A Very Tight Race For The Senate

From TPM Muckraker:

CNN just released a batch of polls of key Senate races -- and they show that the battle for the Senate is too close to call. Assuming Dems knock off trailing GOP incumbent Senators in Montana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Rhode Island, Dems then need to pick up two more seats to win the Senate. If they hold New Jersey -- where the CNN poll shows Dem Robert Menendez up 51%-44% over GOPer Tom Kean, Jr. -- then then need to win two out of three of the closer contests in Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri, and CNN finds all to be extremely tight. In Virginia, Dem Jim Webb is leading Senator George Allen, 50%-46%; in Missouri, Senator Jim Talent and Dem Claire McCaskill are deadlocked at 49%; and among likely voters in Tennessee, GOPer Bob Corker is ahead of Dem Harold Ford, Jr., 52%-44% -- though among registered voters Corker is leading only 47%-45%, which is within the poll's margin of error.