Per TPM:
A pair of tweets from Hotline's Jeremy Jacobs:
"Cook Political moves Sen. from GOP picking up 7-9 to 6-8. Good news for Dems. Odds of GOP winning maj. "non-existent," according to Cook."
"Cook says #WASEN, #CASEN and #WVSEN are breaking toward Dems."
Read that again. Three key races are breaking towards Democrats! That means one thing and one thing only: our GOTV efforts are working! Additionally, we're holding our own in early voting in a number of key races as has been reported on the front page and elsewhere.
Ads like this one for Senator Barbara Boxer are working:
Senator Boxer is running towards and not away from Obama. It's easy for her to do that in California you say? Well, I say that Senator Boxer isn't doing anything that tens of thousands of volunteers all around the country aren't doing, and if all of us continue to make the case that this election is a choice between taking the country forwards versus taking it back to the stone age, then I think there are going to be some disappointed Republicans on election night.
These deluded Tea Partiers think they're going to win the whole shooting match, just like they thought McCain was sure to win two years ago. Well guess what. They ain't gonna. I know they'd like to turn back the clock and erase Jan. 20, 2009 from the history books, but that's never going to happen. There's no turning back.
Keep phonebanking. Keep canvasing. Keep moving forwards!
Update: h/t to itskevin for providing us with the text of the actual forecast:
The Cook Political Report is adjusting its current outlook to reflect a net gain for Republicans of 6 to 8 seats, down from 7 to 9 seats. While it is becoming increasingly likely that Republicans will hold all 18 of its own seats, Democrats' prospects in three of their 19 seats have improved in recent days. Sens. Barbara Boxer in California and Patty Murray in Washington now appear to be headed for re-election, albeit by small margins. In the special election in West Virginia, Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin now holds an advantage. Currently there are 57 Democrats, two independents that caucus with Democrats, and 41 Republican Senators. Post-election, Republicans could hold between 47 and 49 seats to 51 to 53 seats for Democrats. This new outlook means that the odds of Republicans winning a majority in the Senate are now non-existent.
Update: Holy shit! Rec list! Thanks everyone! Looks like America's picking sanity. And for those of you who didn't get to see the rally, here's your moment of zen: