[NeoCaveman]

possibly as many as +5!!! (yes, you heard it here first)

+5? That would be a clean sweep of NJ, MI, MN, MD, and WA (all blue states) plus Burns and Chafee hanging on.

Imagine if the GOP had recruited well then (WI,ND,NM,WV,FL) might have been in play.

[LS]

Yah, that's why I said they should be kicking themselves about ND, WV, and FL especially, which were winnable.