaffected by their constant barrage of "Bush is a democrat" and "turn's off his Republican core"....
The truth is somewhere between the Democrats don't have any issues and the Repbulicans has pacified the opposition....
The Republican's are poised, if they turn out in average numbers, to sweep the Democrats in a number of races.
Predict that the Republicans hold 57-58 Senate Seats, short of the sixty needed; and pick up 10+ in congressional districts.
I call it 53 Senate seats - enough to blunt any possible jump by Lincoln Chafee. The House is a gain of 10-15 seats, though. Solid majorities, and we have an accelerated and permanent tax cut passed by the end of 2003.