First off, if you need a laugh, go to http://www.borowitzreport.com/ - Andy is a satirist who often appears on CNN and is reliable for a good laugh every morning.
Ok, now on to the Senate. As we enter this election, the senate stands at 48 dems, 51 repubs, and 1 indy (Jeffords, who caucuses with the dems). Though most of the one third of the senate is safe, their are several interesting races that could determine how things shake out.
In Alaska, because of a case of nepotism, former governor Knowles is beating the 2nd year incumbent Lisa Murkowski - a possible pickup for the dems. Also, in Colorado, with a retirement, we have an open seat race with Salazar up over beer mogul Pete Coors - another dem pickup.
But wait - due to 2 retirements in the south, dems are likely to lose Georgia (Isakson up) and South Carolina (DeMint up). Now we're back to all square.
Until we get to Illinois, where yet another retirement has opened up a spot for newly minted dem rockstar Barack Obama, who is beating Alan Keyes by quite a hefty margin.
Where does that leave us, you ask? Tied. I hear you groaning already, so wait, there's more.
We still have tossups in Florida (D), Kentucky (R), Louisiana (D, with a likely runoff - LA is a weird state), and South Dakota (D). Louisiana looks to stay dem once this goes to a runoff, so the whole bag of nuts comes down to the race that, had Senate traditions continued, never would've happened - dem senate leader Daschle versus former Congressman Thune.
In a state where they can pinpoint the exact location of every registered voter and keep track of their views, the polls in South Dakota are very accurate. They have Daschle up 2 points, despite Thune barely losing to Tim Johnson 2 years ago.
The last thing we need as a country, but the most likely scenario to happen right now, is a recount in SD to determine the Senate and recounts elsewhere to determine the presidency.
And you thought Florida in 2000 was bad.
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