Congressional incumbents take heart: those who make it through the November elections are home free.

Still, the re-election rate for Congressional incumbents - 98 percent - is extraordinarily high.

For the last several decades, more than 90 percent of Congressional incumbents who have run for re-election have been re-elected.

Congressional incumbents already have been handed their heads this year in primaries from Georgia to Michigan.

Congressional incumbents, a majority of them Democrats, now enjoy a huge fund-raising advantage over challengers.

Congressional incumbents fared well across the rest of the state.

Scholars are divided on whether states may keep Congressional incumbents off the ballot for re-election.

Indeed, the less frequently serious issues are discussed, the more Congressional incumbents seem to win.

Around the country, scholars, politicians and polls all detect serious risks for Congressional incumbents.

With less than 100 days remaining before the national election, the safest route for Congressional incumbents in difficult races may be to do nothing at all.