“BTW, I cannot believe these Senate races are so damned close! This surely is a major FU on the RNC’s part ... unless they really are the uniparty.”
Close?
What polling are you reading?
A wave is building with each beheading according to most pollsters. No need to go much further than Nate Silver, IMO:
We take the Senate? Looks OK. But, doesn't look all that much of a surething, slam-dunk to me. Then what happens?