'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

Borrowing a grading system based on the "Star Trek" franchise, the University of Virginia's Center for Politics warns on Thursday in its latest breakdown of the 2014 Senate races that Senate Democrats should be on high alert in seven states in which they hold seats.
The political Trekkies — Kyle Kondik, Geoffrey Skelley and Larry J. Sabato — write in the latest edition of The Crystal Ball that Democrats are on "red alert" in Louisiana, South Dakota and West Virginia, and on "orange alert" in Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa and North Carolina.
Crystal Ball: Senate Democrats on high alert in seven 2014 races →