Zogby: Republican Senate Hopefuls Surging

Ensign (R) now ahead for Senate in Nevada.

Also, the national political mood, seen as boosting the Democratic Party, has cooled somewhat. "A month ago, even two weeks ago, the Democrats nationwide were doing better than they are today," he said.

Gibbons campaign manager Robert Uithoven said he believed the polls to be correctly reflecting the direction of the race. "Our TV message is working, we're doing a good job of holding on to the Republican base, courting independents, and we even have about 10 percent of the Democrats," he said. "We hope to continue to grow those numbers and make sure Republicans show up to vote."

Both Democrats preferred to call attention to the polls' large swing and said they found it difficult to believe so many voters could change their minds in just a couple of weeks.

Meanwhile, Santorum and DeWine have closed the gap to four points against each of their opponents, and Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey is ahead of his opponent.

Lieberman, however, showed slippage, but is still ahead by four points.

Meanwhile... Democrats are worrying about failing to pick up Congressional seats in the big swing state of... New York.

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