Are Dems Doomed?

[discocrisco01]

This year was always going to be a difficult one for Democrats, as they battle to keep their five-seat majority in the Senate. But in recent months, the political landscape has grown bleaker.

Let's start with the basics: Democrats have more seats at risk this year than Republicans do. Of the 36 Senate seats up for election (including three midterm vacancies), 21 are held by Democrats. And seven of those Democratic seats are in Republican-leaning "red states" that Mitt Romney won in 2012: Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia.

The stakes are enormous. If Republicans take control of the Senate and keep the House of Representatives, they'll be able to pass parts of their conservative agenda that have been blocked until now. President Obama will still have veto power, but he'll have to spend his last two years in office stuck on defense.

Read more at
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcmanus-column-midterm-elections-20140316,0,6376422.column#axzz2w2wCdCqa

[Hoyt]

1. And they'll attach their right wing crud to needed legislation, forcing Obama to either sign it or

veto the good stuff. It's not a pretty scene. And 2016 is just around the corner.

[fredamae]

2. The Dems ARE Doomed

unless and until they begin taking their really Angry base seriously.

They've ignored "the Dem Wing" for So long and So many times we've conceded to vote for the "Least Evil/Bad" I doubt they "get it".
At least in My community Dems are NOT going to do that again because in the long run it makes No difference to the actual consequence of their legislation. We either get Screwed quickly and painfully by the GOP-who thankfully don't try to hide it anymore--Or we get screwed slowly by Dems supporting really Bad legislation---who still are in denial about the "mood and determination of the Dem base"--