A growing number of Democratic donors and political operatives are recognizing the painful reality that in order to have a chance of keeping the senate, the party is going to have to abandon hopes of winning back the House. Politico: Their calculation is uncomplicated. With only so much money to go around in an election year that is tilting the GOP's way, Democrats need to concentrate resources on preserving the chamber they have now. Losing the Senate, they know, could doom whatever hopes Barack Obama has of salvaging the final years of his presidency. The triage idea is taking hold in phone conversations among donors and in strategy sessions between party operatives. Even some of the people who have invested the most to get House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi back into the speaker's chair are moving in that direction.   "There is no question that Democratic donors are shifting towards the Senate in 2014. They will continue to support Nancy, but everyone agrees...(Read Full Post)