First I pre-empt TNR by two days; now I find I have pre-empted the National Journal by several months.
Chuck Todd is also skeptical the Democrats could take back the Senate:
we're not saying Democrats have no chance to regain control, but we do think it's much harder for the party to do it than some of the recent press clippings suggest .... The challenge for the Democrats is to get to the magic number of 50 seats (51 if Kerry wins the presidency; click here for more on that scenario).
as was I in early May ... I'm not waiting by the phone for the calls to join the columnists at either of these august periodicals ...