[NYS_Eric]

Didn't see much discussion about the Iowa Market's predictions on the House and Senate. I'm still hoping for at least a +2 gain in the Senate.

[Betaille]

There is no reason to think the senate will go dem. 6 democratic seats are open in southern states... look for a democratic loss in senate seats.

[nwrep]

The IEM is a laughable indicator of election results. Here is the price action in the 2000 election. Notice the bizarre runup in Bush's numbers in early November? It was exactly the opposite in the real world as news of his DUI came up on November 3-4:

[Porterville]

Sorry, liberal states can only elect two senators at a time... and the last I checked they are all booked-up...

[Uncle Vlad]

Doesn't matter how many gains the Republicans make in the Senate. Because of the weak Republican leadership, resolve, desire to be "bipartisan," or for whatever reason, the Democrats will still run the Senate, just as they have, even since 1995.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I have a Post-it in my cubicle with a Larry Kudlow prediction he made on Rush's show back in November: The Dow will hit 12,500 in 2004. That doesn't look very likely right now. Neither does the chance that the Rats take back the Senate.

[rushmom]

If the price of oil goes down, and the employment numbers are good next Friday, Bush's stock goes up. ( No pun intended). That should help the Senate/House too. It certainly doesn't help that the GOP is giving a Senate seat to the dems in Illinois by letting O'Bama run unopposed. Heck, Scott Peterson could win there if he ran unopposed.

[Bommer]

Help me. Whats the difference between the Republicans loosing the Senate and the Democraps gaining seats...since the minority is still the majority anyways? Even if the Repub-I Can't's win more seats, you think that Bush is going to get anything accomplished with the Democrap Bullsh!t fillabusters? As long as spineless wimps like Frist and before him Lott are in command, it doesn't matter who wins the Senate!