2016 Senate: Republicans maintain it?

[Person Man]

If Hillary wins, the Republicans will not maintain the senate or gain seats if they never took it.

[Person Man]

I think the consensus is that unless the Republican Party runs a Reagan-like landslide this year, they will, at most have a 1 or 2 seat advantage coming into 2016.  My prediction is that if they keep the Senate in 2016, they are probably going to win the presidency by at least the margin that Obama or Clinton did.

[Person Man]

There's simply too many very conservative one-term senators from purple and blue states in 2016 to bode very well for the GOP, but If its a Republican year, many of them will get reelected on the coattails. If Rubio runs, his seat in Florida could eventually be in jeopardy (don't know how succession works in Florida, though...would Crist (if he wins) appoint whom he pleases, or will a popular Republican be able to easily hold it?)

if Republicans do very well, they may be able to avoid a midterm curse the way Bush did.