[Mark]

Excuse me! Didn't Torricelli say that himself? Didn't he say that he didn't want to be responsible for the DemocRATs losing the Senate?

The Democrats still have the one ace in the hole: Jumpin Jim could switch again, this time to the "darkside" Dems.

[Physicist]

The Democrats still have the one ace in the hole: Jumpin Jim could switch again, this time to the "darkside" Dems.

That won't help. If the Dems fall one seat short, the best Jeffords can do is make it a 50/50 split. Cheney breaks the tie for the Republicans.