Republicans Hold Senate?

National Review's John J. Miller, who has been providing weekly updates on the status of U.S. Senate races nationwide, predicts that Democrats will pick up 4 states (Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island), thus just missing their goal of taking control of the Senate. Virginia will provide the early test as to whether that prediction will hold.

Regarding the Tennessee race, Miller comments as follows:

Democratic congressman Harold Ford Jr. deserves a prize for running a very effective campaign as a faux conservative and making this race interesting, but his reward won't be a seat in the Senate. This race has been much closer than Republicans would have liked, but at this point they'll be happy merely to secure a victory, no matter what the margin. CORKER WINS -- REPUBLICAN RETENTION