Hank you are looking like Romney now with a bit of managing expectations.

We are going to win!
We will probably win!
We have a chance!
Well at least we will have the Senate.();-) Remember you would have already had the Senate if it weren't for the Tea Party. Looks to me like the worst thing that ever happened to the Republican Party was the Tea party. It's kind of like what would happen to the Democrats if they nominated Al Sharpton.

I do agree that the gridlock we will see for the next four years is in some ways good, but sometimes America does need to act.

If the Rs somehow win the presidency the Ds will certainly remember how hard the Rs worked to say no to everything the Ds wanted even when it was a payroll tax cut. Yep, you have that right - gridlock will continue. Probably not the best way to move a country forward.