However, Novak reports, Republicans now are somewhat hopeful about two other seats: they think New Jersey's Dough Forester has a shot against embattled Bob Torricelli, and that Rep. Saxby Chambliss could beat incumbent Max Cleland.
There they strolled the medieval city, guided by discussion leaders Thomas Govero, a teacher of classics at Rome's John Cabot University, and Sean Forester, a painter and poet living in Florence.