WASHINGTON -- Republican prospects in next year's Senate races are not good, with most analysts forecasting deeper GOP losses, though they could be offset by some Democratic upsets.

Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut is running behind in the polls as a result of the role the Banking Committee chairman played in the housing-bubble debacle and the sweetheart mortgage deal he got from a pal in the mortgage industry he oversees.
And in Pennsylvania, Democratic convert Arlen Specter's recent party switch may be backfiring on him, as Democratic voters reconsider the longtime Republican's voting record...












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