CURRENT COUNT HAS GOP WITH 48 SEATS COME JANUARY 2011
With Scott Brown almost certain to join the U.S. Senate later this week as the GOP’s 41st member, the road ahead is still going to be tough for the minority party to regain the majority in November.
In our latest Senate analysis, we now see the Democrats retaining their majority with 52 seats, versus 48  for the GOP.
In the process, we now see Arkansas, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Colorado, Delaware and Illinois moving …

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While I am still concerned about Democrats (with the help of ACORN) stealing this one from us, I am making the following prediction:
Brown wins with 53 percent of the vote.
The victory will be more than enough to not force a recount and hence,  call him Senate-elect Scott Brown sometime tonight.

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So, now the president is going to get combative.  Bring it on, Mr. President.
Rather than be humbled by the race they are about to lose in Massachusetts, the good folks at Politico are reporting that President Obama will give a “combative response” to a likely GOP victory tonight in the Bay State.
“The response will not be to do incremental things and try to salvage a few seats in the fall,” a presidential adviser said. “The best political route also happens …

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For Obama, divided government is best
If Barack Obama was Bill Clinton, he would hope for GOP victories tomorrow in Massachusetts and nationally in November.  After all, when the GOP took over both Houses of Congress in 1994, Democrat Clinton’s reelection chances for 1996 became that much better.
Recall that in 1992, American voters gave the Democrats full control of both the White House and of Congress for the first since 1978.  With this as a back-drop, Clinton and the Democrats in …

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