We are barely two weeks into 2013, but already 2014 is shaping up to be an electoral disaster for Democrats. For starters, a total of seven Democratic Senators from states that Mitt Romney carried in 2012 are up for election in 2014. And six of those Senators (Sens. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, Mark Pryor, D-Ark., Mary Landrieu, D-La., Max Baucus, D-Mont., Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and Jay Rockefeler, D-W.V.) hail from states that Romney carried by double-digits.
More importantly however, mid-term electorates are vastly different general election electorates. As Thomas Schaller notes, this spells doom for Democrats in 2014:
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