Some of us are "veterans" of 2010 and 2012 expectations.  Remember how the GOP was supposed to pick up the Senate both times?  Don't remind me.  It still hurts to see what we did to ourselves in Delaware,Missouri & Indiana.  Talk about "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory"!  So forgive me if I make 2014 predictions cautiously: I will predict that the GOP will get to 6, and it could be more if there is a wave election. My friend Barry Casselman, The Prairie Editor, looked at the 2014 election and concluded this a few weeks ago: "The signs therefore continue to point to significant conservative gains in 2014, and the best thing going for the Republicans seems to be an unwitting Democratic president. We all know the cliche about how U.S. politics can change course in a short time, even in four months, so there is no valid reason for any Republican overconfidence at this point. But time IS running out for...(Read Full Post)