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Democrats look for White House, Congress clean sweep

AFP, Washington
Democrats are hoping to take a stranglehold on political power in Washington in Thesday's election and are all but assured of expanding their majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives.
Demoralized Republicans who fear seeing the White House fall to Democrat Barack Obama are bracing for more pain with the deepening economic crisis set to scythe through their ranks in Congress.
Still reeling from 2006 mid-term polls, which saw Democrats wrench away their control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Republicans look set to take further losses in a toxic political climate.
Reverberations from, the economic crisis look sei to help
Democrats widen majorities in both chambers and the party is envision-ingyears ofdominance in Congress.
Just two days from election day, November 4, Democratic congressional candidates are basking in Obama's momentum while Republicans fail to shake off the unpopular legacy of President GeorgeW. Bush.
Democrats are banking on big gains in the Senate, where even conservative estimates show six or seven seats in the 100 strongchamber are likely to change hands, with several more likely to topple on a really bad night for Republicans.
Current polls suggest that Democrats can expect to add at least 25 seats to their current majority of 36.when all 435 House perches come up for reelection.
Though Democrats have been on top for two years and Congress is held in contempt - its approval ratings hit a historic lowof 15 percent in a recent CBS poll - Republicans, as holders of the White House, are carrying the can for the crisis.
Thb 2008 congressional battlefield was always tilted towards Democrats. By a quirk of the political schedule, 23 Republican seats are up for reelection in the Senate compared to just 12 held by Democrats.
Fearing a Democratic tide, some Republicans in the 100-seat chamber retired. Only one Democratic seat, that of Senator Mary Landrieu in Louisiana, is seen as competitive for Republicans and she looks safe.
Democrats currently enjoy a 51-4^«dge in the'Senate, with the help oftwo independents.
It would take a political earthquake for them to hit the magic 60 seats barrier needed to pass major legislation and the power to break Republican filibuster delaying tactics.
Democrats seem a lock to grab seats held by retiring Republicans in Virginia and New Mexico. In Minnesota, comedian Al Franken was up on current Republican Senator Norm Coleman by four points in the latest Rasmussen poll in the state.
New Hampshire political icon Jeanne Shaheen was up eight points in the most recent polling as she attempts to avenge her 2002 defeat at the hands of incumbent JohnSununu.
She was set to get a campaign boost -next week from -Hillary Clinton.