I’m sure they think that. I’d rather not be facing a dem - even a joke - as an incumbent when it’s no longer a joke. Chris Carney in PA is another one who survived until the wave. The point is not to concede a race assuming you’ll get it back.
Yep, but this is how they’re seeing the silver lining - the cloud is the cloud, and likely caused by Sanford trying to make a comeback way too soon. I mean, I hope he wins, but I never ever thought it was the right time for his comeback. His whole situation was so bizarre and so recent that it was a foregone conclusion that the entire race would be about that. That’s not what we needed to fill Tim Scott’s seat.