“They assume that Franken’s seat is safe,”
They assume too much if that’s the case. If the Rs have a decent candidate to run in Minnesota, the Dems are at risk of losing that seat. Trump only lost that state by 1.5%. They’d have to hold a special election next year if Franken resigns.
Minnesota should be at a higher risk of flipping from the Dems perspective since a new candidates would have to spend some appreciable time distancing themselves from Franken as well as not go too heavy attacking Trump.
Finally, the DNC is *BROKE* ... they can’t yet another competitive seat in 2018.
I’ll bet Franken stays.
“they can’t yet “
meant “they can’t afford yet ... “