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Hot Air » Top Picks — ... both, he’ll top out at 364 EVs (with the possibility for more depending upon what happens in Missouri and Montana). That would mean he’d have overperformed even the rosy projections at Five Thirty Eight . He already has 338 in the bank, which means your resident Eeyore actually wasn’t pessimistic enough . Good lord. We’re headed for another wipeout in the House in the too, with Politico projecting a Dem pickup of at least 20 seats . You can follow the late returns at CNN’s master page . Murtha ended up destroying Russell in spite of everything, ...

A Much More Pro-Incumbent Night Than Expected
The Stump — ... Why did the Democrats -- whose House gain currently stands at 18 seats, with some still uncalled -- somewhat underperform ...

Paul Jenkins: Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... in those three states voted more Republican than normally. The lone holdout is an African-American district in Mississippi. This means that from urban New Orleans, to suburban Birmingham and to these states' large rural swaths, white voters abandoned the Democratic candidate for President in numbers far larger than usually. Perhaps more chillingly, the youngest of white voters in these states were equally as adverse as older generations to vote for Obama. Meanwhile, voters in four districts in the Deep South did manage to send white Democratic representatives to Washington. ...

Republicans Not In A Position To Retake the House (Yet)
Open Left - Front Page — ... Not enough seats for Republicans: Let's say that Democrats win the national House popular vote by 2.8%, which is the average forecast of Real Clear Politics, Pollster.com and myself. This would represent a 6.1% improvement for Republicans from 2008. If the margin in all House campaigns from 2008-2009 shifted 6.1% in favor of Republicans, they would net a total 18 seats (17 from 2008, plus NY-20), and a partisan make-up of 239-196 in favor of Democrats. ...