Writing on the HorseRaceBlog, Jay Cost documents the myriad challenges associated with trying to predict midterm elections.

Kyle Trygstad writes that the with the GOP facing fundraising gaps in several southern races, the party will have to win races in places where Democrats have been successful in the last two election cycles if it hopes to win back control of the House this year.

On RCM, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, writing about Ben Wildavsky's new book, The Great Brain Race, argues that America needs to reform its immigration laws to ensure top students from around the world can stay in the U.S. after they finish school.

On RCS, Jeff Neuman writes that after the shocking collapse of the Washington Capitals, the city will turn its attention to the Nationals and the arrival of Stephen Strasburg.

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