By Sniffles
Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) is retiring in 2022. No big surprise. The former Democrat is 86 years old, and he's been in Congress forever — and no, we won't win the seat.
But before you move on, think about this:
The Republicans now have to add one more expensive Senate primary to the schedule — one more that will suck money out of their efforts in the general election. Shelby has joined Richard Burr of North Carolina, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Rob Portman of Ohio on the list of Senate quitters. And maybe a seat will come open in Iowa too, if Old Farmer Grassley puts himself out to pasture. (He's 87.)
There also could be surprises: Ron Johnson in Wisconsin, for instance. Or Roy Blunt in Missouri. With the GOP in tatters, you never know when these guys will decide they've had enough.
Meanwhile, the doctrine of Allocation of Scarce Resources Among Competing Choices still applies: Every dollar that the Republicans have to spend in Alabama in 2022 will be a dollar they can't spend against Raphael Warnock in Georgia or Mark Kelly in Arizona. We cats PURR.
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