I suspect even if Castle had won tonight, and took Biden’s old seat, that Republicans would have fallen short in their effort to get a majority. If Boxer, Reid, and Murray all win then it is almost impossible to dislodge the Dems. Having Castle in there siding with the ones from Maine and the few remaining other “moderates” would have given them yet more leverage.
If they get 45-48 seats now then it will be necessary to work that much harder to take back a majority in ‘12. I think they should go full force against Webb, Tester, McCaskill, both Nelsons and more.
Yes, and a lot of the energy of 2010 will be gone by 2012, and nothing will ever change.