Out of McDonald’s Turbulence, Opportunity.

Associate Justice Andrew McDonald’s mournful statement in the aftermath of his state Senate rejection Tuesday suggests he may be looking for something to do other than complete his eight-year term on the State Supreme Court. The former state senator and sharp-elbowed Malloy blocker could upend the Democratic nomination for attorney general by leaving the high court and storming his party’s fractured field. He’d storm the mid-May convention.

The last two months revealed that McDonald still possesses a loyal cadre of political allies who can raise significant sums of money. He’d want to engage a fresh team of strategists, but those are easily found.

A stint in the attorney general’s office would allow McDonald to exercise singular authority–rather than seeking four-member majorities on the court.