Obama: Dems Senate challenge worst since 1950s

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By JIM KUHNHENN

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama compared the political landscape for the midterm election Tuesday to the 1958 elections during the presidency of Republican Dwight Eisenhower when his party suffered severe losses in the Senate.

One-third of Senate seats are up for election this year and Obama says many states with contested races tilt to the Republican Party.

"In this election cycle this is probably the worst possible group of states for Democrats since Dwight Eisenhower," Obama said Tuesday on WNPR, a Connecticut public radio station. "There are a lot of states that are being contested where they just tend to tilt Republican, and Democrats are competitive but they tend to tilt that way."

In the 1958 election, Eisenhower's second midterm, the Republican Party lost 13 Senate seats to the Democrats and Democrats gained two seats from the newly admitted state of Alaska. It was the biggest party shift in Senate history.

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[msongs]

1. so it looks like that woman won't have to be seen with the black man after all eh? nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

2. Looks like it. If Dems would simply stop being cowards

and stand up for what they believed, we wouldn't be going through this.

[AndyTiedye]

4. Democrats Become More Cautious With Every Loss

[Historic NY]

3. Well there were to be honest some sorry ass candidates.

who was the Ditz in SC for one...Again people ran from the President like that moron Gore did and see what happens. You get the government you elect not the one you wish for.