With all the attention paid to the Presidential election, the house and Senate races have been all but forgotten. This is a mistake, because while the Presidency is a powerful and prestigious position, the Democrats might have a chance to create an unassailable power bloc in Washington if everything breaks right.

Right now, it seems like the Democrats will likely increase their lead in the House of Representatives. More interestingly, the Democrats not only have a chance to increase their margins in the Senate, but have an outside chance of actually establishing a filibuster proof Supermajority in the Senate. Currently, Democrat Mark Warner (Viriginia), Tom Udall (New Mexico), Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire) and Mark Udall (Colorado) look like likely Democratic gains, which would push the Democratic Caucus in Congress to 55. With Republican incumbents Norm Coleman (Minnesota), Ted Stevens (Alaska), Elizabeth Dole (North Carolina) and Gordon Smith (Oregon) also fighting for their political lives, all the Democrats need is a strong showing from an excited electorate to reach 59.

After that, all they need is an upset in some surprisingly competitive Republican strongholds (John Cornyn of Texas, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi are all vulnerable) and the Democrats will get the 60 they need for the Super-majority. Getting a super-majority in the Senate on top of the existing majority in the House would be a coup, and I would like to encourage everyone to go and make donations to our fine candidates in all the battle ground states (special points if we knock off Cornyn, who has been wed to big oil ever since he took office or Chambliss, the morally bankrupt chickenhawk who accused Vietnam veteran and triple-amputee Max Cleland of not defending his country in 2002).