NH-SEN: That's Gonna Leave A Mark

I don't think Jeanne Shaheen was announced whether or not she will engage in a rematch for the US Senate seat held by John Sununu, but, uh, maybe now she will, as she holds a 44-34 lead in a hypothetical matchup. And Bush's approval rating is 17%, in a state he won in 2000 and only narrowly lost in 2004.

They say that any incumbent under 50 is in trouble. How about 16 points under 50?

The landscape almost looks better for Democrats in 2008 than it did in 2006, when they swept the House and the Senate. Of course, there's a ways to go, and the Presidential race will be the 800 lb. gorilla here. As long as the consultants don't mess it up, however, this is shaping up to be another great cycle for Democrats, one in which we could see historic high-water marks for Democrats in the House and Senate. Let's keep working.

UPDATE: Sununu has also voted in lockstep with the President on Iraq this year. That'll hurt in a major way; in fact, it's likely to be decisive. In addition, you have the New Hampshire phone-jamming scandal (where Republican operatives with ties to the RNC blocked the phone lines of Democratic GOTV workers in the Shaheen-Sununu race) and a palpable sense of wanting revenge. This is looking VERY good.