I think that we may pick up a seat or two in the Senate. We may lose a few seats in the House but we will hold it.
I am a New Englander who shares your opinion of Chafee. Unfortunately, Chafee is the ONLY kind of Republican who can come out of Rhode Island, probably the most Democrat state in the Union. I would take that bucket of warm spit (Chafee) in a 50-50 Senate, with Cheney voting to break the deadlock, rather than losing the Senate because Chafee lost his seat. I hate it when politics trumps substance but losing power to the Dems is a worse fate.