Every time someone resurrects one of these old threads, I am amazed at how hackish the republican posters were and how prophetic the Dem posters were in retrospect. There has to come a point sooner or later where we simply stop listening to the people who claim that Burns was going to be reelected in a walk and who still say that Santorum is going to be reelected, and they are usually the very same hacks.
You make a great point. Most of the people predicting a Santorum victory a year ago were saying that Mark Kennedy was the heavy favorite and Burns and DeWine were in no real trouble. Hell, most Republicans at the time were predicting that the GOP would pick up seats, or break even at worst.
I can understand those who were under the impression at the BEGINNING of this cycle who thought that Burns and Dewine might not be in for a tough fight (I mean, who among us saw Brown and Tester coming?), but to still hold that position is flat-out delusional.
I can't understand those who ever, at any point whatsoever, thought that Mark Kennedy was the favorite. He is a particularly weak and unattractive candidate running in a blue state against a strong Dem. This race was never going to be close.
