Senate math seems impossible to some Democrats

CNN Politics ^ | October 9, 2014 | Jake Tapper, Chief Washington Correspondent

[2ndDivisionVet]

Four weeks away from the 2014 midterm elections and even some Democratic operatives struggle to imagine a scenario where they retain control of the U.S. Senate. The terrain and current momentum seem all but overwhelming and against them.

A new CNN/ORC poll out Thursday morning suggests a Republican lead over a Democratic incumbent, this time in Alaska, and does nothing to calm Democrats' nerves.

"If you put a gun to my head, I guess I'd say that we're going to lose the Senate," one Democratic consultant told me in a moment of anonymous candor.

It's not even so much that President Obama is an Ancient Mariner-esque Albatross around their necks, though he is....

[The Bat Lady]

And probably same deal for Cornyn in Texas. So why vote for him and give him more confidence to stroll down the aisle and vote for cloture? He'll win re-election most likely, but not with my vote.

And not with the 3 votes in this house either. NEVER!