The Republican Senator in charge of the party's coordinated effort this Fall has clarified exactly what their goal is: It would be a "terrific night" to lose three seats.

"I think it would be a great night, especially, [to lose] three seats -- that would be a terrific night for us, absolutely," NRSC chairman John Ensign told a lunch hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. "I don't want to slip below the four-seat loss -- that's kind of where we set our absolute worst goal, is to be down to 45 seats."

Ensign took some heat a few days ago when he set the GOP's goal at only losing eight seats or less -- which would put Dems ahead in the Senate 59-41 as a worst case scenario for the GOP.

So Ensign has now gone from a worst-case goal of 59-41 to 55-45. Does this mean things are improving?