Unrest is going to break out in the public’s eyes any time now. There is dissatisfaction in the Democratic ranks. If it gets any bigger, well, we’ll definitely know about it. We’ve discussed this previously, and the matter just might be coming to a head. That’s all we need with midterms heading our way. On the other hand, better now than the month before midterms! With gratitude to Raw Story:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing a revolt within his own caucus over his failed recruitment of Maine Gov. Janet Mills to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins, with frustrated Democratic senators now demanding he stay out of contested primaries in battleground states.
Mills abandoned her campaign before the primary after failing to generate enthusiasm or donations, effectively handing the Democratic nomination to polling favorite Graham Platner.
The collapse has become a significant blow to Schumer’s reputation among his peers, according to Democratic Party insiders.
Yea that. It seems that Ms. Mills’ campaign crashed and burned without ever getting a good start. Now, in fairness, after standing up to Trump, there is no reason *not* to consider her a viable candidate. Perhaps it wasn’t the right time. But it must be humiliating to have to give up that quickly. There are a number of factors that could have come into play. We don’t know what happened, and we may never know. We still need to wish her the best.
The Hill reported that several anonymous Democratic senators are now calling Schumer’s support for Mills a “miscalculation” and a “mistake,” and are urging him to “butt out‘ in other contested Democratic primaries — particularly in Michigan and Minnesota.
“It’s a miscalculation,” one Democratic senator told The Hill, arguing that Schumer’s strategy is driven by “inertia” rather than political reality.
The senator pointed out that voters are hungry for fresh faces promising big change, not recycled establishment candidates.
“It’s easy for there to be inertia in how we approach things and it’s a formula that has worked in the past. But I think what Graham Platner did and continues to do in this election cycle is channel the economic frustration of average working people in a way that just cut through all the bull,” the lawmaker told The Hill.
You have to change with the times. You have to look at ‘now” as opposed to ‘back then’. There’s been a lot of change in America, and most of it isn’t good, thanks to our so-called ‘president’. We do need younger faces, more up-to-date views and ideas, looking forward, because the ‘Old Guard’ is, well, old. We need fresh blood coming in for the times ahead.
A second Democratic senator criticized Schumer for continuing to rely on outdated tactics.
“I don’t doubt his intention. I think he really believed that [Mills] was going to be the very best candidate, but it didn’t work out that way.
I think he’s making decisions based on sort of an old-school book of how you win elections and what it takes to win elections. Things are changing a lot,” the source said.
The senator also warned Schumer against attempting to “pick winners and losers” in key primaries, accusing him of steering donor money toward more moderate candidates like Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan and Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota.
Things are changing a lot. It’s happening so much that it’s hard to keep track. The only good thing, small as it may be, about Trump is that he’s always in the spotlight. When you get to Congress and state elections, that’s a whole different animal. None of us hate Senate Minority Leader Schumer, far from it. But he needs to change with the times or step down. Nancy Pelosi knew when it was time to step down. Schumer should have seen it coming, and it may be time for him to step down. We don’t know what the future holds.
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