The Magical Thinking Behind Graham Platner's Rise

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26. I am also concerned about Platner's campaign, but I also do not think Mills is the

answer to the times we are in. And MOST CERTAINLY susan collins has got to go. I definitely wish that there was a more historically liberal candidate running against Mills.

But this is on the democratic party leadership in Maine. Right now our country is in total transition in every way. Democratic party leaders in the states themselves are not without brains or abilities, but, IMHO, are still too tied up in chasing money for their candidates, and therefore easily influenced. There are so many political policies that have been shaping our elections for so many years to the detriment of our country that it's no surprise we're in this mess.

The whole picture is going to take time to change. We needed to go all in to get rid of Fetterman...the whole party needed to get behind running a better candidate that supports our views. Out of all the people in Pennsylvania, we couldn't come up with someone? Now we're in danger of doing the same thing in Maine. Can Platner be bought or turned like Fetterman has been?

In this voting environment where Democrats could run a "ham sandwich" and win, surely we could have been a slight bit more proactive. So what or who are we going to point fingers at for getting us into this disorganized mess? We can manage a protest with 10 million people, but historically we can't seem to manage our party.