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Even if Republican take control of the Senate and keep the House, Democrats will have many ways to stop their agenda. And polarization might only increase.

Senate Republicans appear to be poised for a big victory in November's midterm vote. If so, here are the Top 10 moments that helped get them there.

Candidates like Kay Hagan and Michelle Nunn can be viewing the early voting news positively. If I were Mark Udall, John Hickenlooper, and Charlie Crist, though, I’d be slightly concerned.

Harry Reid’s attempt to protect his vulnerable colleagues – preventing difficult amendments and scheduling messaging bills – inadvertently pushed them closer to an unpopular president.

We tell people that 'your vote can make a difference,' when the chance of one vote tipping a presidential race is, say, 1 in 60 million. There are other reasons to vote.

Like her past flirtations with running for politics, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's latest hint about tossing her cap into the ring is just a feint.

Presidential choices are often so constrained by factors outside their control that temperament has little bearing on whether presidents succeed or not. 

A decade ago, Republicans were in the majority and Democrats in the minority, and their positions on the filibuster were the opposite of what they are today. 

Republicans aren’t going to get rid of the IRS or pass term limits, a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, a lifetime ban on lobbying for members of Congress or much else on the Ted Cruz Top 10. That's not being straight with voters. 

Recent leaks out of the federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown suggest that there may not be a sufficient legal basis to proceed with criminal charges against Officer Wilson – a blow to protesters.

The biggest problem with the lone wolf terrorist, whether in Canada or the US, is that there doesn’t seem to be much that law enforcement can do about them.

Single women and suburban moms helped Democrats to big wins in both presidential and midterm elections, but their support for President Obama is fading, especially in battleground states.

With a robust independent streak in state politics, Maine has elected a governor that won a majority of the vote only twice in the last 40 years. A third-party candidate may be about to help unpopular Gov. Paul LePage (R) win a second term.

An 'internal investigation' of a Fordham University professor for pledging to 'fight' a boycott of Israel raises red flags. Public life is about conflict, so much of its language has marched in from the battlefield. Ask James Madison.

Democrats say that, because Republicans want to decrease spending – and launched the sequester – they have cut critical resources that could have gone to pay for an Ebola vaccine. Trouble is, it isn't true. 

Senate Democrats won't be funding television ads in support of Alison Lundergan Grimes in the last three weeks of the Kentucky Senate race, as Grimes fades in the polls and bobbles a big question.

The outcome of 94 percent of House races is a foregone conclusion. If this happened in any country but the US, we'd question whether it was a democracy. The problem is our election system. 

People living near a Cracker Barrel are less likely to vote for Obama than those who live near Whole Foods. The food factor is even stronger if you compare voting preference and search traffic for Chic-fil-A and Starbucks.

Voters aren't interested in 2014 midterm elections  – a lack of enthusiasm that crosses party lines and all demographic groups. As a result, it's harder for pollsters to figure out who might actually turn out to vote in November.  

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R) says that the US Border Patrol captured 'at least 10' Islamic State fighters, and that 'dozens more' are trying to infiltrate the US but not getting caught. US Homeland Security calls the claim 'categorically false.'