Congress

This is the good news. It will be more difficult for Republicans to fix the elections for Congress when they are losing by 20 points. That's a tricky number to explain away.

A possible Palin-McCain administration may very well face a veto proof Democratic Congress.

CNN: Democrats widen lead in battle for Congress

In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Tuesday, 56 percent of those questioned are backing the Democratic candidate for Congress, while 42 percent support the Republicans.

That's a change from immediately after the GOP convention, when the Democrats had only a 3-point lead lead over the Republicans, 49 percent to 46 percent.