From Speculation to News

Reuters has a story this weekend about what the situation in the Senate will look like in the 2008 elections. The verdict is that things look good for Democrats.

Right now the Democratic advantage in the Senate is like 50 and a half, thanks to Joe Lieberman. Staffers at the Cook Political Report are saying that Democrats might be able to pick up 9 seats if they can be clutch and everything goes right.

The article also discusses how Republicans in the Senate are either not doing much to get away from Bush and all of his failures or are retiring, making the seat more vulnerable than it would strictly need to be even in very Republican states. That this is in the news these days and no longer relegated to the airs of punditry means that what we've all been talking about — the Republican problems and the ascendancy of Democrats in the legislature — are taking a tangible shape in the minds of everyday people.