This should be entertaining:

Sens. Norm Coleman and Elizabeth Dole both claimed Monday they have enough votes from their GOP colleagues to take over leadership of the influential National Republican Senatorial Committee.

The dueling assertions came two days before Republican senators and senators-elect vote by secret ballot. The NRSC chairman will be responsible for raising money and recruiting candidates for the party in the 2006 Senate races.

"With the continued support of you and other colleagues who have committed to me, we will be successful," Coleman wrote in a letter to supporters. The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, claimed the Minnesota senator had "at least" 28 votes lined up, or just over half the 55 GOP senators.

Brian Nick, a spokesman for Coleman's North Carolina counterpart, said she "absolutely has more than 28 votes necessary to win."

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The Democrats have already chosen Chuck Schumer to run their campaign committee (The DSCC), and he should do a fantastic job in that role. It'll be an interesting two years as the Democrats try to make up the lost ground, and although I'm not entirely optimistic about their chances, they do have a shot at picking up a couple of seats and narrowing the GOP's hold on the chamber.