It might be easier for Cook Political Report to say, “All right, just take the previous list of House race ratings and move everything one notch to the right. Yup. Yup. Yeah, that one too. Keep going. Keep going. Yeah, even that one.”
Here are their shifts for today:
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TENNESSEE | District 4: Likely Democrat to Lean Democrat (8/17/10)
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SOUTH DAKOTA | District AL: Lean Democrat to Toss Up (8/17/10)
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PENNSYLVANIA | District 10: Likely Democrat to Lean Democrat (8/17/10)
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PENNSYLVANIA | District 8: Lean Democrat to Toss Up (8/17/10)
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OHIO | District 16: Lean Democrat to Toss Up (8/17/10)
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ILLINOIS | District 11: Lean Democrat to Toss Up (8/17/10)
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IOWA | District 3: Lean Democrat to Toss Up (8/17/10)
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GEORGIA | District 8: Likely Democrat to Toss Up (8/17/10)
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FLORIDA | District 2: Lean Democrat to Toss Up (8/17/10)
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CALIFORNIA | District 47: Likely Democrat to Lean Democrat (8/17/10)
Republicans need 39 seats to win the House. Cook now projects the GOP will gain between 35 and 45 seats. Right now they rate 72 currently Democrat-held House seats as “Lean Democrat” or more vulnerable.