Devon Murphy-Anderson, Executive Director of the Maine Democratic Party is a rock star!

[yellow dahlia]

She was just interviewed by Lawrence O'Donnell.

She is smart and sharp. She is quick witted and logical under fire.

She was honest and unwavering. She is the real deal!

She answered questions, regarding Graham Platner's conspiratorial assertions blaming the apparatus, with determination and grace.

She frequently complimented the hard work of her team who has been working non-stop since Sunday.

She is 31 years old and demonstrates the professionalism of someone more seasoned.

Devon Murphy - Anderson.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

1. She is awesome and amazing!

Love her!

[yellow dahlia]

8. I second that emotion.

[Ars Longa]

23. She looks like she won't be shoved around by one faction

or another!!!

[lapfog_1]

2. I hope she throws her hat in the ring. -n/t

[yellow dahlia]

9. It might be "inappropriate".

She is tasked with implementing the process, not taking advantage of it.

[Bobstandard]

10. Inappropriate?

Dick Cheney moved that bar.

[lapfog_1]

12. she would have to resign her current position

when she announces her candidacy.

[BaronChocula]

3. Most brilliant post I've seen all day

[Spazito]

4. She was very impressive!

[yellow dahlia]

7. I'm totally impressed.

[sheshe2]

5. She sure knows her stuff.

I enjoyed listening to her.

[yellow dahlia]

6. And she is under a lot of scrutiny and pressure, right now.

She was a rock.

[sheshe2]

13. I agree with both your points!

I have a feeling that we might just pull this off.

[pat_k]

14. Whoever is nominated will be a stronger candidate than Platner.

I firmly believe this and the data backs up the assertion.

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/some-thoughts-on-whats-next-for-maine

As I wrote yesterday I still believe a solid, strong generic Democrat can beat Susan Collins this November. Harris won Maine by 7 points. Our candidate for Governor Hannah Pingree leads by 15. The generic ballot is 53%-42% Dem right now. This is the most favorable environment of any battleground state right now. But it is going to be essential, vital for whomever we pick to be able to put distance between them and Platner. For not only is he a despicable figure now, his political project was never as successful as his reckless gaslighters led us to believe; and this matters for the broader conversation about the future of our party...

We are going to spend some time with data now.

Over the last several months prior to the June primary Platner led Collins by an average of 7 points over Susan Collins. This is exactly the margin Harris won Maine by in 2024, 4 points below the +11 generic ballot the NYT published last week, and at least 8 points below our gubernatorial candidate, Hannah Pingree. I will once again share that recent chart of how our battleground Senate candidates are doing relative to Harris. This uses the NYT results for Platner from last week:



The Fox News poll last week had Platner trailing Susan Collins by 3. What this all means is that Platner has had the worst polling of any of our battleground candidates in the country this summer in what is by far and away the most Democratic state we are competing in this year.
...
The +15 is where Hannah Pingree, a well-established Democrat in Maine, is right now. Last week Platner was +2 in the NYT poll, and -3 in the Fox News poll.

G. Elliott Morris published an analysis last night that makes some of these same points...

Let’s now look at a bit more data from this new analysis from Morris. The number on the right column is the number of percentage points our candidates are over/underperforming against expectations right now in their nowcast model:

Talarico 5.4
Cooper 4.5
Brown 4.2
Turek 3.7
Michigan -5.9 (both El-Sayed and Haley Stevens)
Platner - 9.9

While Ossoff and Peltola are not included in Morris’ analysis they would fall into the overperformance camp, not the underperformance camp based on publicly available polling data of late.
....

[sheshe2]

15. I agree with you pat and I thank you for this great article.

It really gives me hope.

Yes, we can!

[yellow dahlia]

18. Thanks for all the data, pat.

[pat_k]

19. Courtesy Simon Rosenberg's Hopium Chronicles!!

[LeftInTX]

11. I'm very impressed with her

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Here's the video for those who missed it:

Graham Platner dropping out 'the right thing to do,' Maine Democrats' Exec. Director says - The Last Word - MS NOW
https://www.democraticunderground.com/132175644

[yellow dahlia]

17. Thank you, R!

[Rhiannon12866]

20. She was awfully good!

[Nixie]

21. She is very impressive. She did sound far more polished and

experienced than Platner. Maybe she should run for the Senate seat?

[yellow dahlia]

22. I think she has a strong future in politics.

But I think it would be a conflict for her to be a part of the process AND vie for the nomination.