[GonzoGOP]

My personal guess is 43 seat swing with two “defections” afterwords. In the senate we will pick up 7. Not enough to take control, but enough to have a RINO proof filibuster. However, because one of those pickups will be Nevada, there will be a new Senate Majority leader. And since the last two dem majority leaders have been voted out of office (Dashel and then Reid), he will be much less likely to cater to Obama’s every whim.

[RockinRight]

Defections? Why/how?

Agree with the 7-seat prediction in the Senate. I think Arlen Specter will be one of the fallen.

[Soul Seeker]

Or the new leader will be someone like Chuck who will be even more blatantly partisan but not be in a so called swing state as Reid comes from. Daschle came from a conservative state so once it was nationalized he was bound to lose.