California Sens. Dianne Feinstein or Barbara Boxer are not up for re-election this year, but their fates in Washington hinge on a handful of Senate elections elsewhere in the country that will determine whether Democrats keep their majority in the upper chamber. If Democrats are toppled, as it looks like they might be, Feinstein will lose the leadership of the Intelligence Committee and Boxer the helm of the Environment and Public Works, along with the policy-making powers that go with them. RealClearPolitics now lists nine tossup states, as the Ebola scare undermines faith in federal leadership and fuels President Obama’s unpopularity. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire has joined several
