WP political blog: Make That Speaker Pelosi!

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WP political blog, "The Fix," by Chris Cillizza
11/3/2006
As Final Weekend Arrives, Experts Say Democratic House Is a Done Deal

As we head into the final three days of the 2006 campaign, nonpartisan prognosticators are growing more and more certain that Democrats are headed for large-scale gains (20 seats or more) in the House and may even take control of the Senate.

The Rothenberg Political Report is now estimating Democratic gains of between 34-40 seats in the House and 5-7 seats in the Senate....

The Cook Political Report is currently predicting a Democratic House gain of 20-35 seats, but Amy Walter, the publication's House expert, wrote today that the low end of that range is "a cautious prediction" -- suggesting larger gains are likely. Cook ranks seven Republican-held Senate seats in the toss-up category and one other -- Arizona -- in the lean Republican category....

What this means is that barring some sort of unforeseen event, House Democrats will take the majority on Tuesday night; the only question is how big that majority will be....

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