A friend e-mails:

A lot of attention has been paid to the Democrats’ empty bench of up-and-comers, with a focus on the absence of a viable alternative to Clinton and the dearth of younger members of the Senate and House Democratic leadership. But this story highlights another aspect of the problem: the Democrats’ 2016 candidate recruitment. Strickland in Ohio, Feingold in Wisconsin, Sestak in Pennsylvania (though the Dems seem to want someone else), and now Hagan in North Carolina. That’s a lot of retreads. Meanwhile, last cycle, Republicans ran fresh faces who won in Iowa, Colorado, etc. Interesting contrast.