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2010, 2012: Dems' Senate edge

 
CQ does some 2010 math: "Of the 16 states where Democratic Senate seats will be on the line in 2010 (including New York, where both seats will be up), Obama won with ease in 13 of them -- California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. He scored a more narrow but historic victory in Indiana, which had gone Republican in 10 consecutive presidential elections dating to 1968. The only two McCain states in which Democratic...( read more ) (link)

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