Democrats buoyed by Senate chances

[never cry wolf]

From Page 1 of todays Chicago Tribune, if a dupe, please lock.

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic campaign to take back the Senate looked nearly impossible just a few months ago.

Republicans were poised to assert their claim to five Southern seats held by Democrats who are retiring. They planned to vigorously challenge Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota. And their incumbents appeared powerful.

Only Illinois offered Democrats a glimmer of hope with the retirement of Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald.

Suddenly, the picture has changed.

"Democrats are still pushing a rock up a hill, but the hill isn't as steep and the rock isn't as big," said Jennifer Duffy, the Senate analyst for the Cook Political Report, a prominent Washington-based newsletter.
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[Padraig18]

1. I sense it, as well...

It's no more than a gentle breeze, but I sense a hurricane in the near future that may return BOTH houses of Congress to our control. :)

[yellowcanine]

2. The only way Dems win back the House is to pick off a couple

of those "safe Republican" seats that Delay created in Texas. What would be sweet would be to pick off Delay's seat -though I imagine pigs would fly first.