Coming next week...

We're going to have new polls out in Ohio and North Carolina:

-In Ohio we're going to look at how Rob Portman stacks up with Jennifer Brunner, Tim Ryan, and Lee Fisher. We'll also poll a possible Ted Strickland-John Kasich contest, and look at how voters in the state are looking at Barack Obama and George W. Bush as the change in power comes near.

-In North Carolina we'll continue our monthly look at the US Senate race, seeing how Heath Shuler would stack up to Richard Burr. We're also going to look at how Bev Perdue's early days are playing with the public, take a final look at Mike Easley and Elizabeth Dole, and see how North Carolinians think the Obama transition has gone.

Should be some interesting stuff.