Alan Greenblatt is a GOVERNING correspondent.
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Head Games
posted by Alan Greenblatt
I'm still getting calls from Democratic friends saying they don't believe their party can actually pull off a win tonight. Meanwhile, Republicans in D.C. today have been saying things like, "I'm enjoying the last day of the House majority."
Which brand of pessimists is right? How are you readers feeling at this point, with about a half-hour of voting left in the east?
At 64 percent, Northup-Yarmuth race is tightening, 50-49 Yarmuth. In early Indiana results, Republicans are leading in two fo the three competitive U.S. House races, but Ellsworth is up 70-30 over incumbent GOPer John Hostettler. Must be Dem-friendly precincts reporting first.
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