how convenient. The issue is - who is more likely to win against Collins?

story she will definitely lose the Senate race. Many of the people who are supporting Platner will see it as an opportunistic move and sit this one out. And vote blue no matter who would die by thousands of young enthusiastic voters since it obviously isn’t a mantra Mills can embrace.

enough of the voters are concerned about this story.
It's a primary, you select the best candidate.

How is that going to happen?

If he can't win the primary then how would he have ever won the general?

What the hell are we doing here people? Fuck.

Not the first time they've pulled that one, which makes it all the more comical that they are throwing the "we must defeat Collins!' argument in the face of loyal Democrats that would without a doubt support the eventual Democratic nominee, even if that nominee turned out to be the DEEPLY flawed Platner.

And if Platner can't beat a Democrat that didn't even campaign, he ain't gonna beat Collins, who will have the entire rightwing throwing everything at her opponent in the hopes of retaining the Senate for Republicans.

who have been arguing that we have to vote for a democrat no matter what, what are they worried about?

Wonderful

NT

What candidates are you helping to win?



I live in Minnesota. We have an open Senate seat. I'm helping one of our Democratic candidates to win.

Our candidate is Sherrod Brown. And Amy Acton for Governor.

And Acton is tied if I am not mistaken.

Ohio might make for a nice night come election day.

But of course I hope so.

Something about his frumpiness and his 5-pack a day voice. He reminds me of my favorite professors.

He was right on policy like 100% of the time too.

And of course Amy.

I know less about her, but I have a soft spot for scientists and teachers.

And, of course, she will hopefully humble Vivek.

We need to win BOTH these races.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-democratic-unity-republican-crossovers-shape-ohio-senate-race

like Planter before they vetted him.

That is all.

Very far from it!! I should have said people don’t like the Dem party attacking its own.
…..,
GP’s personal stuff, while not Insignificant, is pretty back -burner In relation to S. Collins support of all Trumps
destruction of our country. And it has been addressed by GP and his wife.
I don’t live in Maine-so I’m just gonna trust those good folks make their own decisions!
Again, sorry for my earlier choice of words. thanks.. ( I deleted the earlier post)

Fucking purity tests and consultant-fueled catchphrases ... as the party drives away ANYONE who hasn’t aspired to public office since kindergarten! As Platner has said, anyone who has lived a NORMAL life is going to have skeletons in their closet. It’s how you handle them that matters and Platner has done an admirable job IMO.

Mills shouldn’t whip this vote. Let the chips fall where they will but don’t “get back in the race” now.

That party, the party, the party!!!!


Is Mill wins this isn't because Planter is a bad candidate, not because the party did anything.

Dems will look weak and ineffective. Now it can only come down to if Maine voters believe Platner is honestly rehabilitated and worth a shot. No more "too clever by half" moves.

not?

Nobody has been nominated yet.

Now apparently she is considering campaigning again.

She is on the ballot, she stopped campaigning, now apparently she thinks of resuming campaigning. If Mayne voters are happy with Platner as their choice, what is there to worry about?

Not a long runway there.

This seems pointless

Release her zero ads?

Challenge Platner to a debate after the primary?

Host a fundraiser?

It is Friday, the election in Tuesday. This is some audacious stuff.

If your candidate is in a strong position, that is.

should not be any kind of worry at all

it's rigged??


Planter fans are wild.

Run or don't!

Don't do this half assed 'Oh I'll do it but only if people ask nicely' shit.

She couldn't run a primary without being exhausted of resources. What is left for the general?

Who? Who is asking her? Is it her? Is she asking herself?

"A source close" reads to me like this is her.

Edit: Remember when John McCain pulled this shit because he was wanting for money and a message. Again, run or don't. No half measures.

If the voters are confident in him, then he doesn't have a problem.

Just makes me think less of Gov. Mills.

If he can't win against someone who barely campaigned, he sure isn't going to win against Collins.

Who I thought was a better politician than this.

The ranked choice thing cuts both ways. Where is her campaign apparatus? What is she expecting to happen over the course of 96 hours?

NT

Good grief.

New Mexican here. She needs to back off.

Are Maine Democrats smart enough to grab the life preserver or do they go ahead and drown?

I am not confident...

chances because of it.

We, in Maine, passed this to insure that people like Paul LePage can't split the vote between Democrats and independents and win with a minority of voters.

I early voted for Mills, then Platner, then Costello.

She ran a terrible campaign if you can call it that. One would think there had to be a better choice in the state than Mills or Platner, but, I don’t see him losing the primary at this point in the game.

NT

Be Stupid.

Your personal ambitions are fucking irrelevant, Mills.

think.

While I am not a fan of ranked choice voting, I thought Sanders and much of the progressive caucus were.

I've heard her speak. Like Schumer, she's neither energetic nor inspiring.

First, I have no opinion on what would happen if Janet Mills jumped back into the race.

A friend lives in a small, poor fishing village Downeast. I spent the month of November with her and was astounded over the change I personally saw with political signs. Almost every Trump sign was gone in a 60+ mile radius. A year prior, this area….several small villages….was plastered with Trump signs, flags, bumper stickers and homemade billboards. During this trip I saw less than four Trump signs plus two signs supporting diversity. The Trump signs were replaced with pro-Platner signs.

I gained more clarity about the change in signs after having a very long conversation with a Maine lobsterman who, like his ancestors, had always lived there. It was a very sobering conversation and I’ll never forget it.

So she never actually got out.

How dare she think that she is better than a man.

Then the voters in Maine will know who the Democratic candidate is in November. It will be interesting to see what happens on Wednesday, I think.

None of my business, though. I don't vote in Maine. In fact, it's one of only two states I have never set foot in. It and North Dakota. I could easily go to North Dakota, since I live in Minnesota, but I can't find a reason to do so. Maine, on the other hand is a long way from here. I was in Vermont, once, but somehow didn't go to Maine.

Maine voters will decide, not us.