BANGOR, Maine — As Maine Democrats vie to replace Graham Platner in their state’s Senate race, abortion — a key weakness for Republican Sen. Susan Collins — is set to shape the next phase of the contest, which Democrats view as a prime pick-up opportunity.
Collins, whose home state voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, is considered one of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents up for election this year. She has held onto power despite Maine’s blue tilt in large part by branding herself as an independent, and by highlighting her support for healthcare and abortion rights.
I truly hope “anyone but the worst” isn’t their strategy again.
More and more the establishment Dems are confirming they’re controlled opposition.
And it was foolish to put so much hope on Platner with his past. I swear to god, he was allowed to get as far as he did because he was so problematic.
I won’t play down how I identified with his troubled past and how he supposedly turned it around, I wanted to believe he was reformed and therefore understood a greater diversity of people from different backgrounds. I like the idea of someone with that kind of humility.
There was a lot I didn’t know at the time, though, and I think a lot of people either weren’t aware of (like me) or ignored the enormous black marks in his history.
So yeah, I think you’re right.
I can’t hold people to task for believing in hope and redemption. I wanted to be wrong about him as well.
Maaaaybe the potential candidates here can push against this DNC messaging and still rally the voters on bolstering the working class.
Some of the prospects look promising. I just hope the blue shift didn’t get gerrymandered out of existence.