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It doesn’t matter really. If they did get the 60 senators the Republican would whine that they don’t have 65 to get their agenda accomplished because of RINOs. They if they did have 65 senators they would sit on their hands and getting really comfortable, spending lots of money and giving amnesty to illegals.

The American public seem to like a 4th check and balance to government.

In Michigan in 2002 we elected a Democrat Governor, but kept a republican majority senate and house, and elected a republican Attorney General and Secretary of State.

I think that if the republicans try to go too far (whatever that means) to the right, pushing an anti-gay, or anti-abortion agenda; attempting to cut benefits/services: commerce department, education department... or if they succeed at modifying social security and those modifications can be framed as being anti-elderly or removing benefits, I think that republicans could lose the senate, maybe even the house.

Basically, the nation is indeed 50/50, having a few seat majority in the senate is aberrant.

Actually, I'll go on the limb right now, and say that republicans will not hold onto the majority in the Senate in 2006. Best guess us a tie, with the VP flipping it to the republicans.