Larry Sabato, of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, on Thursday moved his prediction of Republican pickups in the Senate from 7 to 8 or even 9, and said a GOP takeover of the Senate is looking more possible by the day. "Conditions have deteriorated badly for Democrats over the summer. The economy appears rotten, with little chance of a substantial comeback by November 2nd. Unemployment is very high, income growth sluggish, and public confidence quite low," Sabato wrote.
The Dems got power, they rushed headlong for the public trough and drained it. There was not only no improvement for Joe & Jane Citizen but things actually got worse. Once it became obvious throwing money around to cronies wasn't the way to fix the economy the best they could come up with was to find different ways to toss money to the cronies and start looking deeper into the taxpayer's wallet. Nobody minded soaking the rich until it became obvious that the Dems regard us all as rich.
In the House, estimates are also reaching new highs for how many seats the Democrats could lose. The Cook Political Report estimated this week that 70 Democratic-held House seats are at "substantial risk" of being lost. Republicans need to pick up 39 to take the House. Sabato said the GOP has a "good chance" of picking up 47 seats.