Ted Stevens said stupid stuff at his trial. No one says stuff that stupid unless they are guilty of something. And jurors aren't in the mood to cut powerful pols a break even if the prosecution did a half-assed job.

Barkeley surges b/c of negative campaigning and people being generally PO'd at Dems and Republicans.

The Obama landslide combined with anti-GOP sentiment and McCain's horrible campaign tip the balance in the remaining races, plus John Cornyn being an effing moron.

Ted Stevens said stupid stuff at his trial. No one says stuff that stupid unless they are guilty of something. And jurors aren't in the mood to cut powerful pols a break even if the prosecution did a half-assed job.

Barkeley surges b/c of negative campaigning and people being generally PO'd at Dems and Republicans.

The Obama landslide combined with anti-GOP sentiment and McCain's horrible campaign tip the balance in the remaining races, plus John Cornyn being an effing moron.

Stevens gets acquitted and Minnesota throws U.S. politics a curveball.

Johanns, Cornyn and Lindsey Graham shouldn't get too comfortable. The sinking USS McCain may drag them down in the undertow.

The worm has turned. McCain/Palin is a disaster. McCain is erratic and makes bad decisions. Palin is... let's leave it at she's not qualified to become POTUS.

And the Congressional Republicans managed to play the Paulson bailout bill as badly as the situation could be played. They made a deal with Bush, the Democrats and Wall Street and then reneged on the deal. And the GOP got caught distributing their commercial campaigning against the Bush-Obama-Pelosi bailout before the bill passed.

Incompetent.

BTW, check out the polling on GA, http://swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=F63B597687B0A2F9B1A5DABC48895EFE?diaryId=3232

McCain is a weak candidate and the various crises will sour voters on GOP policies.

McCain gets beat badly by Obama.

Dems (Schumer) are openly talking about winning 11 seats.

The independent caucus will be Lieberman, Sanders and Ventura. Those meetings should be entertaining.

How much did the Dems win MS-01 by? Eight points or something?

The Republicans have nothing left except incumbency.

The GOP fear message isn't working.

Voters perceive the country is on the wrong track, big time. And they blame George W. Bush and the party of Bush. And the GOP is dominated by delusional sycophants that can't disown Bush.

The Democrats know this is the year to win big.

And Obama will be able to use his 1.5 million donors and Lord knows how many volunteers to tip races around the country.

The GOP heavily influences or controls much of the national media, but most of these Senate races will happen in local media while the national media covers the presidential election.

Obama leads an energized Dem base. McCain fails to energize a diminished Republican base. Kansas, Alabama and Kentucky could be in play by the time it's over.

Dems already won in IL-14 and LA-06. Watch the results in MS-01.

If the Dems win MS-01 race I suspect large donors who are in politics for pragmatic reasons will see that money spent on the GOP will be wasted this cycle. It will go to losing candidates who, even if they won, won't hold any influence in Congress anyway.

Musgrove in Mississippi. Ventura in Minnesota.

Mike Moore wins seat held by Trent Lott.

Ventura wins in Minnesota.

The story about Jeff Sessions taking bribes grows. As does the story about Ted Stevens.

And Mike Moore wins election in Mississippi.

Jesse "The Body" makes a come back.

Republicans get trounced.

Stevens is too arrogant to step aside and he's gonna be exposed for being a crook.

Buyer's remorse in Texas gave us George W. Bush and it will dislodge the stupid Senator from Texas.

Idaho GOP doesn't have a good candidate. Unified Dems win in good year for Dems.

GOP keeps Alaska by getting Ted Stevens to step aside.

Accountability will be painful for the GOP.

In 2008 the party of Bush will be held accountable.

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