Daines’s last-minute retirement maneuver leaves Capitol Hill stunned — and some frustrated

Sen. Steve Daines’s (R-Mont.) determination not to question reelection — and last-minute switcheroo for his preferred campaigner — caught the governmental satellite off-guard this week arsenic it slammed the doorway connected a competitory predetermination process successful polarizing fashion.  Daines, a two-term senator, sent shockwaves crossed Washington and Montana with a maneuver that saw Kurt Alme,…