2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: DEMS ON TRACK TO BLOW THE SENATE [View all]Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)suppressing GOTV for Hillary?
Allocating emphasis from races where we are well ahead to increase the focus on toss up races is something we do all the time. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) does this EVERY election. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) does this EVERY election.
Spending so much effort in the Clinton-Trump race where Clinton is at least 70% likely to win while we let control of the Senate slip away is a misallocation of resources. Moreover, we are abetting the media's obsession with Trump and its relentless effort to sell its "TV news product" by reporting this not-very-close race as tighter than it really is by buying the phony story that we must focus on this race which we have already won.
This HELPS Trump by keeping him in the media and it HELPS the Republicans keep control of the Senate by distracting us from the races that we need to win in order to enable Hillary to get anything meaningful accomplished.