They couldn't do it in 2010. And 2014's no 2010. So... no. I think Democrats will lose a few seats, but...
DEMOCRATIC HOLD
Not necessarily. In 2010 the Republicans had to fight on hostile turf, and the only races they could have remotely gained ground on were in two swing states. Only two of their pickups were in red states.
Now, most of their pickup opportunities are on very friendly turf. South Dakota and West Virginia were pretty much DOA before Rockefeller and Johnson hung it up, and Montana's open race made it tilt towards the Republicans (even with Schweitzer). Alaska has a lot of ground to make up, and Begich is running the best campaign out of anyone, but Republicans double Democrats in the state. Arkansas is looking like Oklahoma 2.0 soon, even with two elitist Republicans as their candidates, so that leaves Louisiana, the sixth state on red turf. If they can force a runoff here, Landrieu's strategy of localization fails. A vote for Landrieu is a vote for Obama's party to control the Senate, and with that, Republicans take it.