I am not an expert on the Senate, but am I correct in the following:

[Harry Hayfield]

Composition of the Senate (incoming) as of November 18th 2008
Republicans 38
Democrats 57
Independents 2
Yet to be called: 3

As the two Independents (Liebermen CT and Sanders VT) both caucus with the Dems, am I correct in assuming that if either MN or AK flips, the Dems have their filibuster proof majority?

[Franzl]

No, that's incorrect. The Democrats only have 57 seats with the 2 indepenents included currently. The DEMs would need MN, AK, and GA to flip to have their own filibuster majority.

It's probably not necessary, though. I'm sure some moderate Republicans will help at certain times. (People like Snowe, Collins...Specter...)

[minionofmidas]

No. It's 55-40-2-3. Last Senate was 49-49-2. All three races would have to go Democratic for the Dems to (theoretically) have a filibuster-proof majority.

[Padfoot]

It appears that Begich (D) now has a 3,000+ vote lead over Stevens (R) with only 2,500 votes left to be counted.  If the count is correct (and it probably is) the Senate now stands at 56-40-2-2 with the races in Minnesota and Georgia yet to be resolved.

One down, two to go for the Democrats.

However, it should be noted that several GOP moderates still remain in the Senate despite the recent purge in their ranks in the last couple of elections.  Therefore, it should not be too terribly difficult for the Democrats to move forward on many of the issues they want to get through.  I'd go so far as to say that there are enough GOP Senators friendly to the Democrats that a 2/3 majority isn't out of the question on some issues.

[Meeker]

The current margin is:

56 Democrats
40 Republicans
1 Joe Lieberman
1 Bernie Sanders
2 Outstanding (Minnesota and Georgia)