Reply #6: Roundup- WAPO, NYT, Cook, AP & More

[chill_wind]

Here's a quick and handy round-up of Sunday morning predictions:

* Washington Post: "In the battle for the House, Democrats appear almost certain to pick up more than the 15 seats needed to regain the majority...A three-seat gain is almost assured, but they would have to find the other three seats from four states considered to have tossup races -- Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and Montana."

* Charlie Cook: "It's very hard to imagine how the House majority does not turn over...Let's just say it's 20-35, but that the possibility of this getting bigger, is very real...The bottom line is that it is more possible today than a couple weeks ago that Republicans could hold their losses to just four, or it could end up being the six."

* Associated Press: "A miracle day for us would be 14 seats lost," said Joe Gaylord, who was the chief strategist for Newt Gingrich in 1994 when Republicans swept to power. "A good day would be around minus 20, and a bad day would be over 30."

* New York Times: "Republican Party leaders saying the best outcome they could foresee was losing 12 seats in the House. But they were increasingly steeling themselves for the loss of at least 15 seats...Democrats said they thought they were almost certain to gain four or five seats and still had a shot at the six they need to take control."

from Greg Sargent at
http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/nov/05/prediction_roundup