there is only one senate race that is really in play this year and that is the nasty fight between incumbent republican senator norm coleman and democratic rival al franken in minnesota. it is essentially a dead heat but tilts slightly toward franken. with almost 10% undecided it could obviously go either way.
incumbent republican senator elizabeth dole will almost surely lose her seat to democratic challenger kay hagan.
the audacious incumbent republican senator ted stevens, a recently convicted felon, will surely lose his seat to democratic challenger mark begich in alaska where republican governor and vice presidential candidate sarah palin is doing nothing to help the needy friend and former benefactor.
incumbent republican senator mitch mcconnell, the current senate minority leader, is in trouble against democratic challenger bruce lunsford in the kentucky race.
with the likely additional losses of the currently republican-held seats in oregon, new hampshire, colorado, new mexico and virginia, the democratic majority in the senate is inching closer to the veto-proof majority of 60. that assumes independents sanders of vermont and lieberman of connecticut are going with the majority. (that would be the same independent joe lieberman who spent the day before the election campaigning with mccain.) that “magic 60″ also would require the unlikely republican losses in georgia and mississippi as well as the aforementioned kentucky race.

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