Cook: Talent in Less Danger . . . Barely

Check out Charlie Cook's take on the midterms as we enter the homestretch.

Here are some major points taken from TalkingPointsMemo.

"Even allowing for a five-point historic skew in favor of Democrats for the generic ballot test, this is a real bad situation for the GOP..."

"On the Senate side, Republicans now have seven seats in the toss-up column, which is one more than Democrats need to gain a majority."

"Incumbents Conrad Burns of Montana and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania remain the two most-endangered Republicans, followed by George Allen of Virginia, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Mike DeWine of Ohio. In Missouri, Jim Talent may be in a tiny bit less danger. "

"It is no longer far-fetched to see how Democrats could win six Republican seats, or even seven."