Praying the polls are wrong.... but being realistic.....

[scheming daemons]

House: -51 seats

Senate: -7 seats


Holding the Senate is important, because they can block any of the teabagger nuttery from even having to be vetoed by Obama - thus keeping his hands clean. They also still are important in the confirmation process for Judges and setting the legislative agenda.


The only bright spot in the House is that half of the 51 lost seats will be blue dogs... so the Dems that remain will be farther left of center as a group than this past congress.



Obama can spend two years running against Boehner and the Nutjobs... and he'll win in 2012 easily.



I hope my prediction is off by at least 13 seats in the house (in the good direction)..... but I'm not feeling it.

:(

[FSogol]

1. We are keeping the House. GOTV. n/t

[Mass]

2. Praying polls in MA are correct, but wrong in other states.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. It is the GROUND GAME

and the turnout has been historic... so I will say it here... you are in for a surprise, of the good kind.

[scheming daemons]

4. Hope ou're right.... I just feel the same way I did in 1994 at this time of day

..... When Santorum won the PA senate seat.


Toomey is no different than Santorum.... and I have a feeling the Sestak has come up short.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. But in 1994 the turnout was not there

this is like 2006 a midterm with historically high turn out. It is actually higher than 2006.

1994 was a norm shitty turnout year. Actually lower than usual.

That does not say a thing about individual races, but Big Eddie was reporting a four time higher than average turn out in PA

[Beetwasher]

8. In '94 Repubs Actually Had HIGH Approval Ratings

Now they are lower than dogshit.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. I'm not seeing it. Ignoring the propaganda, i see us losing maybe

30-35 in the House, 3-5 in the Senate. It will narrow our majority, but not cost us either house and, as a side benefit, lose us several of those blue dogs - moving us farther left TOWARD center.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. I cannot wait for the spin to 'splain this

and expect the ... THEY STOLE IT at FR, for a change.

[DemocraticPilgrim]

9. Barack will win and the dramatic down spiral can be labelled tea bag hell...

I don't say that in pettiness just what the GOP do and we must keep the chart of the downturn in every yard.