You’ll see this everywhere shortly, but it’s good news for Democrats that should be trumpeted:

Democrats Have a Shot At Senate Control

…Several Democratic challengers are taking advantage of the public mood ahead of Tuesday’s election, opening big leads on Republican incumbents. The biggest was in Rhode Island, where Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse had a 53 percent to 39 percent lead over moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee. [full text]

With the margin of error on this poll at +/- 4%, this is very good news indeed. From my own experience, a neighbor recently took down his “Keep Chafee” sign — told me he’s reconsidering, and in the chatter at work there is a decided change in tone toward excitement at the real possibility of a new Democrat to lead Rhode Island in the US Senate.