For House Democrats: More Favorable Terrain Than ‘94

When the Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives in 1994, one of their main problems was the political terrain on which they had to fight. While many political observers find the present electoral environment to be eerily similar with that of 1994, not nearly as many House Democrats are as exposed as they were then.

Fully half of the Democratic seats in that strongly anti-incumbent, anti-Democratic election 16 years ago were in districts that had voted for the Republican presidential ticket in one or both of the previous two presidential elections. This time, just one third of Democratic seats are in similarly problematic territory.

It is an important distinction since the vast majority of House seats that the Democrats lost in 1994 – 48 of 56, to be precise – were in “Red” or “Purple” districts. And this year, the Democrats have fewer of such districts to defend.

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/frc2010062401/

Don't take blue states for granted.

that the Democrats ran a weak campaign, expecting to ride in on Teddy's coattails.

When Democrats get out to vote, we win elections.