By Richard E Walrath

If the Democrats can’t pick up a bunch of seats in the senate next year, they never will.  They have states like New Hampshire, Virginia and, I think, Minnesota where they should have winners.  I can’t think of any incumbent Democrats in the senate who are in trouble.

Looks like the problem will be the presidential race and California’s 55 electoral votes.  Under the present system, Democrats would get all 55.  They’ll get less if the system is changed–one less for every district that votes Republican. 

No question about the Republicans wanting to change the way votes are tallied.  They want to share–one of the Democrats votes in the Democrat pile, one of the Democrats votes in the Republican pile.  That’s a big change from putting all the Democrats votes in the Republican pile.