Senate clashes guaranteed, Dems' majority not
Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams, Jr. | Democratic US Senator Kristen Gillibrand at her office in Washington DC. (Feb. 15, 2012)
Even as the presidency tops the electoral agenda, a serious battle looms for control of the U.S. Senate -- with survival of the Democrats' majority far from guaranteed.
This may be less than obvious to those focused on New York, where Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long is widely believed to face very long odds against Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. Elsewhere, competitive clashes...
