Face it, Democrats: The Senate is in play too

“This is going to be a massive election like 1974, except it will happen to the Democrats this time,” says Bill McInturff, a leading Republican pollster, alluding to the Democratic landslide more than three-and-a-half decades ago. “The Senate is in play.”

The economy is killing Democrats even in states doing comparatively well. The economic stimulus and bailout of the auto companies — successes in the eyes of most detached analysts — are unpopular…

Most Democratic candidates voted for these measures, a reason the party may lose 10 seats and control of the Senate. A look at five Senate races, where, under ordinary circumstances, the Democrats would be favored, is telling.