In Virginia, Republican incumbent George Allen and his Democratic challenger, Jim Webb, faced off in their final debate last night in Richmond. What was supposed to be an easy victory for Allen, starting him down the path toward a presidential run in 2008, now looks to be a race that is being watched all over the country. Democratic control of the Senate may well rest in the Old Dominion.
Current predictions today (hopefully better than my baseball predictions I made on my other blog):
- Senate - 52 Democrats (with two independents, Lieberman and Sanders) and 48 Democrats. The races to watch in the home stretch:
- Missouri, where Claire McCaskill is likely to edge out Republican Incumbent Jim Talent
- freakin' New Jersey, where Bob Menendez is barely ahead of challenger Tom Kean, Jr.
- Ohio, where incumbent Mike DeWine is trailing Democratic Congressman Sherrod Brown
- Tennessee, where I have long said that Harold Ford will win the seat being vacated by Bill Frist
- Virginia, as mentioned, the race that everybody is watching.
- The House - 235 Democrats, 200 Republicans. Nancy Pelosi will likely get the Speaker's gavel from Dennis Hastert.
Coming soon, a look at the Governor's races, where Democrats are also poised to capture (or hold) the majority of the state houses.
No comments:
Post a Comment