Political predictions in January are worthless unless they're about who'll be inaugurated by the end of the month. In the final analysis I can't expect the 2/3 of the state who voted for Kennedys for 40 years to give the seat to a Republican, especially since a lot of them are really upset the healthcare bill doesn't go far ENOUGH. Not like electing a Republican is going to fix that, however much some people like the dozens of healthcare proposals they're churning out hourly.