Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) on Thursday said he would not seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat representing Montana.
I respectfully decline to seek the Senate nomination. Many thanks to John Walsh & I’ll support whoever the next nominee turns out to be.
— Brian Schweitzer (@brianschweitzer) August 7, 2014
Sen. John Walsh (D-MT) announced on Thursday that he would drop out of the Senate race.
Walsh made the decision following a New York Times report that said the Senator plagiarized large portions of his master’s thesis.
The Montana Democratic Party has until Aug. 20 to choose a new Democratic nominee to run for the seat.
Schweitzer long ago made his decision he has bigger ambitions. Otherwise why spend all that quality time beating up on Hilary Clinton?
(not that for a second do I believe he could beat her, or most other candidates for that matter, out of the primary level - he’s nowhere near ready for primetime)
Agreed on all points. It would be better for the country (and certainly the party) if he did switch gears and run for the Senate (where he would likely win). But his ego and ambition is in opposition to what he can realistically accomplish (winning the open Senate seat from his state).
Schweitzer has really shown himself to a be a prat. He might win this Senate seat, which would be very important, even with a very right-wing Dem like him. He certainly has a far better chance than any other Dem in the state.
But no, he won’t help the country by doing that… he has to stick to his hopelessly futile “drive the party to the right” campaign against Hillary, which will go precisely nowhere and achieve nothing.
Thanks for nothing. He’ll never be president.
OTOH, maybe he’s smarter than we think. Lots of others have gotten the eff out of DC. Why jump in?
Hey, thanks for nothing, Butte-head! Hope your still smiling when your state’s Republican Senator votes, “AYE!” at President Obama’s impeachment.