Tonight’s update of our U.S. House Projections page shows the GOP projected for a 49-seat net gain in the House of Representatives. Republicans need a net gain of 39-seats to regain control. The 49-seat gain would give the GOP a 228-207 majority.

We have added two more races to our tracking table, making a total of 126 races that are competitive. Of the 126, 102 are currently held by Democrats. We have the GOP projected right now to gain 50 seats, and the Democrats to only pickup 1-seat. There are still 27 seats rated as a tossup. The potential for a huge GOP wave is there, if many of those tossups break in their direction.

The Senate Polls & Projections page has been updated tonight, and the GOP continues to be heading for a 7-seat gain in the U.S. Senate. Republicans have really solidified their lead in a number of races – Wisconsin, Kentucky, Florida, and North Carolina, among others.

The GOP is within 5.8-points in five other seats held by Democrats – Nevada, West Virginia, Washington, California, Connecticut. They need to pickup three of these five while hanging on in the seven pickup races where they are currently ahead.

We have added Alaska to the table of races that could change hands. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in bid is a longshot, but one poll has her only two points down to Joe Miller. Right now, Miller has an 8.5-point lead in the average of polls.

Here is audio of a classic Rush Limbaugh exchange with a caller that happened today. Limbaugh took a call from “Bob,” who promptly told Rush to “get your a** back over there,” speaking of the European countries where Rush’s “forefathers” came from. “Bob” also told Rush he is “running our country in the ground,” because he opposes Obama – whom “Bob” says is trying to help the “poor people.”

As Rush talked with Bob, it became clear that he is a “Native American,” and believes “white people” have ruined the country and ought to go back where they came from. Limbaugh later praises “Bob” for proving his point – that Obama has a negative view of the founding principles of America, and is therefore trying to radically change America.

No one is better at handling callers than Rush!

Gallup is also out with a new poll for the 2012 GOP Presidential Nomination, and it finds Gov. Mitt Romney leading the field. Sarah Palin came in second, and Mike Huckabee was third:

19% Mitt Romney

16% Sarah Palin

12% Mike Huckabee

9% Newt Gingrich

7% Ron Paul

3% Tim Pawlenty

3% Haley Barbour

2% Rick Santorum

2% John Thune

2% Mitch Daniels

At this point, it looks like Romney, Palin, and Huckabee would be the big three if they decide to run. Once the midterms are over, it will be interesting to see how long it will take for some of these candidates to announce a Presidential run.

Gallup is out with a poll showing Hillary Clinton would get the support of 37% of Democrats if she challenged President Obama for the 2012 Democrat Presidential Nomination. Obama received 52% support in the poll.

Don’t think Bill and Hillary are not paying close attention to these numbers. If Obama’s numbers continue to sink, this could happen.

Here is video of Don Imus talking with Democrat Sen. John Kerry where Imus asked Kerry if he would have been a better President than Barack Obama (4:58 mark of the video):

Imus: “You would have been a better president than President Obama turned out, wouldn’t you?”

Kerry: “Uh, no. What are you asking me to do? Make a stupid comment?”

Prior to this exchange, Kerry tried to defend the Obama record on the economy, once again blaming former President George W. Bush for everything. Imus challenged Kerry, “You guys are going to blame Bush forever.”

Here is raw cell phone video of GOP New York candidate for Governor – Carl Paladino – getting into a heated exchange with New York Post reporter Fred Dicker. Paladino was confronted by Dicker and asked what evidence he had that Democrat Andrew Cuomo had “paramours,” which Paladino had apparently claimed reporters should look into. Paladino was reacting to his claim that the New York Post sent a photographer to try and get a picture of his young daughter, whom Paladino admitted he had through an extramarital relationship.

Eventually, Paladino tells Dicker “I’ll take you out” if he ever sends another “goon” to go after his daughter. He also calls Dicker a “stalking horse” for Dem Candidate Andrew Cuomo – his “bird dog.”