Inside Schumer's plot to win the Senate

Politico

Steve Bullock is interested in becoming president, not senator. But Chuck Schumer met with him anyway last month in New York in hopes of luring him into a campaign for the upper chamber.

The Montana governor expressed his distinct disinterest in pursuing a spot in the legislative branch, according to two people familiar with the meeting, but it’s the latest sign Schumer is doing all he can in his quest to finally become majority leader.

A Democratic majority in the Senate, which once looked assured in the fall of 2016, has eluded the New York Democrat for two consecutive Senate cycles. Now, Schumer is recruiting high-profile Democrats in swing states and deep red territory — searching for any advantage he can find to net at least three seats he needs for his party to finally assume power.

"There's a real thirst to win in 2020, and I'm getting good vibes,” Schumer said in an interview this month, exuding confidence between chomps on a Baby Ruth bar. “There's going to be a fervor I think for taking back the Senate this election the way there was taking back the House in the last one."