VA will go to recount, but GOP never wins recounts - they can only lose them (like in WA 2004). Montana is hopeless. So, we are at -5 now.
It is clear that Talent is running behind his 2002 numbers, so it looks like he will lose bu ~2%. That's -6.
Well, now Dem's control both houses, so they assume a large share of power, and will not be able to run away from responsibility. By early 2008, they will surely repulse quite a few of their 2006 voters.
We won a recount in 2000 - for the Presidency...
My hope is that they becomes as cocky as so many FReepers did a couple of years ago. I want to see them insult us and gloat and generally act in unseeming ways that turn people off. I want to have them over-reach their mandate, throw caution to the wind, feel an imperial throne beneath their ample rumps--all while the electorate takes note and feels a growing resentment within.
I want to have that arrogance pay off for us in two years. Otherwise, I fear for what remains of our republic.