Washington (CNN) – The number two man at the National Republican Senatorial Committee says he thinks several Democratic senators facing re-elections in 2012 are in “serious trouble.”
But NRSC Executive Director Rob Jesmer also acknowledges that it’s “very difficult to beat incumbents and I think most of the people we are running against are pretty smart and formidable and I don’t think anything is going to be easy.”
Of the 33 Senate seats up in 2012, 23 are held by the Democrats and the two independent senators who caucus with the Democrats. Only ten GOP held Senate seats are up for grabs.
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