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MORNING READ
News — ... . As it stands Wednesday morning, Democrats will gain five seats in the Senate and about 20 seats in the House. But their gains could have been bigger, especially in the Senate, where they need a few more seats to prevent GOP Senators from blocking progressive legislation, writes MyDD's Jerome Armstrong . Republican Sens. Ted Stevens (Alaska), Gordon Smith (Ore.), and Norm Coleman (Minn.) might defy expectations and all hold onto their seats, notes Contentions' ...

Coattails Not Quite Long Enough
Suburban Guerrilla — Jerome: We are at 56 Senate seats. That’s it? Five is fine going into ‘08. I was thinking, like most, that 58 was the floor– we really needed at least 58 Senate seats to make sure we have a working majority. Are there 4 Republicans in the Senate that will not work to block every progressive policy on the list? It looks like again, all of the close races, AK, MN, OR (still a lot of votes to count), and GA-R reaching 50, are going one way– unfortunately the Republican way. Alaska? Well, the headwind, 62-36, McCain over Obama, was ...