I'm updating columns for editions of the print paper, but I thought I should check in with my regular crowd and see what you think.
We appear to be headed toward around 50 in the House and seven or eight in the Senate. I guess it could be more. Hard to say yet. Watch Kentucky-6, Democrat Ben Chandler's district. Neck-and-neck, wasn't supposed to be. If the Republican challenger prevails there, it could mean a few more pick ups. It looks like the R's beat Rick Boucher in Virginia, and that's one the D's were counting on holding.
In Florida, Republican Daniel Webster has clobbered Democratic incumbent Alan Grayson. Clobbered. This is one liberals need to pay attention to. Here's a guy the liberal blogosphere limned as a hero, and he got his clock cleaned.
The exit polls had Reid-Angle neck-and-neck, at 47 apiece (there's a third candidate in the race, on the right). Also Illinois is reportedly neck-and-neck. In Colorado, Democrat Michael Bennet was a couple of points ahead of Ken Buck. If those flip toward the D's, it's not a bad night in the Senate at all, with loses as few as five. Joe Manchin already won in West Virginia. But five is unlikely. Seven, like I said.
It's way too early to know a lot of things, but it's not too early to know one thing. Speaker Boehner. Probably the functional end of Nancy Pelosi's career. I guess that's two things, even if they amount to the same thing.
Sound off.
