Not to be over-optimistic, but...

Sunday's Post features a run-down on the latest on the Senate and paints a surprisingly optimistic picture for the Dems.

"The Democrats are going to gain somewhere between four and seven seats," said Stuart Rothenberg, author of an independent newsletter that tracks campaigns nationwide. Of the battlegrounds of Tennessee, Virginia and Missouri, he said, "They need two of the three, and they have a pretty good chance" of winning them.