Via CQ Politics, the latest Gallup poll has Republicans leading Democrats 49 percent to 43 percent on a generic ballot. That is the largest lead Republicans have enjoyed since the poll started in 1950.
But at the same time, Charlie Cook has moved prize Senate seats in Connecticut and New York a little further out of reach.
Every primary day, every special election, every poll I see reminds me of one thing: November is a long way away.