2010 Sen. landscape: Dems confident

From NBC's Mark Murray In the past two election cycles, Republicans have lost a combined 13 Senate seats -- and possibly 14, if Al Franken ends up winning in Minnesota. This afternoon, Sen. Robert Menendez , the new chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fired off this warning to the GOP: be prepared to lose more seats in 2010. In an off-camera briefing with reporters, Menendez said the party controlling the White House typically doesn't fare well in midterms. But noting that every Democratic senator up in 2010 is running for re-election, that Republicans already have to defend five open seats (in FL, KS, MO, NH, and OH), and that Democrats plan aggressive challenges for GOP-held seats in Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, he said: "Even [with] a cursory look at the map, that fear has to be on the other side of the aisle." ...( read more ) (link)