] Important Senate news today. Several new polls there have ] changed the outlook. Just going by the spreadsheet (i.e., ] the current poll numbers), the Senate will be split 50-50 ] as a result of a new poll in Oklahoma that now puts Brad ] Carson ahead of Tom Coburn (the former obstretrician who ] has admitted to performing abortions but now says ] abortionists should be executed). In addition, the ] spreadsheet says the Republicans will win the Louisiana ] seat, but since no Republican has ever been elected to ] the Senate by the people of Louisiana since direct ] elections of senators began in 1914, my best guess at ] this point is that the Democrats will actually have a ] majority in the Senate (counting Jeffords as a Democrat). ] This scenario was unthinkable 6 months ago. This is the slickest electoral college map site. Current Electoral Vote Predictor 2004 |