The MSM does give the impression of looking around wildly for the "thing" that will spell doom for the Repbulicans. Their reporting has almost become comical. Its Fitzmas all over again.
I don't pay nearly as much attention to party control of Congress as I do to Ideological control of Congress. For example, according the American Conservative Union's monitoring of how Senators actually vote on the primary issues of concern to conservatives, "Republican" Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island voted to the right 12% of the time in 2005. Senator Hillary Clinton also voted to the right 12% of the time in 2005. Democratic Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska voted conservative 40% of the time.
If the Senate or the House is still in Republican hands but more RINOs and bi-partisan oriented moderates are elected, what has been gained?