GOP Dark Horses Set To Finish Strong

A stable of dark-horse Republican candidates - to the surprise of political handicappers - are seriously threatening veteran Democrats in heavily Democratic states, increasing GOP hopes to reclaim control of the Senate in November. From Washington to Wisconsin and Connecticut, Republican challengers are forcing analysts to revise upward their midterm forecasts of potential Democratic losses, putting the GOP in sight of a long-shot 10-seat gain and a majority in the upper chamber. In the parlance of analysts, two three-term Democratic senators, Washington's Patty Murray and Wisconsin's Russ Feingold, have moved into "tossup" territory - unexpected terrain, especially for Mrs. Murray, who wasn't on anyone's radar screen as vulnerable earlier this summer. Read more here:

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