The Senate map does favor the Dems in 2016 as the GOP will have to defend twice as many Senate seats that year.
But I am focused on Tuesday. 2016 is light years away in political time. Much will depend on who the presidential candidates are and what coattails they have. I learned long ago to just take one election at a time. A lot can happen in between.
The issue being that for decades now the Dems have been looking elections ahead and approaching the attainment of political power as a variation on the Long March.
The truth is with the exception of MS (where a message definitely needs to be sent) we need every seat we can get. We can’t, respectfully, just think about taking the Senate, we need to act in a way that allows us to hold it.