Ok. It's taken a lot longer to shake out this presidential race than I thought back in February. But, it looks like we have a nominee now and as the summer approaches the Senate races are beginning to heat up a little. Momentum has been on our side all year -- and the impressive Democratic victories in the Congressional special elections in Louisiana and Mississippi have the Republicans very worried. Even the conservative press is concerned that the Democrats might get close or even attain a filibuster-proof majority.
Some recent polls show some Senate seats very much in play that we thought might have been bubble seats (or more accurately, pipe dreams): Alaska and North Carolina.
And we are way ahead in New Hampshire and New Mexico.
In Minnesota, we have an eventual nominee, Al Franken, but the race so far looks tougher than we had hoped. Even so, we are in good shape there.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Republican incumbents in Texas, Kentucky, and Mississippi are only up by single digits against their Democratic opponents (to be fair, that is only implied in Mississippi, not claimed).
