Nearly a year ago, it appeared to be a sure thing that the GOP would take over the Senate in the 2012 election. The way things now appear it's a 50-50 chance. Politico has surveyed more than a dozen Republican top strategists last week to gauge the party's outlook for the upper chamber coming out of the conventions into the election home stretch. Even though they say it's not impossible, the road to Republican victory will be narrower than it was a few months ago. Events such as the retirement of Olympia Snowe in Maine and Todd Akin's remarks about rape have made Senate races much tighter. Until Akin's comments about rape, incumbent Claire McCaskill's seat seemed to be in reach for Rep. Akin. Now that seat is a tossup.
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