re: #15 Ghost of Tom Joad
Does smell fishy. Was there any chance of a Dem stealing that seat if he didn’t run? I doubt it.
Sounds like a money grab.
The whackadoodle Senate candidates he endorsed who primaried incumbents… lost to Democrats. He as much as any sitting senator is responsible for R’s not taking the majority, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if McConnell is responding with spiteful committee assignments.