Three Senators Try to Hold Off GOP in South

Republicans “are so giddy about the prospect of winning” Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (R-LA) seat “that their main problem is too many of them are trying to do so,” the New York Times reports.

“As Democrats look across the rest of the South, the outlook does not get much better. Ms. Landrieu, along with Senators Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Kay Hagan of North Carolina, is pretty much all that is left of Southern Democrats in the Senate.”

“All three are up for re-election next year. And the outcome of their races could determine whether the Southern Democrat, once a formidable species in the Senate, is headed for extinction.”