Hannah Needs A Hand – Where Is Her Pal Janet When The Chips Are Down

The apparent lagging of the Pingree name in Maine’s top state electoral contest might be needing a boost from the term-limited Democrat governor.

But for some reason Gov. Janet Mills has been a no-show on gubernatorial hopeful Hannah Pingree’s endorsement list.

Judging from the polls, the Daughter Of Chellie needs something – anything – to break out of the pack.

The most recent survey showed the progeny of Maine’s southern-district congresswoman polling in fourth place.

Hannah, a former Maine House speaker, more recently served five years as director of the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future under Mills.

Then she decided to leave that alleged job to try to become Janet’s successor.

With fewer than three months to go before Democrats select their Blaine House nominee, Hannah needs a boost.

She got one recently from Maine’s horror-writer-in-residence, Stephen King.

But Janet has been silent.

Though political endorsements are believed to have little or no value, they are the mother’s milk of breast-beating politicians who think they matter.

Hannah apparently thinks they do – she has gone to listing on her website the names of 53 Maine Democrat leaders who are behind her campaign.

Missing from the roster: Janet Mills, whose name would otherwise be No. 1 on the list.

At the very least, a public nod for Hannah from Janet would at least give her a semblance of publicity as a possible springboard to move up in the primary ratings.

So what’s up with Janet’s silence?

It may be that Hannah doesn’t want Janet’s baggage – and lord knows the 78-year-old Mills has plenty.

Besides scandals galore during her administration, Mills is having plenty of problems of her own in the Democrat primary for U.S. Senate.

A number of polls show her losing big-time to 41-year-old Graham Platner in the contest for a candidate to go up against five-term Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

Maybe Janet could actually use Hannah’s endorsement more than Hannah needs Janet’s…