NC-07: McIntyre retiring.

[Nichlemn]

Better to shed these red seats and put the money towards other seats. This frees up more money for competitive offense seats, including the ones that are open.

lol no. It also frees up money on the other side, so unless there's a big asymmetry it's a wash.

Also, it's funny that Republicans are considered delusional when they want to primary a "RINO" with a conservative in a swingy-to-blue area, yet Democrats openly endorsing Democrats losing seats is somehow reasonable.

[Nichlemn]

Better to shed these red seats and put the money towards other seats. This frees up more money for competitive offense seats, including the ones that are open.

lol no. It also frees up money on the other side, so unless there's a big asymmetry it's a wash.

Also, it's funny that Republicans are considered delusional when they want to primary a "RINO" with a conservative in a swingy-to-blue area, yet Democrats openly endorsing Democrats losing seats is somehow reasonable.

Which party actually follows through more frequently--Democrats, or Republicans? There lies the difference.

I'm talking merely about attitudes.

[Nichlemn]

The money argument makes no sense, because competitive races draw money away from both sides. Only if there was a big asymmetry in funding (and there isn't) could it matter. But even then, it still wouldn't be a good thing for McIntyre to retire because national Democrats could always had the option of not spending any money on him and letting him fend for himself, which is better than not spending any money on the race because it's hopeless. You would have to think that the DCCC has been making colossal errors in spending for you to consider it a good thing that McIntyre retired.

[Nichlemn]

The money argument makes no sense, because competitive races draw money away from both sides. Only if there was a big asymmetry in funding (and there isn't) could it matter. But even then, it still wouldn't be a good thing for McIntyre to retire because national Democrats could always had the option of not spending any money on him and letting him fend for himself, which is better than not spending any money on the race because it's hopeless. You would have to think that the DCCC has been making colossal errors in spending for you to consider it a good thing that McIntyre retired.

I simply said they aren't worth the party's money. Whether they run again is their decision.

Maybe so if a dollar spent on them has just as large an impact as a dollar spent on any other candidate, but this isn't the case. I imagine that NC-07 has relatively cheap campaigns compared to other potentially competitive seats. So the difference between McIntyre and his Republican opponent might be less than in some other races, but a small contribution could have much more impact than the same contribution to another race which is already approaching sharply diminishing returns.