And the hits keep coming

It must really suck to work for the RNC right about now. John Sununu’s New Hampshire Senate seat was the most likely Democratic pick up in 2008. With immensely popular former Governor Jeanne Shaheen getting into the race, it just became doubly so.

Anyway, here is the math as I see it right now: we have a better than even money shot of gaining seats in New Hampshire, Virginia, Minnesota, Oregon, and Colorado. Add to that some wild cards: there is Craig in Idaho, Hagel’s retirement in Nebraska, Stevens and his corruption scandal in Alaska, and finally, Dole and Cornyn are under 50% in North Carolina(!) and Texas(!?!?!?!?) respectively. Those numbers get us close to a filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate. If a few things break our way and we have some luck, we are looking at a gain of around ten GOP seats. Oh happy day!