Where We Stand

The Guru hopes you're having a pleasant Saturday:

NYTimes/CQPolitics.com offers an updated overview of the 2008 Senate races, including an updated chart of cash-on-hand tallies and an updated list of the "most vulnerable" Senate seats, citing Republican-held seats Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Oregon, and Democratic-held seats South Dakota and Louisiana only.

Interesting side-stat: while most focus on the fact that there are 21 GOP-held seats for them to defend against only 12 Dem-held seats for us to defend, there are also seven freshman GOP Senators up for re-election compared to only one freshman Democrat.

Minnesota: NYTimes/CQPolitics.com also takes a look at the Minnesota race, particularly through the prism of the Al Franken candidacy and Coleman's attempts to align with the right-wing base of his party while trying to appear moderate for the electorate he represents.

Montana: The Billings Gazette compares Senator Max Baucus' more than two million dollars in his campaign account with potential GOP challenger Denny Rehberg's less-than-$300K in cash-on-hand.