Delusional Obama: 15 Senate Seats 'Up for Grabs'

Here's one myth that's already busted. Maybe he still thinks there are 57 states or something

President Obama implored supporters on Monday for donations to help Democrats in the 15 Senate seats he said were "up for grabs" on Nov. 2.

The president painted a picture of an expansive map of competitive Senate races in a fundraising e-mail for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC).

"I'm counting on the DSCC to win the 15 Senate seats still up for grabs over these last 15 days," Obama wrote, asking for more than $900,000 in donations before Thursday to finance a get-out-the-vote "blitz" over the weekend.

Republicans need to pick up a net gain of 10 Senate seats on Election Day in order to win back a majority in the Senate, and make Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) the majority leader.

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report lists 11 races as "toss up" contests, nine of which are currently controlled by Democrats. Republicans are also seen by Cook as being well-positioned to pick up Democratic seats in Indiana, Arkansas and North Dakota.

Obama said in his appeal to Democrats that the 15-seat playing field he described — and it's not clear which races exactly make up that list — will be "going right down to the wire."

Even the rosiest of scenarios for Democrats have them winning at most 14 Senate races on November 2, and that counts every solid Democrat seat, leaners and tossups.

Who knows, maybe he's been stuck in a mine the past couple of months.