Taking a cold eye to the electoral map, you’d have to say that as of today the most likely outcome tomorrow is that Democrats keep the Senate majority even as the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid goes down to defeat in Nevada. Brian Beutler looks at the fierce — but, out of respect, quiet — race to succeed Reid as the top dog in the Senate Democratic caucus.

David Kurtz

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