Democrats spent Wednesday trying to explain away a disappointing loss in a Florida special congressional election that they had been expected to win. …
Already facing a difficult task in reclaiming the House majority, some Democrats said the loss in a district that President Obama won twice should serve as a warning sign that the party’s voter-turnout operation is rusty and is endangering the Democratic majority in the Senate. …
Key Democrats said they were not concerned about the GOP fixation on the health-care law, believing that they can spend the next few months explaining the issue to the public and that voters this fall will cast their ballots on a wide array of issues. CONT.
Paul Kane & Sean Sullivan, Washington Post