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We survive this if Platner drops out and the Democratic leadership don't see this as an opportunity to overlook the voters' will and appoint a centrist. But I disagree about charisma: while the Progressive views are the main thing, his passion, boldness, and ability to talk to all kinds of voters mattered a lot.

That said, what I've seen for Costello and Jackson look pretty good, and there is more opposition to Collins than in the past. I think there is time for them to become known enough to win. Maine is ready for a change.

Yes, anyone taking Platner's positions so aggressively has to be perfect to not be destroyed. Hardly anybody is. Rosa Parks wasn't the first Black woman to refuse to give up her seat, she was the first one perfect enough for the movement to adopt her, to survive the furor. Progressives unfortunately have to be perfect, Obama had to be perfect, and Republicans can get their voters or sychophants to overlook anything.