Graham Plattner demonstrated why I had trepidation regarding his run for the Senate.

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38. Agreed for the most part

There has been some gloating and "grave dancing," and some have used it as an opportunity to beat up on people in the party they disagree with. Not the OP though, so I was wrong there. I do agree we should learn from this.

There most definitely was something fundamentally off with the campaign and I do think it was a phony manufactured presentation. However, we can't overlook the fact that the voters - unlike the candidate and his team - did support the progressive policy positions he was talking about, and they are supporting those policies in elections around the country.

It is almost as though the entire drama was orchestrated to cause the most damage to the party. -

"Instincts?" His flaws were always right out in the open. There was no need for instincts was there? I think that is just a fancy way to say "we were right and you were wrong." Both the support for and the opposition to Platner were weak in my view.