Schumer’s Pick in Maine Stumbles

“Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D) is facing second-guessing and intense pressure to come up with a new political plan in Maine, where his top recruit to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R) has struggled to gain traction even after launching a flurry of attacks against her upstart rival,” the Washington Post reports.

“Gov. Janet Mills, 78, is just one of several of Schumer’s favored candidates who are struggling to catch fire in Democratic primaries from Iowa to Minnesota to Michigan, raising the prospect that he may need to rally around candidates who have criticized his leadership in blistering terms in the general election.”