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Democrats Hopeful Amid Changing GOP Landscape The race for president is not the only one taking shape. The terms of 22 senators and every member of the House are up in 2008, and a number of lawmakers — many of them Republicans — have decided not to run again.

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Democrats Hopeful Amid Changing GOP Landscape

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Democrats Hopeful Amid Changing GOP Landscape

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The race for president is not the only one taking shape. The terms of 22 senators and every member of the House are up in 2008, and a number of lawmakers — many of them Republicans — have decided not to run again.

For congressional Republicans, forecasts look ominously similar to 2006, when the party lost enough seats to cede both chambers to the Democrats.

Amy Walter, editor in chief of The Hotline from the National Journal, talks with Michele Norris.