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Peacetrain

(24,322 posts) Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:46 PM Monday

Maine does not deserve this kind of insanity... but what do you do??

I had an op out that it was up to the people of Maine as to who they elect.. still feel that way.. but Plantner should step away for the sake of the election, for the sake of the people he wants to represent.

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Maine does not deserve this kind of insanity... but what do you do?? (Original Post) Peacetrain Monday OP

I've tried to stay out of it too senseandsensibility Monday #1

I suspect... 2naSalit Monday #2

I welcomed out of state opnions about the Crockett/Talarico race Torchlight Monday #3

That's a tough call. We need Susan Collins to lose, and he's been the guy so far ... It's hard to say how much this will In It to Win It Monday #4

This is not an "I told you so" moment... although many will be tempted. It's actually... QueerDuck Monday #5

Most of us can't do anything, it's up to Platner and the Democratic party of Maine now 0rganism Monday #6

senseandsensibility

(26,163 posts)

1. I've tried to stay out of it too

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:49 PM

Monday

but no one can say that the warning signs weren't there. We went through something similar in California with Eric Swalwell, but he didn't have any warning signs. Everyone was fooled, including me. Here, I don't know. But you're right that it is necessary that he do the right thing before July 13.

2naSalit

(105,302 posts)

2. I suspect...

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:50 PM

Monday

He'll wait until the last minute.

He has exactly one week minus one hour, at this point, to make his decision and act on it.

Torchlight

(7,383 posts)

3. I welcomed out of state opnions about the Crockett/Talarico race

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:54 PM

Monday

I enjoyed reading some new perspectives I hadn't gotten elsewhere or in-state, and I soon realized that a senatorial election, regardless of lines on a national map, affects each one of us, whether we were allowed to vote, or watched the results half a nation away.

In It to Win It

(12,952 posts)

4. That's a tough call. We need Susan Collins to lose, and he's been the guy so far ... It's hard to say how much this will

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 06:02 PM

Monday

affect Platner.

QueerDuck

(2,389 posts)

5. This is not an "I told you so" moment... although many will be tempted. It's actually...

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 06:08 PM

Monday

... an ALL HANDS ON DECK moment. --- I had hoped for the best, but it appears that my hopes were unrealistic.

0rganism

(25,797 posts)

6. Most of us can't do anything, it's up to Platner and the Democratic party of Maine now

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 06:14 PM

Monday

Best scenario at this point is Platner drops out, Democrats nominate someone like SSen Jackson, and he runs a solid progressive populist campaign that beats Collins.

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