People like to say that political campaigns don't begin until after Labor Day. Well, didn't we just have one? Granted, there's still one more to go before next year's Senate elections, but who's counting? Here's the latest on the 2004 races, updated from my report in July. The major development since then has been the GOP's failure to recruit its best candidates for races in Arkansas and Nevada — states where Republicans might have had a good chance at victory, but now probably don't have much chance at all. This has lifted Democratic morale significantly and may even affect the...