THIS IS A BIT OF GOOD NEWS: Why the Edwards-Dye-Caldwell race may be closer than you think. The Roanoke Times takes a good hard look at the three-way race dynamics in Republican Nancy Dye‘s bid to unseat long-time Democrat Senator John Edwards and concludes it may be just the year for a Republican to pull off such an upset, and that Dye is just the Republican to do it. If the question is whether the GOP can maintain or expand its Senate majority, this race may be the answer.