"Welcome to Democrats’ 2016 Senate primary headaches…Democrats would prefer not to have Sittenfeld’s campaign sniping at Strickland. They would feel better about their chances in Pennsylvania if former Rep. Joe Sestak and former state environmental protection secretary Katie McGinty weren’t about to spend months and millions battling each other instead of focusing their energies on incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey. And in Florida, some Democrats fear next August’s primary could produce a virtually unelectable nominee. Still, some strategists wondered why the party wasn’t able to better avoid having so many pesky challengers. "I don’t think leadership at the DSCC has done an effective job at avoiding some of these primaries," a Democratic strategist who requested anonymity to speak frankly about his own party said." (Politico, 9/15/2015)
September 15, 2015