The Democrats not-so-great Senate week

Published March 2, 2012 12:00am ET



It should have been a banner week for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, retired, making an easy Republican hold into a lean-Democratic pick-up. And former-Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey, announced he would run in Nebraska, giving the Democrats a dream candidate and moving that seat from an easy Republican pick-up to a lean Republican seat.

But all is not well in DSCC land. Three new polls out show voters are rapidly moving away from Democratic candidates in key races.

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