RCP Avg= Real Clear Politics Average of all the polls over about the past week.
South Dakota - Dem. Held Seat
most recent poll:
Daschle (D) 49
Thune (R) 49
poll before that:
Daschle (D) 46
Thune (R) 50
Florida - Dem. Held Seat
RCP Avg- Martinez (R) +0.7
Colorado - Repub. Held Seat
RCP Avg- Coors (R) +1.0
Oklahoma - Repub. Held Seat
RCP Avg- Coburn (R) +3.8
Alaska- Repub. Held Seat
RCP Avg- Knowles (D) +2
North Carolina- Dem. Held Seat
RCP Avg- Burr (R) +2.0
Louisiana- Dem. Held Seat
Vitter (R) +26 *in Louisiana there are multiple democrats running, and if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, there will be a run-off b/w the two top vote getters. Vitters is polling around 44%
South Carolina- Dem. Held Seat
DeMint (R) anywhere from +3 to +12
Illinois- Repub. Held Seat
Obama (D) +45
Georgia- Dem. Held Seat
Isakson (R) +16
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If these were the final numbers, the
Republican Party would pick up 2 seats, with SD and LA being tossups, BUT both being Dem. held with a good possiblity of at least 1 if not both being won.
if those 2 went our way and we managed to hold on to the AK seat, that would mean a pickup of 5 seats in the US Senate! That would be 56 Republicans and only 43 democrats and 1 independent!
This would make things much, much easier on President Bush in his 2nd term, especially regarding judicial nominations