By waiting until the very last moment to withdraw, Mr. Daines essentially cleared the field for his chosen successor by denying others the chance to file to be on the ballot.
Don't know how well that will fly. Seems that all of his successor's opponents are going to run against the idea of a hand-picked successor who has not had to face any opposition. I know a few people who got really upset when Harris got the nod without having gone through a primary, and in that case it wasn't even her fault or Biden's intention to put her in that position.
Hopefully the Democratic candidate is someone who can exploit this opportunity.
WJ - GOP: perhaps on its way to becoming just another example of “everything Trump touches dies.”
...but it's been working swimmingly so far for Putin - guess that's because Vlad is the dom and Donald is the sub in that relationship.
According to the NYT:
Don't know how well that will fly. Seems that all of his successor's opponents are going to run against the idea of a hand-picked successor who has not had to face any opposition. I know a few people who got really upset when Harris got the nod without having gone through a primary, and in that case it wasn't even her fault or Biden's intention to put her in that position.
Hopefully the Democratic candidate is someone who can exploit this opportunity.