>>>As my liberal friends can grudgingly attest to, I've been dead-on predicting the 2002 and 2004 elections. Here's my '06 prediction: Dems pickup a few Senate seats due to anti-incumbency mood as well as a few House seats. GOP still owns both.
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>>I saved this post on purpose. :-D
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>I have to admit my prediction was about the same as John's. (The only difference is I think I'm happier to have been wrong <g>). Maybe I didn't dare get my hopes up too much, not having seen the Republicans outmaneuver the Democrats in the stretch so many times before.

The Republicans have such a well oiled election and attack machine. Fortunately Bush's mistakes had finally irked enough people.