Over at the WaPo, I write about which races Iโ€™ll be following most closely this fall. An excerpt:

Florida and Pennsylvania [are tight races that] feature Republican nominees who are conservative champions. If Marco Rubio wins the Florida election, expect veep talk to start. If Pat Toomey wins, he will demonstrate that a strong free-market platform can win in Pennsylvaniaโ€“where even Rick Santorum was careful not to adopt too conservative a line on economics. Both Rubio and Toomey have been willing to stand for entitlement reform, so their elections will also be tests of just how serious the countryโ€™s concern about federal spending is.