What are our chances of taking back the senate now? Your assesment.

[coloradodem2005]

With what is going on with these races, what do you think will happen? Will the Senate be Democratic controlled next year?

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. I think pretty damn good

Keep fighting!

[2Design]

2. have to have dems running....there are still unopposed rethug seats...

with unopposed seats....and new england states....with rethug governors.... I am wondering....how did those guys get in and has the tone of liberal new england changed....

[UrbScotty]

3. Not bad anymore

We have excellent chances in Alaska, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. Kit Bond of Missouri isn't exactly safe, either.

Georgia looks like it will (officially) go to the Repubs, while Illinois looks about the same for the Democrats.

Feingold, Daschle, and Boxer are the Democrats in the most danger, IMO.

Of course, Louisiana, Florida, and the Carolinas have a chance of getting Repub senators.

[Lex]

5. I disagree about "the Carolinas" gettting Repub senators.

The Democratic Senate hopeful in NC is ahead by far and is opening up the lead of late.

[David__77]

6. Boxer will do just fine, don't worry.

Jones is an incompetent and hardly inspiring. He's an empty suit. Boxer will win, not by a mass landslide, but comfortably. Jones' fundraising is miserable and he's anti-choice. No one has been anti-choice and elected to an important office (governor, senator) here since 1986, and not for senator since 1976!

[Lex]

4. The Dem Senator running for Edwards' old seat in NC is ahead.

And his lead is opening up too. I think Erskine Bowles will retain the Dem seat for Senate in NC.

[Senior citizen]

7. The Democrats can take back the Senate

But we, the liberals, progressives, greens, females, minorities, and low-income people, in other words, the vast numerical majority in this country, never had it, so we can't take it back. The way I see it, the Senate is comparable to the British House of Lords, in that wealthy white males predominate. I don't want to see a few more tokens--I want the majority of the people to have the majority of representatives. How outrageous is that?