Nah, think big. We netted more seats than most people expected in '04. It can happen again, with the right candidates and the right campaigns. Let's start talking about a NET of SIX:
Maryland, West Virginia, Florida, N. Dak., Minn.
Then, if Bingaman of NM, Feinstein of CA, and Akaka (nearly 80) of Hawaii don't run ... we could win one of the three.
Not impossible.
Seats in real danger on our side: Santorum (PA) and Burns (MT). But we can save 'em.
Larry Sabato,of Va., a self-proclaimed political guru, sees no chance that the Dems control the Senate but does predict some real surprises whereby Dems pick up a seat or two from Pub areas and vice versa for Pubs in Dem areas. A wash.