Dems pick up the easy ones ...

Now comes the hard part. The GOP gave up on Ohio and Pennsylvania a long time ago, so I'm a little confused as to why CNN is treating the loss of Ohio as an apocalypse for the GOP. I don't think that a single conservative pundit picked DeWine to win. The only surprise would have been if the Democrats couldn't win this one, in which case I think there would have been very good reason to believe in a massive conspiracy theory. Still, the Dems are closer to 51 than they were yesterday, so it is a necessary victory for them.

In other news, no tossup house races have been called yet, so I have no feel for what the margin there will be.

--Barry Caro