The Village's Overton Window

Since it's been a whole 37 minutes since a media outlet had to speculate on the Democrats losing the House as an absolute, the real question (for the Village) is can the GOP win the Senate?  Today's contestants:  Politico's Jim Vandehai and Alexander Burns.

With all the usual disclaimers attached — do not engage in political odds-making while taking medication or operating heavy machinery — here's why a Republican takeover is at least possible:

GOP officials tell POLITICO former Sen. Dan Coats will run against incumbent Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, instantly transforming Indiana into a competitive race.

Rep. Mark Kirk won the Republican Senate primary in Illinois, beating back a tea party challenge and giving the GOP the best chance of winning President Obama's former seat.

This comes one week after Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, decided not to run for his father’s former seat in Delaware. Democrats have a credible backup candidate in New Castle County Executive Chris Coons, but GOP Rep. Mike Castle, who has run and won 11 times statewide, is the strong favorite.

To pick up 10 seats, Republicans would have to run the table in competitive races — and get a miracle (or a big favor from an old friend), too. More on that in a moment. 

Scott Brown truly did change everything:  No matter what, the GOP always has a majority in the Senate.  Why do we even have a Democratic party?  I love how the answer is "No way in hell unless you believe the GOP can pull off multiple Scott Browns, and since the GOP proved it can, we expect Majority leader Mitch McConnell next January."

God, this is annoying.